A first cloud computing provider may execute a virtual machine, and an automated migration platform may access the first provider data center using a secure shell with key-based access by providing a public encryption key. The automated migration platform may use a data duplicator command to stream block level copies of the virtual machine (and the stream of block level copies may be compressed before being stored at a storage location). Resource requirements, including a volume size, of the virtual machine may be automatically determined and used to create a new empty volume at a second cloud computing provider. The compressed stream of block level copies from the storage location may be extracted into the new empty volume. A new virtual machine may then be spawned at the second cloud computing provider having the new volume as a root volume. The new virtual machine may then be started.