Replica of Sharepoint Online Publishing Site

Question

Hi,

 

 

How can i create a replica of a sharepoint online production site? We want to use this replica site for development purpose. Creating a site template is not an option as it is a publishing site and the option is missing.

 

Is there any other way to achieve this other than using 3rd party tools like Sharegate, Metalogix,etc? Also will i able to create a replica of the Sharepoint Online Publishing site using the trial version of these tools?

 

Please advice..