We performed a comparison between Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Users of Windows Server 2016 feel that it is a very user-friendly solution. Furthermore, they note that its active directory feature is highly valuable. They also note that it is highly scalable. However, many users feel that its security capabilities could be greatly improved. They also feel that the graphical interface could be better.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Red Hat Enterprise Linux seems to be a slightly superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Windows Server 2016 rather expensive to purchase and not as secure as it should be.
"I like the fact that most of the system configuration is Namespace so it's easy to get to and easy to configure, and most of it still uses text documents. Not all of it's a menu-driven-type entry. I also like the fact that it's a very standard file system layout so it's easy to navigate."
"The solution has good availability and is easy to use."
"It's been great since we have it. It's been reliable and fast."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linunx's most valuable feature is patching."
"The biggest thing that I have found valuable is stability."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"I have seen a return on investment, especially considering the time taken to resolve the problem where we bought some support from Red Hat."
"The features and tools help us to maintain security overall."
"The most valuable features I have found to be the flexibility and wide range of support training available."
"Operating system with a good interface that can run applications."
"It's important to us that it is easy to use and has easy maintenance because we don't have specialists"
"The tool supports many applications."
"We have had no problems with Windows Server and we plan to continue using it in the future."
"Very easy to configure."
"We have not contacted technical support."
"The solution is easy to use. We are satisfied with its performance."
"There should be more upgrades to the security features."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's monitoring could be improved. I would like additional monitoring features, like a greater ability to monitor services and workloads running. Satellite can provide centralized monitoring of subscriptions and deployments. You can build a monitoring console, but there is no native monitoring."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux should modernize its UI to make navigating the screens easier."
"Its pricing is good and competitive."
"Sometimes the solution deletes our archives or other features that were useful to us."
"A feature that I would like to see in the image builder is the ability to open the image in live mode and access a command line interface."
"We need to have more flexibility on the developed versions. Not everybody is ready to subscribe to enterprise versions. They would like to test the tool without subscriptions."
"The performance component is available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but we need to maintain the dashboard on-premises, which requires us to switch between systems instead of performing all tasks from a single location."
"In the future, there should be better protection for this solution."
"The solution is less stable than Linux."
"The graphical user interface could be better. It's a little dated."
"It would be better if they had more security features and fewer bugs. They can also improve their technical support."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"There are lots of improvements that can be brought by Microsoft, although for us Windows Server works mostly as expected. For how we're using Windows Server, security is a top priority, so when talking security, it can always be improved upon, no matter what."
"Sometimes the PowerShell has an overly complicated syntax."
"The solution could have better security features."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Windows 10, Oracle Linux, Windows 11 and CentOS. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. Windows Server report.
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