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CentOS Linux vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CentOS Linux

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ACentOS Linux is a Linux distribution is an enterprise OS platform compatible with its source RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Its end of life was announced for December 2021.N/A

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AThe SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is distribution of the Linux operating system originally developed in Germany.N/A
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    CentOS LinuxSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
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    CentOS LinuxSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CentOS LinuxSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Considered Both Products
    Open Source
    Chose CentOS Linux
    Long ago we used to run Red Hat ES. However, the management of the licenses and stupid dashboards just killed us. Too much time was wasted on worthless administration. Support was not good either. Now I used SUSE way back in the 2000's and it was ok. About two years ago I tried …
    Incentivized
    Chose CentOS Linux
    For our development environment, we evaluated CentOS against Ubuntu and SLES, and actually did not end up picking CentOS, as our developers found it primitive compared to the niceties offered out of the box from Ubuntu. In addition, our developers found that Ubuntu had an …
    Incentivized
    Chose CentOS Linux
    When the rubber meets the road, any Linux distribution will do. However, RHEL and distributions that are derived from RHEL have a fantastic ecosystem of users, software packages, and documentation (which is generally compatible between RHEL-derived distributions) that make it …
    Incentivized
    SUSE
    Chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    SLES is comparable to RedHat, where both of them have massive customer loyalty in their own niche markets.
    However, RedHat is much widely used, even though both of them are RPM-based. RedHat has the backing of the USA tech companies which just make them a giant compared to …
    Incentivized
    Chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    We consulted our service provider on their recommendation and made some research ourselves. It was a hands down win for Suse Linux on both fronts so we readily chose Suse Linux for our operating system of choice.
    Red Hat and CentOS would almost be of the same distro package, …
    Incentivized
    Chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Out-of-the-box SLES supported all of our hardware specific components.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    CentOS LinuxSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)