This product assessment of Red Hat OpenShift is based on a synthesis of 76 recent reviews, covering overall satisfaction, ROI, infrastructure utilization, and competitive context. OpenShift is primarily used for containerization and deployment of applications, with 18% of reviewers specifically highlighting this use case. The platform addresses business problems related to application orchestration and infrastructure management, particularly in deploying SaaS services. A significant benefit reported by users is faster development and deployment cycles, cited by nearly 20% of reviewers, leading to increased productivity and efficiency (11.8%). OpenShift's strengths lie in its scalability, performance, security features, and reliability, each noted by 13% of reviewers. While OpenShift offers a consistent experience across environments, with 32% of users deploying on-premise and 14% in cloud environments like AWS and Azure, a small fraction of users (3.9%) have experienced challenges with upgrades and fixes. Competing solutions such as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform are frequently evaluated alongside OpenShift, mentioned by 16% of reviewers.

Pros

Scalability and performance
Security features
Reliability and stability
Operator capabilities
Faster development and deployment cycles

Cons

Upgrade and fix issues

What other products like Red Hat OpenShift have you used or evaluated?

From 76 reviews

Summary

In a review set of 76, several products are mentioned in the context of Red Hat OpenShift. A significant portion of reviewers, 16% (12 of 76), mention both Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. These products appear frequently alongside Red Hat OpenShift in user discussions. While Red Hat OpenShift itself is mentioned by 5% (4 of 76) of reviewers, other Red Hat products such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) are also noted, with approximately 4% (3 of 76) of reviewers citing it. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is mentioned by approximately 4% (3 of 76) of reviewers as well. The co-occurrence of these products suggests an integrated ecosystem or a comparison point for users evaluating containerization and automation solutions.

Top Quotes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

“Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)”

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service

“Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)”

Red Hat OpenShift

“Red Hat Virtualization, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (StackRox), Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces, IBM Storage for Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Quay”

What positive or negative impact (i.e. Return on Investment or ROI) has Red Hat OpenShift had on your overall business objectives?

From 76 reviews

Summary

This report synthesizes 76 product reviews to assess the return on investment (ROI) of Red Hat OpenShift. A significant portion of reviewers highlight positive impacts on business objectives. A strong signal relates to faster development and deployment cycles, cited by 19.7% (15 of 76) of reviewers. This acceleration is closely linked to increased productivity and efficiency, noted by 11.8% (9 of 76) of reviewers, who appreciate OpenShift's automation capabilities and streamlined workflows. Cost reduction and savings also emerge as a notable benefit, mentioned by 11.8% (9 of 76) of reviewers, citing savings on hardware, licensing, and maintenance. Security improvements are equally prominent, with 11.8% (9 of 76) of reviewers reporting a stronger security posture. However, a smaller fraction of reviewers, 3.9% (3 of 76), express concerns regarding upgrade and fix issues, indicating potential challenges in maintaining the platform.

Top Quotes

Upgrade/Fix Issues

“In ARO it's difficult to apply the fix and upgrade theme”

Faster Development/Deployment

“increased development”

Increased Productivity/Efficiency

“Improved productivity”

Besides Red Hat OpenShift, what other software do you regularly use? How likely would you be to recommend it to a friend or colleague?

From 76 reviews

Summary

This analysis synthesizes 76 product reviews to identify software frequently used alongside Red Hat OpenShift and reviewers' likelihood to recommend those products. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is the most frequently mentioned complementary software, appearing in 29% (22 of 76) of reviews. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is also commonly mentioned, with 17% (13 of 76) of reviewers noting its use alongside OpenShift. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is mentioned less frequently, appearing in 3% (2 of 76) of reviews. The sentiment towards these products is mixed, suggesting varied user experiences.

Top Quotes

Red Hat Ansible Automation

“Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform”

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

“Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform”

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

“Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, TIBCO BusinessEvents, Azure Event Hubs”

Describe how you use Red Hat OpenShift in your organization. What are the business problems the product addresses and what is the scope of your use case?

