We performed a comparison between CentOS and openSUSE Leap 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."It has all the features of Red Hat, but you don't have to pay for the subscription."
"The latest version of this solution has everything built in, making it comprehensive and very easy to use."
"The scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and not complex, especially if you are familiar with CLI."
"Setup is straightforward. You can complete it in about 30 minutes."
"The technical support is good."
"I like its stability, performance, and usability."
"Offers useful information and has good compatibility."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function."
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"The security could be improved because the server system isn't very secure."
"CentOS is very close to the end of life."
"If CentOS could add Office features then that would be beneficial. Additionally, the UI could improve."
"I was using CentOS because it was very stable, and now it's not."
"GUI could be merged and expansion simplified."
"In the future, CentOS will no longer be compatible with Red Hat."
"Previous versions were unstable."
"This solution is no longer suited to our business following the change they have made to the release process. It is no longer an enterprise solution."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while openSUSE Leap is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0. 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 openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and Oracle Solaris, whereas openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Oracle Linux. See our CentOS vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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