Migration covers moving to SuiteCRM from a different product, or moving from SuiteCRM 7 to SuiteCRM 8. These are distinct from upgrades — they involve a change of platform or major architecture, not just applying a patch to an existing installation.
| Upgrade | Migration |
|---|---|
Stays on the same major version (7.x to 7.x) |
Moves between products or major versions |
Applied as a patch to your existing installation |
Requires a new installation as the destination |
Uses the Upgrade Wizard or CLI upgrade |
Uses a dedicated migration package |
Reversible via backup restore |
Reversible via backup restore, but more involved |
Migrating from SugarCRM CE — move from SugarCRM Community Edition 6.x to SuiteCRM 7
Moving to SuiteCRM 8 — move your SuiteCRM 7 instance to SuiteCRM 8
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