We performed a comparison between Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows 11 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 solution’s stability is its most valuable feature."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is certainly more secure than AIX, which is what we had. It's also better than Solaris. It has improved from that perspective. We can handle the vulnerabilities better. It's more secure."
"The knowledge base they offer has proven to be quite efficient and we haven't encountered any significant challenges."
"One of Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s valuable features is its enterprise-level security. We are guaranteed that it's secure, and that's important for us because we need to comply with security regulations. Security always remains a top priority."
"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 security updates and the support that comes along with it for applications are valuable."
"The Red Hat Linux comes with Anaconda, a fascinating tool that is useful if I need to connect multiple systems. I also like role-based access."
"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."
"Windows 11 is an easy-to-use solution."
"The security features in Windows 11 are always being updated."
"I rate the initial setup process an eight out of ten. It takes less than a day to complete."
"Quick Assist is a valuable feature."
"The variety of tools utilized to meet unique needs across the company and different departments."
"Windows 11 is more user-friendly in GUI (Graphical User Interface) and offers a wide range of settings and preferences."
"We plan to increase the usage as it is easy to deploy, and most users are familiar with Windows."
"I use the tool for work which includes emails, using the internet, etc."
"Network virtualization resources could be better. When you have any kind of trouble with network virtualization, such as with OVS, which is like a switch in a virtual environment, it takes many hours to find what is happening. Other vendors, such as VMware, and even other Linux implementations for network virtualization have better resources. It is much easier to escalate, and there is better documentation."
"Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization isn't up to the mark as compared to VMware and Hyper-V, but they're moving everything on OpenShift for containers and virtual machines, which is stable. If you go into the virtualization layer, they still need to improve a lot of things, but with regards to OpenShift, containers, Docker, and other things, they are doing well."
"It is challenging to use the knowledge base and the deployment documentation."
"Deploying clusters on Red Hat, as well as on Oracle Linux, is a bit involving. I'd like them to simplify the setup or at least give meaningful log files to be able to see what's happening at the cluster level."
"There are some things that we've seen from RHEL that have given us a little bit of consternation. Their IdM product could be improved greatly. It would be great if they had some type of application built in that would let you do whitelisting for applications. On the government side, for zero trust, that's becoming very important. We're currently using a third-party solution, and it's tough to get it to match up because anytime the kernel changes, you have to match the software to the kernel."
"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."
"The solution should be made more secure."
"The vendor keeps rolling out many packets, which complicates our job."
"Whenever there is an update, a black screen appears which is due to patches being installed in the background."
"I would like the solution to include AI integration. It also needs to have better support."
"The solution's stability can be improved."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"Sometimes, I experience slowness in Windows 11, and its speed could be improved."
"I have noticed a difference in audio option."
"Sometimes the Windows 11 system hangs, and its stability could be improved."
"There was trouble installing a program from my USB flash drive."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while Windows 11 is ranked 10th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 32 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while Windows 11 is rated 8.6. 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 11 writes "An easy-to-use solution that can be used for desktop computing". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10 and VMware vSphere, whereas Windows 11 is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. Windows 11 report.
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