Overview
Accenture is the world's largest professional services firm by revenue, with reported FY2024 revenues of US$64.9 billion and approximately 774,000 employees across more than 120 countries. The firm is incorporated in Dublin, Ireland, led by chief executive Julie Sweet, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker ACN. Cloud migration sits within Accenture's Cloud First business, a US$3 billion multi-year investment announced in September 2020 that consolidated cloud advisory, engineering, infrastructure, and managed services into a single global practice.
Accenture is the largest professional services partner of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, and operates dedicated business groups with each — Accenture AWS Business Group (AABG), Avanade for Microsoft, and Google Cloud Business Group. The firm has executed more than 50,000 cloud-related projects globally and holds tens of thousands of hyperscaler certifications. Cloud migration delivery uses myNav, Accenture's proprietary platform for cloud assessment, landing zone design, migration factory orchestration, and FinOps optimisation, which has been deployed on more than 400 enterprise migrations.
Accenture is typically a fit for global enterprises moving thousands of applications across multiple cloud platforms in a single programme, where senior strategy, change management, and industry-specific reference architectures justify Big Four-equivalent fees. The firm is rarely the cheapest option, can be heavier in governance overhead than mid-tier specialists, and most cost-sensitive lift-and-shift programmes are better served by an India-headquartered systems integrator or a hyperscaler-specialist boutique.
Services Offered
- Cloud strategy, business case, and total cost of ownership assessment
- Application portfolio analysis and 7R disposition (rehost, replatform, refactor, retire, retain, relocate, repurchase)
- Landing zone design and deployment on AWS Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones, Google Cloud Foundation
- Migration factory delivery using myNav, AWS MAP, Azure Migrate, and Google Migrate
- SAP on cloud migration including RISE with SAP and S/4HANA on Azure, AWS, GCP
- Mainframe modernisation and legacy COBOL migration to cloud-native services
- Data platform migration to Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift
- DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering enablement for post-migration operations
- Cloud security architecture, CSPM, and zero-trust implementation
- Managed cloud operations, FinOps, and 24x7 hyperscaler support
Typical Engagement
| Engagement Type | Model | Typical Range |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud readiness and strategy assessment | Fixed-fee project | $300K–$1.5M (8–14 weeks) |
| Application portfolio discovery and migration plan | Fixed-fee project | $500K–$3M (10–16 weeks) |
| Migration factory (lift and shift, 200–1,000 apps) | Fixed-fee per wave + T&M | $5M–$60M (12–24 months) |
| Enterprise cloud transformation programme | Multi-year managed outcome | $60M–$200M+ (24–48 months) |
| Managed cloud operations | Monthly retainer | $150K–$2M+ per month |
| Staff augmentation (Certified cloud architect) | Hourly bill rate | $165–$340/hour blended |
Pricing ranges verified May 2026 from public procurement records, hyperscaler partner channel benchmarks, and reference checks. India-blended pyramids reduce blended rates 30–50% versus onshore US delivery.
Strengths
- Largest global cloud practice, with more than 144,000 cloud-certified practitioners across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
- Top-tier partner status and dedicated business units with all three major hyperscalers, plus Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and IBM Cloud
- myNav platform automates discovery, landing zone, and FinOps for repeatable migration delivery at scale
- Industry-specific reference architectures for banking, insurance, life sciences, public sector, energy, and consumer goods
- Mature change management, organisational design, and operating-model transformation alongside the technology migration
- Named a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrants for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services and Cloud Migration Services
Limitations
- Rate cards are among the highest in the market — typically 20 to 40% above India-headquartered SIs for comparable migration work
- Programme governance overhead can be heavy; senior partner time on engagements below US$5M is often limited
- Resource quality varies significantly between Dublin, US onshore, India, and Eastern European delivery centres
- Hyperscaler partner bias can influence target platform selection on programmes with strong AABG or Avanade involvement
- Long contracting cycles and procurement complexity — typically 90 to 150 days from RFP to signed master services agreement
- Less competitive on pure lift-and-shift work where myNav and large change management capability are not needed