We performed a comparison between Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Oracle Linux ultimately won out in this comparison. Our reviewers found Oracle Linux to be easy to install and easy to use, while Oracle Solaris was less so. Oracle Linux users are also happier with the price than Oracle Solaris users. One place where Oracle Solaris did come out on top was in the realm of security.
"The graphical interface is fine. And the documentation is extremely valuable."
"Oracle Linux is very compatible with other platforms."
"The solution has zero downtime and is easy to optimize right out of the box."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of the commands which take little time to learn."
"Overall Oracle Linux is very good."
"The most valuable features are performance, frequent update patches, and security."
"It is good for web, network, and file management."
"It has a good amount of mount points."
"Oracle Solaris is great due to the fact that it actually is meant for high-end servers."
"The backup capabilities are quite good."
"Solaris's best features are high availability, robustness, and database hosting."
"We use the solution as an internal operating system."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Solaris is the incremental backup that happens in the system."
"It works well. It is very stable and very good. It is also very safe. It cannot be easily infected by viruses or attacks."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"This product is stable, has good documentation, lots of solutions, a big community, and good support."
"Kernel updates need improvement."
"The support process is time-consuming as it involves several steps."
"The tool’s user interface needs to improve."
"Oracle Linux could improve by having better compatibility with other solutions. Some aspects of the configuration are difficult. I was using Oracle Linux on a Mac computer and it was very difficult to set up."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"Most day-to-day applications are not native to this solution. You have to run an emulator or virtual machine, such as VMware to access these Windows applications."
"The licensing price could be better."
"It is not a user-friendly solution."
"Oracle customer service is slow at times."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"I believe before Oracle was using Oracle Linux, they were using Oracle Solaris for their customers who are using Oracle databases. This was because it was more optimized for the hardware built for it. It has good performance for the database only. However, if you take it out of the Oracle applications, it will not do well compared to other operating systems, such as Linux or even Windows can have better performance."
"I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle"
"Setting up Oracle Solaris can be complex because it requires more commands than other systems."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered backend management. In the 11.4 version, Oracle added a management console. It would be great if we maybe had a user management tool to go with it."
Oracle Linux is ranked 3rd in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 108 reviews while Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 48 reviews. Oracle Linux is rated 8.4, while Oracle Solaris is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle Linux writes "The operational system is the best and is packed with free features like CapsLive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". Oracle Linux is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server, whereas Oracle Solaris is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise and CentOS. See our Oracle Linux vs. Oracle Solaris report.
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