We performed a comparison between CentOS and Windows 10 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."The user access level is most valuable. When you do administration with CentOS, the number of customizations that you can do for each user is higher than other solutions. It is very customizable."
"The pricing is good. We pay a minimal fee."
"The solution is easy to troubleshoot."
"It is better than Ubuntu Linux."
"The product is very efficient when it comes to virtualization."
"CentOS is very efficient and very powerful with many capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of CentOS is that it is easy to use."
"I find the solution's stability to be the most valuable feature of it since I have been using a virtual machine with the help of the solution since 2015, and it still works on all the laptops in my organization."
"The latest laptop I've got can turn into a tablet. Windows automatically changes to a tablet view — that's been a pretty good feature."
"The solution is easy to use, user-friendly, and has a good graphical interface."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is easy to use and user-friendly."
"Windows 10 is easy to use."
"One useful feature of Windows 10 is its connectivity with mobile devices and ability to make cableless connections with external devices."
"The solution has very useful features."
"Windows 10 is easy to use."
"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."
"It could be more secure."
"The main issue is the End of Support. For that reason, we will switch to another operating system."
"Previous versions were unstable."
"CentOS could be improved by being more secure. Of course, we use a firewall, but security is always a concern."
"The tool has no official support."
"CentOS could improve by having troubleshooting logs."
"It could benefit from more integration."
"I like the way it is already, I don't think I would improve anything about Windows 10. The licensing price could be cheaper, though."
"The updates could be improved. Sometimes when we update, there are instances where it fails or crashes."
"It would be nice if the next version of Windows had more integration."
"The system's pricing needs improving."
"The security could be improved. I have had colleagues who have gotten their files corrupted somehow."
"They need better upgrading. It is not updating for me at all."
"The pricing could be more competitive compared to other products of the same nature."
CentOS is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 63 reviews while Windows 10 is ranked 7th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 248 reviews. CentOS is rated 8.4, while Windows 10 is rated 8.2. 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 Windows 10 writes "User-friendly, easy to setup and manage domain ". CentOS is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), openSUSE Leap and Flatcar Container Linux, whereas Windows 10 is most compared with Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap and Google Chrome Enterprise. See our CentOS vs. Windows 10 report.
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