Laplink Software Review - why 3.5 stars?

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Aug 18, 2019

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What is Laplink Software?

PCmover is a PC migration software that can help users to move files from one PC to another automatically. Users can restore or move their selected files, user profiles, folders, settings and even installed programs using this software. As most of the transferred software will be already installed, you don’t have to look for their installer, CD, license codes or serial number.

Laplink Software, the company behind PCmover, has been providing PC connectivity solutions for over 30 years. Over 15 million Mac and Windows users all around the world are currently using their solution. The company is also popular for providing peer-to-peer, wireless and internet-based file transferring solutions.

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Who is it best for?

PCmover is perfect for individuals or organizations of all shapes and sizes. Home users, professionals or business owners who are looking for a PC migration software can try PCmover. Bloomberg, NASA and Philips are some of the clients of PCmover.

Main features and functionalities

PCmover comes with free transfer assistance, multiple user profile selectivity, folder selectivity, application selectivity, in-place upgrade and rescue hard drive contents features. A trained expert can help you with your migration and offer you free transfer assistance. You can select the applications and folders you want and move them to your new PC using this software. The multiple user profile selectivity feature supports selecting only the user profiles you want to move.

If you moved something you don’t want to, you can use the undo feature to make things to back to the previous state. The software also supports in-place upgrade which allows you to upgrade your old PC to a latest version of Windows without moving your applications and files to another PC. You can also save an old image of your PC and restore it in your new PC. If any of your PC is not running but it’s hard drive is still working, you can use the rescue hard drive contents feature to save your applications and data.

What is the actual cost?

The cost of license starts at $60 per license. ITQlick pricing score is 6.4 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Access ITQlick pricing guide for Laplink Software.

Pros

• PCmover offers tailor made migration plans for users unlike other similar tools
• PCmover is compatible with all the latest versions of Windows operating system
• The customer support of PCmover offers free transfer assistance for Home, Professional and Business/Enterprise plan users
• The PC migration software offers multiple user profile selectivity feature unlike other similar tools
• The PC migration solution offers in-house upgrade unlike other similar PC migration tools

Cons

• PCmover doesn’t offer any free evaluation offer for Home and Business plans
• PCmover doesn’t offer in-place upgrade for Home plan users which can be a problem for some users
• The folder selectivity feature of PCmover is not available for Home pricing plan users
• The PC migration software still requires transferring some hardware information and applications manually
• The free transfer assistance feature is only available to customers located in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom

How it stacks up?

Access a head to head analysis of Laplink Software vs alternative software solutions.

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