We performed a comparison between CentOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Operating Systems (OS) for Business solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The user interface of CentOS is intuitive, we can also use the command prompt."
"The latest version of this solution has everything built in, making it comprehensive and very easy to use."
"CentOS' best feature is that it's the standard product for Linux, so it's well-supported."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"CentOS's most valuable features are that it's cost-saving and helps to scale down your usage."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is the speed and it is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the limited resources the solution uses in operation."
"It's a good and stable system. It provides everything you need for web servers and database servers."
"It also was very easy to setup, and offered an easy to use advanced setup option as well. This helped to create special configurations for different use cases."
"The solution offers a secure operation system."
"The tool’s idempotency ensures all configurations are in place at all times."
"SUSE Linux's most valuable feature is the documentation - there is a lot of documentation about how to create custom servers."
"The technical support services are good."
"Linux is easy to use. You have more control on a Unix system."
"The initial setup is simple and takes five minutes for deployment and if you have automation in place, it will take four minutes."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It is challenging to scale the solution when we have to increase the storage capacity from one end."
"I would like to see more frequent updates."
"In the future, CentOS will no longer be compatible with Red Hat."
"The GUI interface could always be better."
"The price of CentOS could improve."
"The interface could be improved."
"CentOS is not easy."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The price of SUSE Linux Enterprise could improve, it is too expensive."
"They should probably just make clustering a bit simpler and also provide more descriptive log files for cluster services."
"If you want to do something simple like changing an IP number, you have to be quite aware of all the configuration files where you will change that."
"In the next release it would be nice to see more integration and better automation of processses."
"The interface could improve."
"The free version sometimes has security holes."
"Compared with the competition, of late actually, the solution has increased its pricing tremendously."
"Red Hat has more packages that are available than SUSE does. I'd love to see more projects based on SUSE."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 26 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CentOS writes "Allows you to securely store data, and command prompts make it simple to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and openSUSE Leap, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux. See our CentOS vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise report.
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