Application Mover vs VMware vCenter Converter

Application Mover

Description: Application Mover is a free software that helps transfer installed programs from one drive to another. It can move applications between hard drives or SSDs without reinstalling them. Useful when upgrading to an SSD or replacing an old hard drive.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

VMware vCenter Converter

Description: VMware vCenter Converter is a software tool that converts physical machines and virtual machines from various formats like VMware Workstation, Hyper-V, and XenServer into VMware virtual machines that can run on ESXi hosts managed by vCenter Server.

Type: software

Application Mover Features

• Transfers installed programs from one drive to another
• Moves applications between hard drives or SSDs without reinstalling
• Useful when upgrading to an SSD or replacing an old hard drive

VMware vCenter Converter Features

• Agentless virtual machine conversion
• Bulk conversion of multiple VMs
• Conversion of powered on source machines
• Schedule automated conversions
• CLI for scripted conversions
• Linked clone technology for space savings
• vCenter plugin for direct conversions
• vSphere Web Client plugin

Application Mover

• Free

VMware vCenter Converter

• Not listed