We performed a comparison between CentOS and Oracle Linux based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on our user reviews, CentOs slightly edges out Oracle Linux. CentOS is very user friendly, does not take up a lot of resources, and integrates with other applications. It is a very strong, powerful, reliable solution and users feel they get a performance boost using applications with CentOS. However, Oracle Linux is very flexible and secure and may be the right choice for enterprises currently running on Oracle or planning to migrate to Oracle solutions.
"The most valuable features of CentOS are it is built from Linux, has good performance, and can we can create scripts. The scripts are you to do minor work automatically."
"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."
"The solution is easy to troubleshoot."
"The community and knowledge base are very robust."
"It's a good and stable system. It provides everything you need for web servers and database servers."
"Very robust and easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"It is better than Ubuntu Linux."
"The solution runs very well on inter-platform or HPE Intel servers."
"The virtual environment is the best I've ever worked with."
"It is good for web, network, and file management."
"We find the consolidated support for this solution and other same vendor systems to be an extremely valuable feature. This allows for faster resolution of issues and consistency of support personnel."
"Very stable."
"The main business advantage is maintaining compliance with Oracle licensing, avoiding non-compliance issues, and license revisions."
"The most valuable feature is the binary compatibility i.e. that Oracle Linux is 100% compatible with Red Hat Linux."
"It has a good amount of mount points."
"When comparing the GUI of CentOS to Microsoft Windows or Mac, it could improve."
"CentOS should extend the support of the solution. The solution is set to have no update support in 2023."
"More security features could be included in the next release."
"GUI could be merged and expansion simplified."
"In the future, CentOS will no longer be compatible with Red Hat."
"The product lacks a graphical user interface that can help users automate certain systems using the native features offered by CentOS."
"There is no notification before updates are applied to the solution, which occasionally means that new functionality isn't compatible with how the product is currently being used, and causes issues."
"The performance could stand improvement."
"Oracle Linux performs best on Linux or Unix. However, you cannot get the same performance or stability in Windows."
"Since it is a VM, it gets slow. It can be an area for improvement."
"The deployment is a bit complex."
"What we found in moving from Oracle Linux 6 to Oracle Linux 7 was the whole interfacing with the application and the fact that operating had all changed, all the commands had changed. You need to be aware that there is some kind of training, some kind of handover required for your technical guys, understanding different ways of interacting with it. Bear that in mind."
"The solution could improve by giving the client or customer more control."
"Kernel updates need improvement."
"The price of Oracle Linux should improve, it is expensive compared to other solutions."
"They should improve in the area of entertainment applications for the average user."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Oracle Linux is ranked 3rd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 108 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while Oracle Linux 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 Oracle Linux writes "The operational system is the best and is packed with free features like CapsLive". CentOS is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap, whereas Oracle Linux is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server. See our CentOS vs. Oracle Linux report.
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