openSUSE Leap vs. CentOS
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | openSUSE Leap | CentOS |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 36 | 425 |
| Ease of use | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| Ease of setup | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Quality of support | 8.0 | 8.4 |
| Meets requirements | 9.2 | 9.2 |
| NPS | 48.571429 | 63.080685 |
| Small Business | 40.0% | 31.5% |
| Mid-Market | 31.4% | 38.7% |
| Enterprise | 28.6% | 29.8% |
| Total page views | 196 | 294 |
| Total LLM citations | 320 | 305 |
openSUSE Leap
The openSUSE Project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of free and open source software wherever possible, and well known for its GNU/Linux based operating systems. openSUSE Leap is the keystone community distribution that offers unmatched choice by being binary-compatible with the commercially-available SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE). openSUSE Leap combines SLE quality with the amazing ecosystem of openSUSE, which offers thousands of additional community-maintained software packages.
- Speed/Performance
- Ease of Use
- Lightweight Size
- Easy Installation
- Free/No Cost
- Easy Setup
CentOS
CentOS is a community-driven, free software project that provides a robust and reliable Linux distribution, serving as a foundational platform for open-source communities, cloud providers, hosting services, and scientific data processing. Derived from Fedora Linux, CentOS Stream offers a continuously delivered distribution that tracks just ahead of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), with major releases every three years and each maintained for five years.
- Reliability
- Stability
- RHEL Compatibility
- Ease of Use
- Community Support
- Security