I've been using the likes of All-in-One Migration for a long time, but I don't love how much server space it eats up just to generate the export, and it throws errors often enough to be annoying.

I'm not against the terminal, it's powerful, but I'm not fluent enough that I don't end up googling or asking AI for the right command most times I use it.

Curious how other people handle this, particularly if you're running more than a handful of client sites (say 10+).

• What's your actual workflow for pushing and pulling files and the database between environments?
• What do you use to keep everything updated across multiple sites — core, plugins, themes?
• Has a migration or update ever gone wrong on a live site? What happened?
• Are you on the command line for most of this, or do you avoid it where you can?