We performed a comparison between CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) finishes ahead of CentOS in this comparison. Users feel that RHEL offers better stability, control, and consistent value-added updates. Additionally, the improved integration with RHEL provides for a better TCO, allowing resources to be distributed elsewhere in the organization, further enhancing productivity and profitability.
"Its performance is most valuable. There is a performance boost as compared to when the applications are run on Windows OS."
"It has all the features of Red Hat, but you don't have to pay for the subscription."
"A valuable features of CentOS is that it's quite stable and doesn't crash often. It's also quite intuitive."
"You can work with the UI or in command line, if you prefer."
"CentOS is very efficient and very powerful with many capabilities."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The solution is easy to troubleshoot."
"It is better than Ubuntu Linux."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's most valuable feature is its stability."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's most valuable attribute is its stability."
"The knowledge base is excellent."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linunx's most valuable feature is patching."
"There are some nice integrations with scanning for vulnerabilities. That is the feature I have enjoyed the most because I am a security person, and that is my bread and butter."
"The most valuable feature is the package management. It helps a lot. I also like the support."
"Errata is the most valuable feature, which is supported by Red Hat."
"One of the most valuable aspects is the ease of installing packages on the server."
"The GUI interface could always be better."
"Integration with other platforms could be improved."
"They could build more options into the wizard."
"In terms of commands, it's all CLI and there isn't any GUI which can make it challenging to use for some people."
"Integration with Open Stack could be improved."
"CentOS is very close to the end of life."
"There could be more integration features included in the product."
"The tool has no official support."
"When there is downtime from a system admin perspective, this solution could improve how they communicate why this down time is happening."
"In the past and with older versions, you couldn't expand the root file system without rebooting the server or restarting the operating system. That is something that they have actually corrected now, which is great. They corrected that issue somewhere around RHEL 7."
"The graphical user interface should be more user-friendly. It's a concern because the command line is perfectly fine."
"I would like to see the GNOME system monitor feature, which shows CPU usage and other aspects. It will help to save time."
"Although the price is reasonable, there is room for improvement in order to stand out from other open-source solutions."
"The solution should provide demos so that users can learn to use it and improve their environments."
"The DNF package manager could be improved."
"The cost of this solution could be improved."
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CentOS is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.4, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8. 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Windows Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10 and Rocky Linux. See our CentOS vs. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) report.
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