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."Offers useful information and has good compatibility."
"The product is based on Red Hat and very stable."
"It is a stable soultion."
"There are a lot of sources on the internet that you can use to solve any issues, and people share their experiences. It's not a closed system"
"The most valuable feature is that it is compatible with RedHat."
"The product offers a free community-based version."
"The stability of this solution is its most useful feature. It is a high quality product and you know what you're getting. You also receive wide support from the community."
"I like how you can alternate certain things and minimize admin features on there and just let it run on specific scripts. It's nice. Even if I had to put it in a container, I'd still do it. I prefer Linux over Windows any day."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is stable."
"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."
"The initial setup for most modern Linux distributions is normally straightforward. Most of the common distributions use an ncurses or GUI install."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is scalable."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is easy to configure for those who are not hardcore command-line driven."
"The technical support services are good."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"Previous versions were unstable."
"It is challenging to scale the solution when we have to increase the storage capacity from one end."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"I was using CentOS because it was very stable, and now it's not."
"This solution is no longer supported and will not receive any updates going forward."
"The GUI interface could always be better."
"The solution could improve by making the management tools better for the DevOps teams. For example, WebEX and Webstacks."
"I would like to see more frequent updates."
"Red Hat has more packages that are available than SUSE does. I'd love to see more projects based on SUSE."
"Compared with the competition, of late actually, the solution has increased its pricing tremendously."
"We have had trouble integrating Autodesk with the SUSE manager."
"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."
"In the next release it would be nice to see more integration and better automation of processses."
"SUSE Linux could provide more information about cost and the details of how clustering works."
"The platform doesn't support certain APMs."
"I would like to see GUI improved, it could be more user-friendly."
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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