Software Migration Services for SaaS
Every SaaS leader who has watched a rewrite stall knows the pattern. The roadmap freezes, the old system keeps taking patches, and the new one is always a few months from done. Meanwhile the runtime you depend on loses support, the engineers who know it leave, and every customer still lives on the system you are trying to escape. Cabot's software migration services move your platform from the old stack to the new one without that freeze. We run both systems side by side, prove that the new one behaves like the old one, and move tenants in small groups with a rollback ready for each. Senior engineers review every change, AI speeds the slow reading and testing work, and the code and IP are yours.
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What Are Software Migration Services, and How Do They Differ From a Rewrite?
Software migration services move an application, its data and its infrastructure from one technology stack, platform or database to another, while the business keeps running on the system throughout.
A migration keeps what your product does and changes what it runs on. That separates it from a rewrite, which discards the system and rebuilds it, and from a lift and shift, which moves the same code to new servers without fixing anything. A good legacy system migration recovers how the old system behaves, builds the target to match, moves the data, proves the two agree and only then retires the old one.
For a SaaS company the stakes are higher than for an internal system. Your customers hold service agreements, your tenants share infrastructure and your revenue depends on uptime. That is why the approach matters as much as the destination, and why our software migration services move legacy software in stages with both systems live. Whether the brief is legacy software migration or a move to a new platform, the method is the same.
Why Does an Aging Stack Cost a SaaS Company More Than Migrating Off It?
A rewrite freezes your roadmap. While the new system is built, product work slows or stops, and customers wait for features that the old code is too fragile to ship.
Cutover threatens uptime. A single big-bang switch puts every customer at risk at once, and a failed one breaks service agreements you cannot easily repair.
Tenant data is hard to move safely. Shared schemas, custom fields and per-customer configuration make it easy to mix or lose records during a move.
Runtimes lose support. Old PHP, Java 8, .NET Framework and Python 2 stop receiving fixes, which widens your attack surface and complicates every security review.
The people who know the system leave. Engineers who understand the old stack are retiring or moving on, and few new hires want to maintain it.
Nobody can prove the new system matches. Without tests around current behavior, a migrated system can differ from the old one in ways that surface only in production.

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Which Software Migration Services Does a SaaS Platform Need?
Language and framework migration
Move a codebase to a supported language version or a better-fitting framework, such as PHP to Laravel or Symfony, Java 8 to 17, or .NET Framework to .NET, one module at a time.
Monolith to services migration
Separate a monolith into services that deploy and scale on their own, starting with the parts under the most load, while the application keeps serving customers.
Database migration
Move from Oracle, SQL Server or MySQL to PostgreSQL or a managed cloud database, with schema conversion, data verification and a tested rollback.
Platform and cloud migration
Move an application from on-premises or a legacy host to AWS, Azure or Google Cloud, as a legacy to cloud migration, choosing rehost, replatform or refactor by what each system needs.
SaaS multi-tenant migration
Move tenants in small groups, keep their data isolated throughout and cut over each group only after its results match the old system.
Migration assessment and roadmap
Inventory the system, score each part for risk and value, choose the path per component and agree the first milestone before any code changes.
Migration paths by language
Each language has its own breakage points. These are the five paths we are asked for most, and what each one involves.
PHP migration services
Move aging PHP to a supported version, or to Laravel or Symfony, by recovering behavior, adding tests and migrating one module at a time with the old code serving traffic.
Java migration services
Upgrade Java 8 to 17 or a later long-term support release, replace removed libraries and, where it helps, separate services during the same program.
.NET migration services
Port .NET Framework applications to current .NET, replacing Windows-specific dependencies and verifying each service against the old one.
COBOL migration services
Recover business rules from COBOL with AI assistance, document them and move the logic to Java or .NET, verified against the original results.
Python 2 to Python 3 migration
Convert and test Python 2 code against Python 3, and replace libraries that no longer have a supported release, without halting delivery.
Which path fits your stack?
Share your language, database and hosting, and we will outline the migration path.
What Does Software Migration Cost, and What Moves the Price?
Five things move the price: the size of the codebase, the volume and shape of your data, the number of integrations, the target stack and the depth of testing you need. Because those vary widely, any figure quoted before scoping is a guess. Cabot scopes the migration against your system first, so you see a number before anyone starts. Get a rough range from the calculator, then walk us through the system.
