We performed a comparison between CentOS and openSUSE Leap 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 is extremely stable."
"I like the command prompt of CentOS. It's very simple."
"The product is based on Red Hat and very stable."
"It is a scalable and cost-effective product compared to public cloud solutions."
"It's easy to install."
"There's lots of great documentation available."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is the speed and it is very easy to use."
"It has all the features of Red Hat, but you don't have to pay for the subscription."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"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."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"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."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Lacks sufficient security and some coding tools."
"As an open-source solution, there isn't much technical support."
"It could be more secure."
"They could build more options into the wizard."
"The solution could improve by making the management tools better for the DevOps teams. For example, WebEX and Webstacks."
"I would like the integration to be more secure."
"We are aware that the licensing has shifted, and it's not a change we've liked."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"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."
"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."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while openSUSE Leap is ranked 13th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0. 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 openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Oracle Linux. See our CentOS vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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