We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap and Oracle Solaris 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."openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"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 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."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"Oracle Solaris provides an ease of use."
"This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"It is a scalable solution. I recommend it for bigger companies."
"Oracle Solaris was the preferred operating system for their customers to run their databases on and to get the best performance. It performs well with Oracle applications. Additionally, there are some features inside that are called zones which are Linux containers."
"One of the main features of this solution is the ease of use."
"The backup capabilities are quite good."
"Solaris' best feature is its stability."
"The ability to manipulate the zones and the files within the zones from a global OS provides us flexibility that no other virtualization can match."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"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."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"I would love to see improvements in SVM, so file systems could be increased or migrated without downtime to the environment, similar to what ZFS is capable of."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today."
"Oracle customer service is slow at times."
"I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle"
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"The tool is quite complex and difficult for anyone trying to use or study it."
openSUSE Leap is ranked 13th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 47 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Oracle Solaris is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "Improve flexibility, automate DR process, and speed up recovery time using Zones". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), whereas Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10 and CentOS. See our Oracle Solaris vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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