Migrate from Googledrive to SharePoint Online

[charlotteJo]

Hi
I am sesrching for a way to migrate a huge data from Googledrive to SharePoint Online directly , I did a search and the found methods are paid and expensive.
Also I found some tools like Goodsync, Gs Richcopy 360 and CloudFuze , all look good but I don't have experience with any of it !
Any advice please

 

[fisicx]

It’s expensive because it’s not easy. Sharepoint is complicated and unless you really know what you are doing everything can come crashing down.

I created an api to upload documents to sharepoint for a client and it took weeks to get it working properly. Sharepoint is that complicated.

 

[Nico Albrecht]

The reality​

Google Drive and OneDrive are equivalents.
Both are cloud drives for personal and team files, with syncing and sharing.


SharePoint is not the same thing.
It isn’t a “drive replacement.” It’s a collaboration platform built around sites, document libraries, permissions, and workflows.

How Microsoft actually structures this​

• OneDrive is the personal drive and the sync mechanism
• SharePoint is where team data lives, organised into sites and libraries
• OneDrive can sync SharePoint libraries locally, but that doesn’t make them the same product

What migrations actually mean​

• Google Drive → OneDrive makes sense. That’s a straight, like-for-like move.
• Google Drive → SharePoint only works if you first redesign structure, permissions, and usage.
  Otherwise you’re just dumping files into a system that’s meant to be structured.

Bottom line​

You don’t really “migrate Google Drive to SharePoint.”


You either:

• move Drive into OneDrive as a storage replacement, or
• redesign how the organisation works and rebuild it properly in SharePoint, with OneDrive acting only as the sync layer.

 

[Toprated]

Small amount of data (manual method)​

Best if it’s a one-off or under ~20–30 GB.


Steps

1. Download files/folders from Google Drive (as ZIP).
2. Extract locally.
3. Upload to SharePoint document library via browser or OneDrive sync.

Pros

• Free
• Simple

Cons

• Loses sharing permissions
• Time-consuming
• Not ideal for large teams

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Medium to large data (recommended – migration tools)​

Best for business use, shared drives, permissions, and structure.

Microsoft Mover (Free, Microsoft-owned)​

Most common choice


Supports

• Google Drive → SharePoint / OneDrive
• Shared Drives
• Folder structure
• Scheduled migrations

How it works

1. Sign in to Mover with Microsoft 365 admin
2. Connect Google Workspace admin account
3. Select source (Google Drive)
4. Select destination (SharePoint site / library)
5. Run migration

Note: Google Docs/Sheets are converted to Office formats.

 

[Mathew87]

Gs Richcopy 360 and CloudFuze are great

 

[absently]

In my day job I did this recently, and we took the manual approach. Mostly because we had 10 years of stuff on Google Drive and it was a good opportunity for a tidy-up! The challenge with the manual migration is that you'll need to make sure any staff move across their own files which aren't sitting in a shared drive. Giving them a deadline as to when Google Drive will no longer be available definitely helps!

We're just looking at completing the Google to Microsoft Migration and the last step is mail/calendars. We're considering using BitTitan, which can also do the file migration if you want to go down that route.

 

[Ilyas Mohammed]

Hi
I am sesrching for a way to migrate a huge data from Googledrive to SharePoint Online directly , I did a search and the found methods are paid and expensive.
Also I found some tools like Goodsync, Gs Richcopy 360 and CloudFuze , all look good but I don't have experience with any of it !
Any advice please

Hi Charlotte,

This isn't that complicated really Our company does this all the time, create your SharePoint site then sync it to OneDrive so that the folder structure is there, then use if you dont already use it, Google-drive, once google drive is sync'd and download then copy the files to the OneDrive SharePoint structure. It will Sync and upload to the SharePoint site, all you need to do next is setup permissions to who and what users see. The above people are just typing this in to some sort of AI and then copying in to here they dont have any scooby-doo.

Below is a Co-Pilot step by step

• Create the SharePoint site
  • First, create the SharePoint site in Microsoft 365.
  • Set up the document libraries and folder structure exactly how you want it to look.
• Sync the SharePoint library to OneDrive
  • Open the SharePoint document library.
  • Click “Sync”.
  • This links the SharePoint library to OneDrive on the computer.
  • Once synced, the full SharePoint folder structure appears on the PC just like a normal folder.
• Sync Google Drive to the same computer
  • Install and sign into Google Drive for Desktop (if it isn’t already).
  • Let Google Drive fully sync so all files are available locally on the computer.
• Copy files across
  • You now have:
    • Google Drive files/folders available locally
    • The SharePoint site available locally via OneDrive
  • Simply copy or drag and drop the required files from the Google Drive folder into the synced SharePoint folder structure.
• Let OneDrive upload
  • OneDrive automatically uploads everything you copy into the SharePoint folders.
  • Once syncing completes, the files are available in SharePoint for everyone who has access.

Ilyas