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LAMP Stack Debian vs Oracle Solaris comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
8.2
LAMP Stack Debian increases ROI with stability, reduced costs, efficient management, and no licensing fees or additional IT staff.
Sentiment score
4.6
Oracle Solaris offers high ROI with stability, integration, reduced downtime, performance boosts, and cost benefits, enhancing operational efficiency.
The impact it has had is that LAMP Stack Debian stable's policy, by not introducing major version changes in security packages, has transformed maintenance from something stressful into something predictable.
IT Director at Instituto de Innovacion Empresarial
I have seen a return on investment, as a stable system with no downtime leads to significant revenue and time savings from not having to repeatedly check the system and perform root cause analysis accordingly.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
It is absolutely trusted for the clients and different vendors, making it a well-known standard that makes it easier to proceed with any compliance checks and validations with the clients.
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
In terms of ROI, there have been performance improvements because Oracle Solaris is lighter.
Technology Consultant at Clarinox Technologies Kenya
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.9
LAMP Stack Debian's customer service excels, praised for extensive documentation, community support, and numerous MySQL-related forums.
Sentiment score
4.6
Oracle Solaris support is 24/7, efficient yet sometimes slow, with helpful tools and mixed user ratings on effectiveness.
There is also managed LAMP Stack Debian where you get better support.
Freelancer at geelen.io
There is a large community in Debian where I can find solutions to any problem because it has probably happened to someone else before.
IT Director at Instituto de Innovacion Empresarial
I would rate the customer support of LAMP Stack Debian a nine on a scale of one to ten.
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The technical support by Oracle is good.
SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
LAMP Stack Debian offers efficient scalability for applications, supporting independent resource scaling using tools like Kubernetes and Azure.
Sentiment score
6.1
Oracle Solaris excels in scalable performance, efficiently handling extensive workloads with robust file systems and virtualization, despite hardware dependencies.
Its scalability is good, if not excellent; if you have very large websites, it might not work, but I would say for ninety-nine percent of the use cases, for WordPress, a simple LAMP Stack Debian will absolutely do.
Freelancer at geelen.io
My experience with LAMP Stack Debian's scalability includes having to scale up or down quickly or manage a large number of users or applications through an HAProxy to failover between two stacks.
IT Leader at a university with 11-50 employees
I have vertical and horizontal scaling available at the Azure layer, which is straightforward to apply.
IT Director at Instituto de Innovacion Empresarial
Regarding vertical scalability, Oracle Solaris is probably one of the most scalable operating systems in the industry.
System specialist at Savecore
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
9.3
LAMP Stack Debian offers exceptional stability and reliability with 99% uptime, handling high traffic and incidents effectively.
Sentiment score
8.2
Oracle Solaris is highly stable and secure, with rare crashes and minimal disruptions, making it ideal for reliable operations.
I have six nines of reliability on all of my servers, making it 99% stable without glitches or latency problems.
CIO at CoVirtual.Net Pty Ltd
 

Room For Improvement

Enhancing LAMP Stack Debian with caching, rolling releases, and clustering would boost performance, while improving documentation and PHP access.
Oracle Solaris needs improvements in hardware support, GUI, training, cost reduction, integration, package management, and open-source tool support.
LAMP Stack Debian can be improved by addressing the lack of a built-in caching mechanism.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
In general, it is a pretty solid product that is in constant development and constant improvement.
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
The primary drawback of LAMP Stack Debian's hyper-focus on stability is that the software versions in the stable repository channels for PHP, MySQL, and MariaDB packages can become outdated quickly relative to the fast-moving web ecosystems.
Cloud Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The firewall must be more capable because security is the main concern of every organization and every user.
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oracle Solaris needs to improve its compatibility with office tools like Excel.
Technology Consultant at Clarinox Technologies Kenya
Oracle is going to discontinue it, so I do not think any improvement is possible in Oracle Solaris.
SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd
 

