Time & Cost-Saving Tips to Switch From Dropbox to Google Drive

Saving time and cost are two factors that matter the most to businesses planning to switch from Dropbox to Google Drive (or from any source to the destination cloud). And there are several ways to lower time and cost without compromising on the migration and overall business growth goals.?

Explore some of the action items your IT team can benefit from for lowering migration time and cost: ?

1. Finalize the Scope of Work for an Accurate Migration Cost Estimate?

Planning and finalizing the scope of work for the migration project plays a crucial role in shaping the overall cost of migrating to Google Drive from Dropbox. Work with all the stakeholders in your company and the migration partner to plan and finalize the scope of work. ?

The earlier you finalize the SOW, the?sooner you can get an accurate migration quote and send it to the finance team for approval. Also, early in the process, having the migration quote from the migration partner gives your IT team and the finance department the buffer time to make amendments as needed. ?

2. Map the User Accounts Properly To Avoid Conflicts? ?

User account mapping has a domino effect on the overall time required to complete the entire Dropbox to Google Workspace migration project. Improper mapping of user accounts raises the risk of migration conflicts, which, in turn, can delay the entire migration project. ?

Therefore, it is crucial to get the user mapping phase right by validating the user mapping CSV list with the help of the migration partner. Mapping the user accounts correctly also helps your IT team ensure that the files are transferred to the correct folders in Google Drive.? ?

3. Finalize the Commercial Agreement To Avoid Unforeseen Costs? ?

Unforeseen additional costs can make the entire migration budget go off track and cause the project budgeting goals to fail. Also, the finance team may not approve the additional costs, which can create friction in the migration project’s progress.?

Therefore, it is best to finalize the entire commercial agreement before starting the migration project to steer clear of the challenges of additional budgeting. ?

4. Lower the Risk of API Throttling?

The throttling of the API of either Dropbox or Google Drive cloud slows down the data transfer process, which, in turn, delays the entire migration project and can cause the projected timeline to fail. ?

Your IT team must work with the migration partner to prioritize the process to lower the risk of API throttling. Enterprise migration tool, such as?CloudFuze X-Change, helps businesses lower the risk of API throttling. It auto-senses the stage where the APIs reach a throttling point and then temporarily lower the data transfer speed.??

5. Perform Delta Migration of Only the Necessary User Accounts?

In many cases, businesses do not necessarily have to perform delta migration of all the user accounts after the one-time migration. This is because not all user accounts may include incremental changes.

By skipping the user accounts where there are no incremental changes, your IT team can shorten the time and lower the cost to transfer the incremental changes and update them to the migrated data in Google Drive. ?