Migration to the cloud

Kimai Cloud is open to all existing self-hosting customers. We can help you migrate your current installation to a paid cloud subscription. Migration is supported from the following systems:

• Kimai 1
• Kimai 2 (MySQL / MariaDB)
• Kimai 2 (SQLite)

Please note that we do not offer migration into a free account.

Costs

A standard migration takes approximately 1 hour. The following circumstances can increase migration time:

• Kimai 2 SQLite database: if data was deleted, we may need to resolve issues individually
• Kimai 1 installation: make sure it’s on the latest patch level — otherwise it will be upgraded during migration
• Kimai 1 installation: make sure all users have a valid email address

Migration is free for accounts with more than 10 users. For smaller accounts, the rate is 150 € per hour (excluding tax).

What you need to provide

For a Kimai 1 migration, please provide: country, currency, language, timezone, and a migration password (all existing user passwords will be reset to this passphrase).

For a Kimai 2 SQLite migration: the SQLite file (e.g. var/data/kimai.sqlite).

For a MySQL/MariaDB migration: a database dump created with mysqldump or a tool like phpMyAdmin.