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Wordpress on Amazon Linux vs openSUSE Leap comparison

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Categories and Ranking

openSUSE Leap
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
26th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Wordpress on Amazon Linux
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
21st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of openSUSE Leap is 4.4%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wordpress on Amazon Linux is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Wordpress on Amazon Linux0.2%
openSUSE Leap4.4%
Other95.4%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

NK
Senior Manager at Cognizant
Provides BTRFS file system, which allows you to take snapshots
I only use the tool for testing purposes on my team, but multiple people use it. We don't make a team effort to install the solution. When it comes to maintenance, we ask our company to buy SUSE Linux Enterprise. My team consists of 13 people. We are currently integrating the solution with Ansible to do some coding. Although not a full-fledged automation, we are integrating the solution with Ansible and executing a couple of playbooks connected to openSUSE Leap. I would recommend the solution to other users looking for an open-source solution. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Harshwardhan Gullapalli - PeerSpot reviewer
AI Engineer at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Hosting client portals has boosted compliance workflows and delivers faster document access
Overall, it is a solid combination, but there are a few areas where improvements could help. First, having documentation and tutorials specific to Wordpress on Amazon Linux could be more comprehensive. While there is plenty of general Wordpress on Amazon Linux and Amazon Linux documentation, having more unified guides that walk through best practices for this specific pairing would be helpful for teams getting started. Second, a native performance monitoring dashboard built into Wordpress on Amazon Linux would be valuable. Right now, you need to integrate CloudWatch separately, and having it more seamlessly integrated out of the box would cut setup time. Third, automated backup and disaster recovery features could be simplified. We had to build custom scripts for this, so if Wordpress on Amazon Linux offered more native plug-and-play backup solutions tied to AWS, that would reduce complexity. Fourth, better out-of-the-box security hardening would be beneficial. While Amazon Linux and Wordpress on Amazon Linux are secure, having more automated security configurations pre-applied during initial setup would help teams avoid common misconfigurations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is the BTRFS file system, which allows you to take snapshots."
"Leap has provided me with the ability to offer what I consider Enterprise class server O/S platforms to my smaller customers who are looking to improve their competitive stances without breaking the bank."
"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."
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"This solution has helped my organization's security from the use of its firewall, and the features for blocking or allowing traffic are very effective and have worked well for us."
"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."
"With Wordpress, we saved a lot of time and money because if it was not for it, we would have to pay for developers and keep a team of web designers in our pocket to get our websites done."
"Overall, the combination of Wordpress' simplicity and Amazon Linux's robustness makes it a strong solution for managing company websites in a cloud environment."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux has improved operational efficiency, reduced website management complexity, and accelerated the content publishing process."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux has positively impacted my organization mainly by providing cost savings and enabling fast deployment of customer requirements for websites that need to be hosted with Wordpress on Amazon Linux."
"Since switching to Wordpress on Amazon Linux, I estimate that we have reclaimed about 60% of our time back on deployments."
"The best features Wordpress on Amazon Linux offers include seamless integration, uninterrupted uptime, supporting easy page creation and updating, and supporting in-site searches for web visitors so they can easily find the exact content they are looking for."
"The best features of Wordpress on Amazon Linux definitely include those features that you mentioned, and the installation process is very easy; we just have to follow the official documentation, and it's pretty straightforward to use."
"The best features Wordpress on Amazon Linux offers include being lightweight and working very well, providing great performance."
 

Cons

"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"It would be helpful if we could easily switch from openSUSE Leap for testing to SUSE Linux Enterprise for production."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"While Wordpress on Amazon Linux is powerful, it still heavily relies on Linux or AWS expertise to run efficiently at scale."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux is not recommended for beginners because some Linux knowledge is required."
"I look forward to more cloud-provided or natively provided images or AMIs featuring Wordpress on Amazon Linux pre-configured within them, as previously I used Bitnami images that were bundled with Wordpress on various operating systems."
"Overall, it is a solid combination, but there are a few areas where improvements could help."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux can be improved with better native security recommendations for beginners and simplified plugin compatibility management."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux has plenty of improvements needed as it is not fully stable."
"I don't think much improvement is required for Wordpress on Amazon Linux, but from my experience, there might be aspects related to user access that could be better."
"One of the key improvements needed for Wordpress on Amazon Linux is its marketing because I did not know it existed as a product within AWS until I read about it on online forums."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of this solution was reasonable and it was within our budget."
"The solution is open-source."
"This is an open-source operating system that can be used free of charge."
"openSUSE Leap is an open-source solution that is free of cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
23%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
7%
University
7%
Construction Company
25%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
We did not purchase any licenses; we just used the free version that is open to the public and installed it on Amazon Linux 2. This was a completely free version without any licenses or paying cost...
What needs improvement with Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
We still face problems with downtimes because sometimes Wordpress just stops working on Linux. Whenever there is a database connection spike, we believe developers have to configure the limitation ...
What is your primary use case for Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
My main use case for Wordpress on Amazon Linux is to deploy the Wordpress application that the customer holds. One of the applications was just a flat application for the customer's marketing websi...
 

Overview

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