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title: "Migrate from Grafana OSS/Enterprise to Grafana Cloud | Grafana documentation"
description: "Migrate from Grafana OSS/Enterprise to Grafana Cloud"
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# Migrate from Grafana OSS/Enterprise to Grafana Cloud

When you decide to migrate from your self-managed Grafana instance to Grafana Cloud, you can benefit from the convenience of a managed observability platform, additional cloud-only features, and robust security. There are a couple of key approaches to help you transition to Grafana Cloud.

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Migration typeTools usedAvailabilityMigratable resources

Manual

- Command line utilities
- The Grafana HTTP API

Generally available in all versions of Grafana OSS/EnterpriseThe entire Grafana instance

AutomatedThe Grafana Cloud Migration AssistantGenerally available in Grafana v12 and available in public preview from Grafana v11.2 to v11.6 using the `onPremToCloudMigrations` feature toggle. This toggle is enabled by default in Grafana v11.5 and later.

- Dashboards
- Folders
- Data sources
- App Plugins
- Panel Plugins
- Library Panels
- Grafana Alerting resources

Our detailed [migration guide](/docs/grafana-cloud/account-management/migration-guide/manually-migrate-to-grafana-cloud/) explains the key steps and scripts to manually migrate your resources to Grafana Cloud, covering a comprehensive set of resources in your Grafana instance. Alternatively, the [Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant](/docs/grafana-cloud/account-management/migration-guide/cloud-migration-assistant/), available in public preview in Grafana v11.2 and later, automates the migration process across a broad range of Grafana resources. You can use the migration assistant to migrate a large proportion of your Grafana resources and then, if needed, leverage the migration guide to migrate the rest.