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."Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Windows Server is most commonly used and practiced."
"The solution is easy to use and it supports multiple applications compared to other basic systems that are currently in a production environment."
"It's easy to set up and deploy."
"The most valuable feature of Windows Server is the ease of use and the applications that are available."
"The simplicity of the solution is the most valuable aspect."
"The initial setup is not overly difficult."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing."
"The solution is easy to use. We are satisfied with its performance."
"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."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"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."
"The licensing for the solution is expensive."
"For countries in the Middle East and Africa, their pricing is a little bit high."
"The product's pricing needs improvement."
"There's a short availability that could be much better."
"The solution is rather expensive and could be more affordable."
"The only thing that could be improved is the price."
"The system needs to offer better integration capabilities."
"The on premises to cloud migration should be easier."
openSUSE Leap is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 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 Windows 11, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris. See our Windows Server vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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