How to migrate Azure Blob Storage to Cloudflare R2

Moving from Azure Blob Storage to Cloudflare R2 usually means a script somebody wrote once and a weekend of watching it. This job replaces the script: it copies everything, resumes if interrupted, and can be run again right before the switch to catch what changed.

This job runs on the Business plan (Cloudflare R2 and Google Cloud Storage buckets, Azure sources and server destinations are Business features). Every account starts with a 14-day trial of Pro; see plans.

1. 1.Connect the source. Under Credentials, add the storage account's connection string (or a SAS with read and list rights). The container is chosen on the job.
2. 2.Connect the destination. Create an R2 API token with Object Read & Write on the Cloudflare dashboard and add it under Credentials. Then import the bucket under Buckets & Servers, or create one there.
3. 3.Open Backups & Migrations and press Create. Choose Azure Blob Storage as the source and A bucket as the destination, then Continue.

1. 1.Pick the Azure credential and type the container, and a folder inside it if you want only part of it.
2. 2.Pick the destination bucket and, if you like, a folder inside it where the files land.
3. 3.Leave the schedule on manual for a one-time move, or set one if the source keeps receiving files and you want them to follow. Choose how many files copy in parallel (threads); eight is a good default for a busy server.

1. 1.Press Create Job, then Run now. The first run copies everything; every run after it copies only what changed.

Every run is incremental: a file is copied only if its size or timestamp differs from the copy, so a nightly run of a large source moves only the day's changes and finishes in minutes.

When both ends are on the same provider the copy happens server-side and the bytes never leave that provider; between providers, BucketPilot streams each file through, without keeping it.

You can watch it: live progress on the job, a per-file log, and an email when a run finishes or needs attention. Transient errors retry with backoff; a run that fails outright is reported, never silently skipped.

Cloudflare R2 has no object versioning, so the copy holds the latest version of each file. Nothing is ever deleted at the destination by a backup, so a file removed at the source stays in the copy until you remove it yourself.

Every job has a Restore button: it copies from the destination back to the source, only what is missing there, never overwriting a newer file and never deleting anything. A backup you cannot restore from is not a backup, so this is part of the job, not a separate product.