We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 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."I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"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."
"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."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"With regard to security, most companies are moving towards the black box approach and Red Hat. It's much more secure compared to the other vendors."
"I prefer AIX, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux is cheaper."
"The AppStream feature provides access to up-to-date languages and tools in a way that interoperates with third-party source code. It makes it a lot easier to maintain that, as well as keeps our developers happy by having newer versions of development languages available."
"Errata is the most valuable feature, which is supported by Red Hat."
"RHEL has made our operations more reliable by giving us a more repeatable process. After we've built it once, we know it will work the same way the next time we build it. It has reduced the time I spend training my operations team, and the cost of ownership is low."
"The security updates and the support that comes along with it for applications are valuable."
"This is a very robust product that doesn't require a lot of handling. It just works."
"LVM is a valuable feature."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"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."
"Deployment is simple if you have been using the solution for a long time. However, it can be complex if you are new to it."
"We finally started doing Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Edge. That one definitely is an improvement. One piece that is missing is that we are required to use moby-engine, but currently, Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Edge forces Podman, so we have to work around it."
"Their support needs improvement. It should be faster for priority tickets."
"I'm not sure how the support is being changed in terms of needing to pay for it. That's an area that can be improved. They should offer support without charging users for it."
"Some of the repositories and some of the DNS versions are very old. I just deployed something using Ruby and the DNS stable repository was sufficiently old that the Ruby project I was using didn't work."
"The solution's ecosystem is good but it would be better to create cohesive components in all of the development tools."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a little expensive for some customers who don't have the budget. It depends on the client. They can save money by not purchasing some of the added packages and services. If the client has a budget of $10 million, we can go for the whole bundle."
"There are a lot of file systems that are supported by other Linux distributions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a little behind those. For example, Btrfs is a file system that is not supported by Red Hat."
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openSUSE Leap is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10 and Flatcar Container Linux. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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