We performed a comparison between CentOS and openSUSE Leap 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."Setup is straightforward. You can complete it in about 30 minutes."
"The product is very efficient when it comes to virtualization."
"CentOS' best feature is that it's the standard product for Linux, so it's well-supported."
"The product offers a free community-based version."
"CentOS is very efficient and very powerful with many capabilities."
"Very robust and easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is that it is easy to use."
"It’s scalable."
"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."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"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."
"We would like Red Hat to keep supporting the solution but they have decided to get rid of it and there isn't much we can do about it."
"Continuous deployment is the only thing that can be improved."
"It could be more secure."
"I would like to see more frequent updates."
"The solution might be discontinued but I hope that IBM will continue to develop it and improve on the functionally and features."
"GUI could be merged and expansion simplified."
"We are aware that the licensing has shifted, and it's not a change we've liked."
"Integration with other platforms could 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."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
CentOS is ranked 5th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while openSUSE Leap is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.2, while openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0. 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 openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server and Oracle Solaris, whereas openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Oracle Linux. See our CentOS vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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