We performed a comparison between CentOS and Ubuntu Linux 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 product offers a free community-based version."
"The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"The user access level is most valuable. When you do administration with CentOS, the number of customizations that you can do for each user is higher than other solutions. It is very customizable."
"CentOS's most valuable features are that it's cost-saving and helps to scale down your usage."
"There's lots of great documentation available."
"It is a scalable and cost-effective product compared to public cloud solutions."
"The product is very efficient when it comes to virtualization."
"The most valuable feature is that it is compatible with RedHat."
"The main distinguishing feature between Ubuntu and other Linux distribution is that Ubuntu has excelled at user-friendliness. It's very easy to use."
"Windows needs a refresh option to refresh its screen, but Ubuntu doesn't need that. It refreshes automatically and works well."
"The solution is easy to use"
"The tool is stable. It can automate the updates like Microsoft."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is more secure than competitors such as Microsoft Windows."
"As we have repositories in my country, the ease of use and the open source nature of the solution are valuable features."
"The solution is stable."
"CentOS could be improved with more user-friendly monitoring."
"The server system is a little bit tough to manage."
"GUI could be merged and expansion simplified."
"The tool has no official support."
"I would like to see more frequent updates."
"They could build more options into the wizard."
"The stability could always be improved."
"When comparing the GUI of CentOS to Microsoft Windows or Mac, it could improve."
"The product could be compatible with Microsoft."
"You need a lot of bandwidth during the initial setup in order to pull from the repository. Without good bandwidth, you'll get cut off and the implementation will fail."
"We'd like to have a bit more of a friendly user interface."
"The user interface must be more user-friendly for non-technicians."
"The user interface could be improved, as it looks a little bit older."
"The solution could be more stable and secure."
"The documentation is very poor."
"Ubuntu is putting great efforts into making their platform a great hosting platform for Kubernetes and other related tools, but they are not addressing the challenges with what it takes to run Ubuntu in a large Windows-based environment."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Ubuntu Linux is ranked 2nd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 134 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Ubuntu Linux is rated 8.6. 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 Ubuntu Linux writes "A stable and free solution that is easy to deploy and has a user-friendly GUI". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap, whereas Ubuntu Linux is most compared with Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows Server and openSUSE Leap. See our CentOS vs. Ubuntu Linux report.
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