We performed a comparison between Oracle Solaris 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."Solaris' best feature is its stability."
"Solaris Zones and Containers are my favorite features."
"This product handles databases well; they run on top of the operating system."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Solaris is the incremental backup that happens in the system."
"Solaris's best features are high availability, robustness, and database hosting."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of setup."
"Oracle Solaris's operating system is good."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we haven't faced any issues."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its performance, security, and that it is easy to use."
"The product is easy to use and adapt. It is known for GUI."
"The stability of the Windows Server is good."
"The solution is invaluable, we need it for file and emails servers."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing."
"We use this solution for hosting applications on the server."
"Windows Server is user-friendly and it is simply to support."
"The support that Microsoft provides for this is very good."
"The solution is pricey and can be improved by lowering the cost."
"If it could support other file systems, it would be better."
"Solaris' package management could be improved, especially in comparison to Linux."
"The scalability of the solution can be improved."
"There is an issue where Solaris doesn't give the correct figures for memory use when checked."
"Oracle Solaris can improve by supporting all the recent features that are in the market from other competitors."
"I don't want to receive any updates on Oracle"
"This product is not as flexible as other similar solutions on the market today."
"Resolving problems in the Windows environment should be improved."
"The solution should improve its stability."
"The license is a one-time purchase. The cost could be less expensive. We have education pricing, so it's okay now because we pay less than other agencies."
"As for additional features, we are very interested in the new feature released by Windows: Azure Virtual Desktop. We are currently exploring it so that instead of people depending on their own desktop, we could work on Azure Virtual Desktop. Integration with Azure Virtual Desktop would be cool."
"Sometimes we are getting very quick support, sometimes it takes time."
"The product's user interface upgrades and firewall services need improvement."
"An improvement would be to have more dashboards."
"The only thing that could be improved is the price."
Oracle Solaris is ranked 8th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 12 reviews while Windows Server is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 29 reviews. Oracle Solaris is rated 8.4, while Windows Server is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Oracle Solaris writes "It includes two virtualization solutions: LDoms for SPARC and Solaris Zones. Both solutions can be combined to create private clouds". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server writes "Simple to set up and use". Oracle Solaris is most compared with Oracle Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10 and SUSE Linux Enterprise, whereas Windows Server is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows 10, Oracle Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise. See our Oracle Solaris vs. Windows Server report.
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