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Wordpress on Amazon Linux vs openSUSE Leap 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

openSUSE Leap
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
14th
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
34th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of openSUSE Leap is 5.6%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wordpress on Amazon Linux is 0.1%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
openSUSE Leap5.6%
Wordpress on Amazon Linux0.1%
Other94.3%
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.
Rusira Sathnindu - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Flexible website and LMS have accelerated launches but performance has needed constant tuning
While Wordpress is all good, one of the main key issues I see is performance. Wordpress is not actually suited for some tasks, especially with our LMS, as admin-side tasks such as adding new courses or changing course content used to take a lot of time, sometimes taking two or three minutes to reload or save simple content. Those kinds of performance lags are things we do not really appreciate. Adding to needed improvements, Wordpress is not a system that is entirely optimized for some of the things that people use it for. Wordpress was meant to be a blogging system, but later optimizations were added, allowing it to be used for anything. The JavaScripts you run on top of Wordpress are causing performance issues. For our website, we had an issue where it would take five to ten seconds to load a very simple page, which is not good when it comes to performance. Performance is actually the number one complaint I have regarding Wordpress, along with the hidden errors that require effort to find.

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."
"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"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."
"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 most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"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."
"Overall, the combination of Wordpress' simplicity and Amazon Linux's robustness makes it a strong solution for managing company websites in a cloud environment."
"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."
"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."
"Having a trusted source and ready-to-deploy Wordpress images has helped my workflow and my clients by speeding up deployment times and eliminating worries about the quality or security of the image."
"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."
 

Cons

"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"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."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"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."
"Performance is actually the number one complaint I have regarding Wordpress, along with the hidden errors that require effort to find."
"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."
"Performance is actually the number one complaint I have regarding Wordpress, along with the hidden errors that require effort to find."
"Wordpress on Amazon Linux is not recommended for beginners because some Linux knowledge is required."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Educational Organization
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
45%
Computer Software Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with openSUSE Leap?
Both openSUSE Leap and the SUSE Enterprise version use the same kernel. Suppose I have a lower environment where I can run openSUSE to test all my products. It would be helpful if I could easily sw...
What is your primary use case for openSUSE Leap?
I use openSUSE Leap for testing purposes. Before officially using any server in our office, we test it using the solution. My office usually uses production servers on the SUSE Linux enterprise ver...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for openSUSE Leap?
openSUSE Leap is an open-source solution that is free of cost.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
With Wordpress, we saved money because we did not have to pay for products such as Framer or Webflow, which charge a ridiculous amount of money.
What needs improvement with Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
Wordpress on Amazon Linux could be improved in several areas. One of the main challenges is performance optimization as sites grow. Wordpress can be resource-intensive when many plugins or high tra...
What is your primary use case for Wordpress on Amazon Linux?
I used Wordpress on Amazon Linux for approximately one year, primarily for building, deploying, and managing websites hosted on AWS. During this time, I worked on setting up Wordpress environments,...
 

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