We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap and Windows Server 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 most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"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."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"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."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"The most valuable features are the ease of access and maintaining the solution."
"The tool is easy to access and manage. You don't have to take any backups."
"The scalability it offers is great."
"The Active Directory and the applications where the server is installed are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ESRP that is used with the Windows Platform."
"Overall the solution has been functioning very well for us."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing."
"Windows Server is very easy to use."
"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."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"The initial setup is simple for some but difficult for others."
"More security features would be great."
"Windows Server could improve its integration with cloud and hybrid environments to better adapt to modern computing needs."
"I would definitely like to see bolting monitoring tools. To monitor the server you usually have to install third party tools. I would like to be less reliant on third-party tools. They always create some sort of security issue regarding ports that need to be opened, that type of thing. Windows Server has internally monitorable software but remote monitoring software would be a great add-on."
"Windows Server could improve by having a faster browser, IE is too slow. There are better alternatives, such as Chrome."
"Windows Server could be more secure."
"The reporting, event logging, and event management functionalities need to be improved."
"The security is not good."
openSUSE Leap is ranked 11th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 179 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Oracle Solaris, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux. See our Windows Server vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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