We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 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 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."
"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 product is optimized for resource utilization."
"The updates are the most valuable feature."
"LVM is a valuable feature."
"OpenShift is the most valuable feature because it can be used to create applications on the fly."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux's most valuable feature is that it comes with all the tools we need to set up and maintain an enterprise-grade system."
"The most valuable features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are the mobile applications and getting real-time notifications."
"RHEL enables us to deploy applications and emerging workloads across bare-metal and virtualized environments and I find those workloads to be extremely reliable. The reliability is so good that I rarely find myself calling Red Hat support any longer. Support is the first benefit of using RHEL, but the second thing is that the platform is so stable that the need to use support is negligible."
"It is compatible with most Java microservices applications."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"The adoption was slightly slow because the knowledge in the market is slightly less available. It's hard to find resources to actually support the product."
"If we can update certain parts internally without having to remove them from the entire server, that would be fantastic since, else, there will be downtime, and we will need to reboot."
"The solution's operating system configuration and function selection could be improved."
"I know for our purpose and what we have been using it for, it has been working well. Their support, however, can be better."
"The solution's modules feature could be better."
"The cost could be lowered. We don't use RHEL in the cloud because Ubuntu is cheaper. Ubuntu factors support costs into the license when you're running it in the cloud, and it's a fraction of the cost of what RHEL is. I'm also not sure if RHEL supports open-source products. If they do, they don't advertise it. Adding stuff like Apache and other open-source tools like Tomcat to their support portfolio would help."
"The solution should provide demos so that users can learn to use it and improve their environments."
"I don't like the UI changes that come with different versions."
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openSUSE Leap is ranked 12th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 179 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Oracle Linux, whereas Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Windows 10 and Kali Linux. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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