We performed a comparison between CentOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise 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 scalability of CentOS is good. We can deploy the operating system in many hardware, laptops, and servers."
"The product is based on Red Hat and very stable."
"The product is free to use."
"The most valuable feature is the limited resources the solution uses in operation."
"Its performance is most valuable. There is a performance boost as compared to when the applications are run on Windows OS."
"The most valuable feature is that it is compatible with RedHat."
"It is a stable soultion."
"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 tool’s idempotency ensures all configurations are in place at all times."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is stable."
"SUSE Linux's most valuable feature is the documentation - there is a lot of documentation about how to create custom servers."
"It also was very easy to setup, and offered an easy to use advanced setup option as well. This helped to create special configurations for different use cases."
"The most valuable feature is that there is an inbuilt HANA firewall."
"Linux is easy to use. You have more control on a Unix system."
"From a functionality perspective, the suite is quite rich. We like that."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is easy to configure for those who are not hardcore command-line driven."
"CentOS could be improved with more user-friendly monitoring."
"They could build more options into the wizard."
"We occasionally have issues with software installation."
"Like every operating system, it could be more secure."
"Lacks sufficient security and some coding tools."
"The support could be a bit better."
"GUI could be merged and expansion simplified."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"I have not seen an ROI with this solution."
"Red Hat has more packages that are available than SUSE does. I'd love to see more projects based on SUSE."
"The initial setup could be simplified."
"The only stability issues that I can recall encountering with SUSE would be with KDE. However, that is limited to just the desktop environment as I have not had stability issues with most server functions."
"They should improve their educational portal."
"They should provide chatbot support for customers to open the troubleshooting cases directly."
"The interface could improve."
"The free version sometimes has security holes."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 26 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while SUSE Linux Enterprise 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and openSUSE Leap, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux. See our CentOS vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise report.
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