From 76 reviews

Summary

This synthesis of 76 reviews examines how organizations use Red Hat OpenShift, the business problems it addresses, and the scope of use cases. A significant portion of reviewers, 18% (14 of 76), highlight the use of Red Hat OpenShift for containerization and deployment of applications. Another key use case, mentioned by 14% (11 of 76) of reviewers, involves deploying containerized applications, particularly SaaS services. Many reviewers, 13% (10 of 76), utilize the platform to host containerized workloads, addressing orchestration issues and benefiting from the support provided. Application deployment is also a common theme, with 12% (9 of 76) of reviewers using OpenShift as a platform for deploying a diverse range of applications, including web services and APIs. Additionally, 12% (9 of 76) of reviewers discuss various infrastructure and use cases, including running microservices, hosting applications without persistent storage, and modernizing their environments. Finally, 11% (8 of 76) use the platform for infrastructure management, focusing on networking, security, storage, and availability benefits.

Top Quotes

Containerization and Deployment

“Red Hat OpenShift virtualization platform is a swift platform for VMware alternative, considering for both virtualization and containerization platform move with in the on prem hardware, migration from VMware to Red Hat OpenShift virtualization is the go to platform.”

Containerized application deployment

“We are using this for build & deploy our application for cloud because it makes our application more secure and scalable.”

Containerized Workloads

“Banking sector with 20 million customers working with several OpenShift clusters. OpenShift is hosting the core.”

Red Hat OpenShift aims to provide consistent infrastructure and application development and delivery capabilities across all environments, including on-premises, the public cloud, and the edge. Please describe how you’ve leveraged Red Hat OpenShift’s infrastructure across various environments.

From 76 reviews

Summary

Across 76 recent reviews, users describe their experience leveraging Red Hat OpenShift across various environments. A significant portion of users, 32% (24 of 76), mention using OpenShift in on-premise environments, sometimes exclusively due to security or data governance policies. Many of these users are also exploring or already utilizing cloud environments, contributing to a hybrid cloud strategy, mentioned by 13% (10 of 76) of reviewers. A smaller fraction, 14% (11 of 76), specifically detail their use within cloud environments like AWS and Azure. A key benefit highlighted by 7% (5 of 76) of reviewers is the consistent experience OpenShift provides across different environments, which simplifies training and reduces cognitive load. Several reviewers, 9% (7 of 76), also describe using OpenShift in a multi-environment strategy, moving workloads between different platforms.

Top Quotes

On-premise usage

“I have used it in my on prem homelab environment and combined with CI/CD performing rolling updates as changes are made makes it helpful to use in constantly changing environments.”

Public cloud usage

“Public Cloud and OnPrem Orchestration”

Multi-environment strategy

“We’ve deployed OpenShift on premises for a number of years and over the past 4 years we’ve begun deploying in cloud environments as well.”

Please provide some detailed examples of things that Red Hat OpenShift does particularly well.

From 76 reviews

Summary

This analysis of 76 recent Red Hat OpenShift reviews identifies key strengths of the platform. Reviewers highlight several areas where OpenShift performs well, with a particular emphasis on scalability and performance, security features, and reliability/stability; each of these aspects was mentioned by 13% (10 of 76) of reviewers. These features collectively contribute to a robust and dependable environment for application deployment and management. Further, OpenShift's operator capabilities and ease of use are also frequently cited as strengths. The availability and utility of operators was noted by 9% (7 of 76) of reviewers, while ease of use and deployment was mentioned by 8% (6 of 76) and 7.9% (6 of 76) of reviewers, respectively. These factors suggest that OpenShift is valued for its accessibility and streamlined deployment processes, making it easier for developers to manage applications without requiring extensive Kubernetes knowledge.

Top Quotes

Integration

“Console integration with various additions that helps developers”

Ease of Use/Deployment

“Easily deploy Kubernetes Pods in a user friendly way”

Easy to use

“The UI is easy to navigate the resources”

Reviews

292 Reviews

Videos

OpenShift Review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 3, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Primarily right now we're doing with VMs. We were a Rev customer and migrated our Rev VM workloads to OpenShift virtualization. We also have our eye on the future with container environment, so it fits perfectly into what we were doing now and what we look to do in the future.

Pros

It's a one pane of glass, so when we have Rev only it was a hypervisor for VMs. OpenShift, you can put Ansible in it, you can hook into satellite, it can do with OpenShift AI. You can do AI models and stuff like that. So I think it's more like a Swiss Army knife rather than a fire extinguisher.