How Does Cabot Use AI to Migrate Software Faster, and What Stays Human?
Three rules govern every engagement. Our approach is model-neutral, so we choose the tool that fits the task. A senior engineer reviews every AI-proposed change before it merges. And we never train on your code or data.
Which Source and Target Stacks Does Cabot Migrate Between?
We work in the stack you have and recommend the target that fits where the product is going. The groups below show what we move between most. The table after them shows where AI sits at each stage of a migration.
Languages and frameworks
Databases
Platforms and delivery
Where AI Sits at Each Stage of a Migration, and What Stays Human
Every stage produces something you can inspect and has a person who signs it off. Nothing an AI drafts reaches your repository until a named engineer has accepted it.
Typical Migration Vendor or Cabot's Parallel-Run Approach: Which Fits Your SaaS Platform?
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Which SaaS Platforms Does Cabot Migrate?
Healthcare SaaS
Patient data raises the stakes for every move. We plan HIPAA safeguards, audit logging and integration continuity with EHRs from the start.
Fintech and payments
Reconciliation matters more than speed. We verify balances and transaction counts between old and new before any tenant moves.
B2B workflow platforms
Customers build processes on your product. We preserve configuration, permissions and integrations so their workflows do not break.
Marketplaces
Two sides depend on you at once. We stage cutovers to protect search, listings and payouts while data moves.
EdTech and learning platforms
Usage peaks around terms. We time cutovers away from enrollment and exam periods and protect student records.
Logistics and supply chain SaaS
Real-time tracking cannot pause. We run old and new in parallel until event data matches.
Worried a Migration Will Expose Customer Data? Here Is How Cabot Protects It
Security is part of the work, not a review at the end. Engineers work inside your environment or one we agree with you, access is least privilege and logged, secrets live in a managed vault, dependencies are scanned on every change, and real production data stays out of development and test environments, where AI tools work on synthetic records. An NDA is signed before work begins.
Where your data is regulated, we scope the rules with you at the start. For health data we apply HIPAA safeguards, and our HIPAA compliance consulting services cover the documentation and review. Tenant isolation is tested before and after every cutover, so one customer's data never reaches another.
How Does Cabot Move a SaaS Platform From the Old Stack to the New One?
Cabot's software migration services run in six steps, each ending in a decision you make. You can stop after any of them, and the first is worth having even if nothing follows it.
Not sure where to begin? Start with step 01 and settle the scope before you commit to a build.
1. Assess the system
We inventory the codebase, data and integrations, score each part for risk and value and choose the path per component. You decide the scope and the first milestone.
2. Capture current behavior
We recover how the old system behaves and build tests around it. You decide which behavior must be preserved and which can change.
3. Build the target
We build the new stack in stages, with senior review on every merge. You decide the target architecture and approve each stage.
4. Run both in parallel
The old and new systems run side by side and we compare outputs. You decide what counts as a match.
5. Cut over tenant by tenant
We move tenants in small groups, each with a tested rollback. You decide who goes first and when each group moves.
6. Retire the old system
Once every tenant is stable, we decommission the old stack and hand over documentation. You decide when it is safe to switch off.
Ready to see your migration path?
Start with a migration assessment and leave with a sequence, a first milestone and a scoped plan.
Who Stands Behind the Engineers Migrating Your Platform?
Every engagement has named owners. A technical lead owns the target architecture and the merge decisions and answers for every change that ships. Migration engineers own their modules from conversion through verification. A quality lead owns the tests that decide whether the new system matches the old one. A delivery lead owns the cadence and keeps your leaders informed, and your own people remain the authority on your product and your customers. Cabot's depth is concentrated in four areas: recovering behavior from undocumented code, moving relational databases safely, restructuring monoliths into services, and migrating multi-tenant platforms without cross-tenant exposure. We work in your repositories and your tools, follow your standards and hold regular reviews with your leads, so the knowledge stays with your team when the program ends.
Why SaaS Leaders Choose Cabot for Parallel-Run Software Migration
Parallel-run, not big-bang
Old and new systems run side by side until the new one is proven. To prove one module before committing further, start with MVP development services.
You own the result
Code, scripts and IP are yours from the first commit, with documentation handed over at the end.
Security and compliance built in
Tenant isolation, audit logging and HIPAA safeguards are part of every plan. See our compliance work.
Application and migration under one roof
Migration moves the stack and modernization improves it. Where both are needed, our application modernization services scope them together.
Delivery pipelines that hold
Repeatable build, test and release pipelines make each cutover safer, so every tenant group moves the same proven way.
AI speeds the slow work
AI reads legacy code and drafts tests while senior engineers keep every decision. See our AI development services.
Client Success Stories

AI-Accelerated Discovery to MVP for a HIPAA-Compliant Patient and Physician Marketplace
See how Cabot took a HIPAA-compliant, four-portal telehealth marketplace from discovery to a working MVP with licensure-aware booking, video, and payments.
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Text2SQL with Streamlit
Learn how Cabot used Python and Azure OpenAI to build a Streamlit app that turns plain-English questions into SQL and delivers real-time answers for faster analysis.
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FHIR Server & FHIR Auth Configuration for Secure API Access
See how Cabot built a FHIR-compliant server with Firely Auth (OAuth2/OpenID Connect) and MSSQL for secure, standards-based access to healthcare data.
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Automated Patient Summary Generation and Eligibility Assessment
Cabot built an AI system to generate patient summaries, run eligibility checks, prioritize referrals, and deliver dashboards, cutting intake time and errors.
Read the case studyWhere Should You Start If Migration Is Only Part of the Problem?
You need a system restructured, not just moved
Upgrades, re-architecture and AI-assisted rebuilds sit with application modernization services.
You want to prove an idea before a big move
Validate one workflow first with MVP development services.
You need AI inside the migrated product
Build it on the new stack with AI development services.
You need engineers added to your team
Embedded senior engineers are covered on hire AI developers.
You serve healthcare customers
See our healthcare software development work.
You want a rough cost first
Try the Cost Calculator before you talk to us.
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Software migration services move an application, its data and its infrastructure from one technology stack, platform or database to another while the business keeps running. The work covers assessing the current system, recovering how it behaves, building the target, moving the data, proving the two match and cutting over safely. For a SaaS company, it also means moving customers without breaking their service agreements.
No. A rewrite replaces everything at once and freezes your roadmap while it runs. A migration moves the system in stages, with the old and new stacks running side by side until the new one is proven. Most SaaS platforms can migrate one module or one group of tenants at a time, so product work continues throughout.
It depends on the size of the codebase, the number of integrations, the amount of data and how many tenants you serve. Because the work is staged, the first migrated module or tenant group usually reaches production well before the full program finishes. We agree the sequence and the first milestone during the assessment, before any code changes.
Cost follows the scope of the codebase, the size and shape of the data, the number of integrations, the target stack and the level of testing you need. We scope it against your actual system first, so you see a number before work begins. For a rough range, try our Cost Calculator.
In most cases, yes. We run the new system alongside the old one, replicate data between them, verify that outputs match and move tenants in small groups with a rollback ready for each. Where a short maintenance window cannot be avoided, we plan it with you and schedule it for your lowest-traffic period.
We first recover the application's behavior and add tests around it. Then we move it to a supported PHP version or to a framework such as Laravel or Symfony, one module at a time, with the old code serving traffic until each new module is proven. This is how PHP migration services avoid a risky rewrite.
We scan the code and its dependencies for the changes that break between releases, upgrade the build and libraries in steps, and run the full test suite at each step. Where the application is a monolith, we can also separate services during the same program. Java migration services work best when upgrade and restructuring are planned together.
We assess which libraries and Windows-specific features need replacing, then port the application to current .NET in stages, using compatibility layers where they help. Services and data are verified against the old system at each stage. A .NET Framework to .NET migration is usually delivered module by module, not as a single cutover.
Yes. For COBOL, we recover the business rules from the code with AI assistance, document them, then move the logic to a modern language such as Java or .NET and verify the results against the original. For Python 2, we convert and test the code against Python 3 and replace libraries that no longer have a supported release.
Migration moves a system from one stack, platform or database to another. Application modernization improves how a system is built and runs, through upgrades, re-architecture and rebuilds. Many programs need both. We scope the migration first, then link it to our application modernization services where the system also needs restructuring.
