We performed a comparison between Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: RHEL excels in setup, integration, security updates, and application support. However, it falls short in terms of documentation, pricing, and customer support. SUSE Linux Enterprise is praised for its simplicity, flexibility, user-friendliness, and customer support. It needs improvement in GUI, pricing competitiveness, and integration.
"I have seen a return on investment, especially considering the time taken to resolve the problem where we bought some support from Red Hat."
"When it comes to security, scalability, and robustness, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) excels in all aspects. That's why we rely on this operating system."
"Automation is the most valuable feature. I don't like having to solve a problem more than once. If I can just whip up some code to take care of deploying something, responding to something, etc., then that is what I prefer. It is a lot easier out-of-the-box to do than it is with Windows. With Windows, there is always the process of bootstrapping into being able to have the automation framework available, then making the automation framework work."
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux is easy to manage, update, and integrate. I also like Red Hat Enterprise Linux's built-in security features. You need to enable them by default or keep them enabled if you want your system to be secured. It protects most of the system components."
"Until now, RHEL has been the most stable OS I have ever seen. Nothing seems to break, with frequent updates. I have been running it 24/7 for the past 18 months and it runs flawlessly."
"I like most of the features. I like its stability. I like its views. It provides a very stable environment."
"Errata is the most valuable feature, which is supported by Red Hat."
"Compared to any other product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a stable backported solution for a long time."
"It also was very easy to setup, and offered an easy to use advanced setup option as well. This helped to create special configurations for different use cases."
"It's a flexible solution."
"Linux is easy to use. You have more control on a Unix system."
"Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our HBAs and hardware specific components."
"SUSE Linux Enterprise is scalable."
"I have not experienced any issues with this operating system."
"The operating system is efficient in terms of security."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The high cost of Red Hat Enterprise Linux has room for improvement."
"It is challenging to use the knowledge base and the deployment documentation."
"I believe it would be beneficial to notify the customer in advance of any planned maintenance so that we can better coordinate and plan our customer interactions accordingly."
"The UI is not user-friendly and has room for improvement."
"Upgrading between versions needs to be easier."
"I have seen that the upgrade from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 can be a bit problematic since I have seen some issues during the upgrade of libraries, along with some conflicts with the other libraries in the tool."
"The solution is moving away from CentOS and there are growing pains from the customer's perspective."
"It is a bit on the pricier side. However, due to the stability and support that they provide to my management and me, we really don't see a reason to choose another way to go. It is hard to get good support."
"I would like to see GUI improved, it could be more user-friendly."
"The free version sometimes has security holes."
"We previously had trouble integrating Autodesk with the SUSE Manager, but the issue was resolved."
"The platform doesn't support certain APMs."
"All distributions of Linux could use some improvement."
"They should provide chatbot support for customers to open the troubleshooting cases directly."
"If you want to do something simple like changing an IP number, you have to be quite aware of all the configuration files where you will change that."
"In the next release it would be nice to see more integration and better automation of processses."
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ranked 1st in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 167 reviews while SUSE Linux Enterprise is ranked 6th in Operating Systems (OS) for Business with 25 reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is rated 8.8, while SUSE Linux Enterprise is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) writes "Highly stable, good knowledge base, and reasonable price". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE Linux Enterprise writes "Stable product compatible with multiple cloud service providers ". Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, Windows Server, CentOS, Windows 10 and Oracle Linux, whereas SUSE Linux Enterprise is most compared with Ubuntu Linux, openSUSE Leap, Oracle Linux, CentOS and Rocky Linux. See our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise report.
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