Setup Cost

LAMP Stack Debian is cost-effective and valued for being open-source, with no licensing fees, essential for enterprise applications.
Enterprise users find Oracle Solaris pricing complex; it's beneficial for performance but costly compared to Linux, with desired pricing improvements.
LAMP Stack Debian is open-source software, so I do not purchase it at all.
Freelancer at geelen.io
LAMP Stack Debian has no license cost.
IT Director at Instituto de Innovacion Empresarial
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for LAMP Stack Debian is that the cost was only related to the dedicated resources required for LAMP Stack Debian deployment.
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
I find the pricing of Oracle Solaris to be affordable compared to competitors like Windows.
Technology Consultant at Clarinox Technologies Kenya
 

Valuable Features

LAMP Stack Debian offers stability, cost-effectiveness, security, and scalability with efficient performance, seamless integration, and robust community support.
Oracle Solaris offers superior virtualization, security, performance, ZFS features, and seamless Oracle integration, praised for stability and reliability.
Its entire stack is open-source, so there is no licensing cost, making it cost-effective and easy to manage.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
mod_security, mod_ssl, and mod_rewrite are all basic components and basic authorization features of LAMP Stack Debian that can help prevent unauthorized access.
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
We have seen a noticeable reduction in idle RAM usage, often saving 15 to 20% on memory consumption per instance compared to the heavier operating systems we used earlier.
Cloud Engineer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The operating system is lightweight, which makes it easier to use on an average computer compared to systems like Windows.
Technology Consultant at Clarinox Technologies Kenya
Additionally, regarding security, you do not have to implement any antivirus software.
SR AVP–Presales Cloud & Platform Management Services at Path Infotech ltd
Oracle introduced a GUI environment with Solaris 11.5.
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

LAMP Stack Debian
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
28th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Solaris
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
17th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of LAMP Stack Debian is 0.1%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Solaris is 2.6%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Solaris2.6%
LAMP Stack Debian0.1%
Other97.3%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

GeorgeEmbrey - PeerSpot reviewer
CIO at CoVirtual.Net Pty Ltd
Open source stack has delivered reliable trading services and supports flexible custom architecture
If I had to summarize what specifically could be improved in Debian, the only thing I would do is rolling release, as some other operating systems are doing. I can see why they do not do it, but I can also see that it would be helpful so that if there are things done better in a newer kernel, that could be integrated in quicker. I usually build my own kernels to suit specific applications for specific customers, and it pays to do that anyway with any Linux. I find Debian tends to have all of the switches available in their kernel build so that you can turn features on or off, include them, or leave them out, whatever you need to do.
Shafiq Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Long-term server platform has supported secure banking operations and simplified virtualization
Oracle Solaris is a very good operating system. Most of the time, we do not need to change or replace any configuration. If at any point in time we need to change something, it is really simple and a user-friendly environment. Although it is a CLI, Oracle introduced a GUI environment with Solaris 11.5. Currently, 11.5 has the operating system GUI as well as the CLI. The technical persons working on the operating system most of the time prefer to work on the CLI. It is actually really good and easy to use. As it is a server-level operating system, most of the time you do not need any extra features in the operating system because you are not using the operating system on home machines, desktops, or laptop machines. The extra features are not needed if we are talking about the enterprise level or an official operating system.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
47%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise32
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with LAMP Stack Debian?
One of its virtues is also one of its problems. The main drawback is the old age of the packages; in the stable branch, I do not get the latest versions of PHP, Apache, or similar software. Therefo...
What is your primary use case for LAMP Stack Debian?
I have been using LAMP Stack Debian for approximately ten years. I use LAMP Stack Debian for projects that require PHP with a connection to MySQL. Additionally, I use LAMP Stack Debian when I need ...
What advice do you have for others considering LAMP Stack Debian?
I use LAMP Stack Debian as a central infrastructure to deploy and host internal developments and commercial e-commerce or CMS platforms. LAMP Stack Debian is a very good choice for stable projects ...
How does Oracle Linux compare with Solaris?
When comparing Oracle Linux and Solaris, I believe that Linux is more secure and more flexible. It is also very suitable for enterprises that are already Oracle solution users. I found Linux to be ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Solaris?
I find the pricing of Oracle Solaris to be affordable compared to competitors like Windows.
What needs improvement with Oracle Solaris?
In my opinion, the GUI was missing, as I mentioned earlier. Oracle has already introduced it. There might be some additional security features. The firewall must be more capable because security is...
 

Also Known As

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Solaris 11, Solaris
 

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Sample Customers

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Siemens, IVV
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