Confluence Cloud → Cloud migration (≈700 pages). Is Data Transfer the best native option?

[Tim W]

Context

• Source: Confluence Cloud (I’m not a space/site admin there).

• Destination: Confluence Cloud (I am a site admin here).

• Volume: ~700 pages from one space.

• Goal: keep page hierarchy, attachments, labels, and (ideally) comments/restrictions. 

Questions in detail:

1. Is Data Transfer now the recommended/native way to move a space between two Cloud instances?

2. What permissions are required—do I need space/site/org admin on the source to use it, or can the destination admin initiate the move alone?

3. What comes across vs. not (attachments, labels, comments, restrictions, macros, page history, archived pages, permissions)?

4. If Data Transfer isn’t possible (because I’m not an admin on the source), what’s the best fallback—e.g., Space export/import (XML) or a Marketplace app?

   1. i have tried the xml export/import (and the titles just come over, not the body of the pages)

5. Any gotchas to watch for (apps/macros not supported, link rewriting between sites, rate limits, URL changes, permissions mapping)?

Thank you in advance!

[Tomislav Tobijas · Accepted solution]

Hi @Tim W ,

I'd suggest checking this official article about Cloud-to-Cloud data transfer: Transfer Confluence data (you'll need to be Org admin for this)
It depends on what you need to achieve, but I'd like to point out that you'll also need to 'copy' users and groups.

As for what is copied and what is not, here's the full list: What data is copied / What Confluence data is copied and what isn’t 

Now, what I usually do when 'moving' only a single space to another site is CSV export > import: Export a space's content as Word, PDF, or data files / Export a space 
It works really well, but things like whiteboards and databases will not be copied, so I do that manually. ⚠️
For this method, you can only be a space admin on the source site and a Confluence/app admin on the destination site.

Cheers,
Tobi

[Tim W]

Thanks @Tomislav Tobijas , ok awesome Im currently waiting for the source site to give me Admin access so I can try this. 

Otherwise manually doing 700+ pages is wild.

[Sebastian Krzewiński]

Hi @Tim W 

Data transfer is the best option that you can use. Export from xml is tricky and with this you can overwrite your current data so I don't recommend it.

[Tim W]

Yeah that is what I’m running into, have you tried out Data Transfer yet? The export from XML and HTML has been tricky.

Im asking the other Atlassian instance owner to give me JIT Admin access so I can explore both options