Cons

OpenShift virtualization has a little room for improvement. I'm coming from it as a Rev customer. There's some things in that OpenShift virtualization that were in Rev that I would like to see in OpenShift virtualization. I realized that they're chasing the VMware crowd and that's fine, but from us old Rev customers, we'd like to see some things that was in Rev around via migration and things of that nature that could be in OpenShift virtualization, I hope is being planned to be put in.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited if you are looking to do containers, if you're looking for an easy way to build a container platform, there's so much in it to easily do that. Right now it's not as great as handling VMs with my aforementioned comments about how it can improve. So I would say it's low point right now it's the VMs, but it looks like they're improving. But the high point is always containerization.

Victor Williams

Linux Administrator in Information Technology at Blue Cross from Blue Shield of Alabama (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

OpenShift Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Spend less and have common platform for containers and VM

Pros

Open

Cons

Scale

Likelihood to Recommend

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

OpenShift in Platform Engineering

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

May 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use OpenShift within multiple departments, but in mine specifically (integrated platform engineering) we use it for running pods related to hosting web apps for publication resources, running builds, and creating ephemeral testing environments for kits. We have 2 clusters not currently in production, and are working towards that this year.

Pros

Locked down RHCOS hosting vms
Operators make adding major features easier
Console is good for observability

Cons

Docs for installation are especially rough
Connectivity to LDAP for authentication is complex, especially for such a desirable feature
Cluster install takes too long to be truly ephemeral

Likelihood to Recommend

OpenShift is great for our business cases, where things like security and sign ons are a major concern. We've also automated a bit of the setup ourselves to make it easier. Without the prior experience i have, however, install would be infeasible without dedicated support from RH. I would not recommend for personal / community use

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Red Hat OpenShift Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Red Hat OpenShift is an ideal solution which gives unified platform for all kind of workload. Currently seeing the business requirements it is heavily being seen as an alternative for current virtualised platform due to commercials and non flexibility in the offering from legacy platforms.

Pros

Unified platform for Virtualised, containerised and AI workload.
Comprehensive application platform
Consistent across hybrid cloud

Cons

Compatibility with SAP workload
Complexity in setting up the build incase of migration, like network, storage configuration which are done manually can also be automated.
Compatibility with oracle

Likelihood to Recommend

Red Hat has proven OpenShift as a validated solution as per the customer’s requirements and seeing the current market landscape. It gives flexibility in choosing your own solution and workout based on the workload present in the customer’s current environment.

Verified User

Partner in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

4 years of experience

Red Hat OpenShift

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The previous pod cluster did not have a horizontal autoscaling feature however the Red Hat OpenShift has it.

Pros

GUI
Does not require Kubernetes knowledge

Cons

Should have RHACS buit in

Likelihood to Recommend

Even if you don't have the detailed knowledge of Kubernetes you can use it to run on top of the Red Hat OpenShift.

Masa Taguchi

Solution Architect in Information Technology at JRI (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Red Hat OpenShift AI to develop AI solutions within my team
It makes it easy to explore, test, and deploy AI solutions quickly. We are trying to create solutions for energy systems, like forecasting and anomaly detection systems. Red Hat OpenShift provides a nice interface o walk me through the steps of creating models for this use-case.

Pros

It makes it easy to deploy stuff
Performance

Likelihood to Recommend

AI development

Verified User

Employee in Engineering (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Trusted partner

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

we use for our containerized workloads and it addressed the orchestration issue and support we get

Pros

Orchestration
Observability
resiliency
all in one stack
ACM and ACS

Cons

Red Hat OpenShift service mesh 3.x
Monitoring stack
Observability

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for Java workloads that needs UBI and on JBOSS EAP, Spring Boot, JWS etc

Verified User

Director in Engineering (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Red Hat OpenShift review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

we are using Red Hat OpenShift on top of azure infrastructure to host [...] applications.it allows us to manage ~300 clusters in azure , deal with complex use case and many security and compliance challenges.
We are also migrating applications from on premise cluster to asure and we are relying on Red Hat OpenShift to be able to operate thoses clusters.

Pros

machineset management
days2 operator deployment
cluster operator reconciliation

Cons

olm stability
Native progressive node recycle
Remove default worker that are needed for the OCP install

Likelihood to Recommend

+ Easy way to deploy clusters of many cloud provider
+ Having RedHat support in case of issue is always something good
+ Solve many complex challenge : pcii dss , security requirement etc ...
+ the support of many operator is easing the life of SRE/dev

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience