We performed a comparison between openSUSE Leap and Windows Server 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 most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"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."
"I use openSUSE Leap as the base for the Kubernetes cluster we run in-house."
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"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."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"I like the fact that Windows Server is user friendly."
"I have found Active Directory a valuable feature. When comparing Windows Server and VMware, I prefer the Windows environment because it is very easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the ease of access and maintaining the solution."
"Overall, Windows Server 2016 provides a stable environment for some of the very large workloads that it is subjected to in our organization, and it is very easy to use."
"We find the initial implementation process to be quick and easy."
"The stability of the Windows Server is good."
"I like the views in the user interface."
"The main feature of the solution is it has a graphical interface."
"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."
"The initial system setup or network configuration of the solution is not straightforward and can be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see better performance and more integration options in the next release of Windows Server."
"But one issue I have with Windows Server is the limit on the number of concurrent sessions. You cannot have more than three simultaneous users unless you activate a license. You have to install it so that more people can access the applications simultaneously."
"One area that needs improvement is the management console."
"Windows Server can improve in patch management and security."
"The command-line interface should be improved."
"The platform's user interface needs improvement."
"The technical support needs to be improved."
"The price could be a little less. It's a bit expensive."
openSUSE Leap is ranked 13th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 6 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 4th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 180 reviews. openSUSE Leap is rated 9.0, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of openSUSE Leap writes "Good virtualization capabilities, stable, and cost-effective ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Easy to setup, stable and caters to my wide range of use cases but lacks user-friendly interface". openSUSE Leap is most compared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, Ubuntu Linux, Rocky Linux and CentOS, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux and Oracle Solaris. See our Windows Server vs. openSUSE Leap report.
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