We performed a comparison between CentOS and SUSE Linux Enterprise 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."I like its stability, performance, and usability."
"The product is based on Red Hat and very stable."
"The technical support is good."
"The product is free to use."
"It’s a simple, straightforward implementation."
"It's easy to install."
"There's lots of great documentation available."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is free."
"The operating system is efficient in terms of security."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"The solution offers a secure operation system."
"The most valuable feature is that there is an inbuilt HANA firewall."
"It's easy to set up."
"It is a stable platform."
"The initial setup is simple and takes five minutes for deployment and if you have automation in place, it will take four minutes."
"CentOS could improve by having troubleshooting logs."
"The support could be a bit better."
"It would be useful if reporting were included as part of the basic license."
"This solution is no longer supported and will not receive any updates going forward."
"The solution could improve by making the management tools better for the DevOps teams. For example, WebEX and Webstacks."
"Integration with other platforms could be improved."
"If a proper GUI-based tool was connected remotely or on the machine, it could be a great addition to CentOS."
"When comparing the GUI of CentOS to Microsoft Windows or Mac, it could improve."
"We have had trouble integrating Autodesk with the SUSE manager."
"I would like to see better functionality for interacting with cloud-based systems."
"I don't like the frequency of updates, especially if they're only from the vendor."
"SUSE could make more APIs available."
"They should provide chatbot support for customers to open the troubleshooting cases directly."
"The quality of support offered by SUSE Linux Enterprise is not that great, making it an area where improvements are required."
"Red Hat has more packages that are available than SUSE does. I'd love to see more projects based on SUSE."
"When working in a Department of Defense environment, Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) have to be followed. SLES is not really addressed directly here. It did make following security policy difficult."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 26 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4. 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 SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and openSUSE Leap, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux. See our CentOS vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise report.
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