CentOS Pricing
The price is very good.
Once you buy the license, Linux will provide you with yearly or monthly patches, so your systems will be scalable for a long time. You can decide whether or not you want to install a patch. They're giving patches instead of going for automatic updates because some of the services will not work.
CentOS is an open-source tool.
We used it as an open-source solution. We did not have to worry about licensing.
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CentOS
April 2024
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I do not handle licensing. It's not in my scope of work.
View full review »I can't speak to the pricing. The DevOps team handles that aspect of the product.
View full review »The solution is open source. Sometimes I donate a little bit of money to support the solution.
View full review »We are using the community version. It is free.
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Brian Bagnall
Senior Unix System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
There are zero licensing costs for the solution.
There are admin costs. We run it on VMware, so there has to be VMware cost.
View full review »It's freeware, so we can use it without worrying about licensing.
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Rahul Sawhney
Group Manager at HCL Technologies
The licensing is per device.
View full review »If a company cannot afford Red Hat, they should use this product.
It's an open-source solution.
View full review »I'm not well-versed in licensing. It's almost free. The cost is very, very low.
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Davy MOUSSAVOU
Head of Department of operational and compliance at ACE GABON
We're using the open-source version of CentOS.
View full review »This is an open-source solution, so there are no licensing costs involved.
View full review »We don’t have to pay for the system’s licenses.
View full review »For the enterprise version of CentOS, there is a license required. However, for personal use, I do not need a license.
View full review »We use the free, open-source solution because we cannot afford the price for Linux.
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Daniel Matei
3D Artist at Daromex
The central source is under an open-source license. I use it this way due to the fact that I don't need any license for using it.
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Mpho Morake
Group CEO at Mmusi Group
The cost depends on how the organization or a specific person licenses it. If you want the free version, there's Ubuntu which is supported by forums. You can pay for the license yearly or pay for a specific version.
SK
Santosh Kurakula
Group DWH and BI Senior Manager at Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa
There is no price or licensing required — it's open-source.
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reviewer930072
Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We are using the community version, which is free.
View full review »You can pay for the support if you purchase Red Hat. We don't have the need for that just yet, and CentOS satisfies our needs when needed (assuming we can support it in-house).
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reviewer1889697
Chief Product Officer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The solution is open-source. We do not pay a licensing fee.
View full review »The license is affordable. I rate the price a ten out of ten.
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VaibhavPathrikar
Technial Lead at a manufacturing company with 1-10 employees
It is open-source, which means it is a free product. It has a one-time deployment cost.
View full review »Buy a Red Hat license. It's worth it.
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Saad Khoudali
System Administrator at Confidential
The solution is open-source and does not have any costs or licensing fees.
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Manish Mimani
Senior manager at SBI Cap security
CentOS is cheaper compared to Windows.
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reviewer1892454
Teaching and research assistant at a university with 201-500 employees
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reviewer1597158
Lead Solutions Architect - International Projects at a media company with 501-1,000 employees
The pricing is very reasonable. From what I understand, we pay a minimal fee, if we pay anything at all.
View full review »I use the free version.
View full review »There are no costs for CentOS, it is open-source.
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reviewer1053252
Technical Presales Consultant/ Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There are no licensing fees for CentOS. It's a DPL project, there is no licensing cost.
View full review »The solution is open source so it is free.
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Thomas Stern
Team Leader Operations at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
This is an open source solution.
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reviewer1406874
Consultant at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
This product is free to use. It's great for companies with small budgets.
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reviewer1934385
Director of Electronic procurement department at a government with 51-200 employees
CentOS is an expensive solution. There are other solutions that are rated at the top that are not expensive, such as Red Hat or Oracle Linux.
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reviewer1581882
Sr Manager - Information Security & Researcher at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution is not subscription-based, unlike Red Hat. It involves recompiled binaries, so it does not come with a subscription fee.
PS
Panduka Samarasinghe Cissp
Security Pre-Sales Engineer - Southern Reigion at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Nothing.
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Augusta Marbenny
MIS Specialist at a agriculture with 201-500 employees
We have no complaints about the price, which is quite reasonable.
We have a CentOS license that we pay for on a yearly basis.
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Aymen Dridi
Systems and Virtualization Engineer at Altelios Technology Group
This is a free solution.
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Faruk Kutlu
Managing Partner at Veribir Ltd
CentOS is a free solution.
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Mac Wang
Project Manager at Realnux
There is no license required for this solution.
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reviewer1473483
Senior System Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
There are no licensing costs for CentOS.
View full review »This solution is much more cost effective than Windows and the Open Source options.
I always advise using free software (like CentOs) because it has all the necessary tools for the universities and CPD. The Asus platform has remote management activated, without any licensing. With other server manufacturers, I would suggest it is necessary to ask for remote management licensing.
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reviewer1392807
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
There are no licensing fees. CentOS is a free solution.
View full review »It is free.
View full review »No experience.
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reviewer1489566
Manager Tech. & Support (Information Technology) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
We are using a subscription-based license option for CentOS.
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reviewer1696335
Storage Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
I'm not required to pay a licensing fee.
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CentOS
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about CentOS. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
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