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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ARed Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution mainly used in commercial data centers.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
    Pricing
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Considered Both Products
    Red Hat
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux has wider vendor support for enterprise applications. Also, [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL) provides a better life cycle management than SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Ubuntu Linux. In addition, by using [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux] (RHEL) we are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Direct competitor on an os level. RHEL just has a better feel and usability. I feel more comfortable with it. Both work. But RHEL is my preference
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Suse is too complicated once they trapped you into using the UI for configuration.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    RHEL because of more wide adoption, stability, general knowledge on the platform and less nonsensical approach to various platform functionalities
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    the most is support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Easier to use and more stable, industry wide support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    I feel that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is more user friendly than SLES. There are slight differences and I think Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has the edge over SLES.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Still ongoing ...so don't know yet
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Red Hat support team gave better support as well as better vendor support.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Our AWS cloud in environment use as Amazon Linux and it’s very easy and free with Amazon. RHEL is subscription charge is highbased on charges as compared to Amazon Linux and other operating system like suse
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    None of them provide the consistency and forward looking support that Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is better suited to every environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    We selected RHEL because it is a supported platform from our ISVs, because of the Enterprise-level support, and because of the long history of Open Source involved and community contributions.
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Red Hat is much more compatible and guaranteed stable. We selected Red Hat because of this, but mostly because third-party Linux products are just going to work with Red Hat, with no need to spend time trying to make them go. Also, it's management tools are now quite good and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    CENTOS is the unsupported version of RHEL. There is Ubuntu, which in the current years has become very stable, but the thing is it's been funded by tech giants (I am not going to name them here) and that is the reason they tend to collect a lot of information from the linux …
    Incentivized
    Chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Each of the different flavors of Linux have their positives and negatives but ultimately for the projects that I chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux was due for the need of online and phone support just in case something came up and we could not solve it on our own. This happens …
    Incentivized
    SUSE
    Chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    For our environment, SLES provides a more cost-efficient, standards-based Linux with Enterprise support available than their competitors. They also provide the best compatibility between their enterprise Linux and community distributions.
    Incentivized
    Chose SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    It is very similar, but SLES wins on the manageability front, with good built-in tools, the ability to upgrade major versions, and the ability to run on the latest Power 9 systems. It is our platform of choice for SAP; there is great collaboration between SAP and SUSE, and it …
    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
    We have been using RHEL in most of our other projects. We chose Suse Linux for their pricing model and ease of patching. There is no other major pros and cons of RHEL over Suse Linux and vice versa.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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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
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (109 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    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)