Oracle Linux vs. CentOS
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Oracle Linux | CentOS |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 347 | 425 |
| Ease of use | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Ease of setup | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Quality of support | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| Meets requirements | 9.0 | 9.2 |
| NPS | 60.060976 | 63.080685 |
| Small Business | 21.0% | 31.5% |
| Mid-Market | 31.1% | 38.7% |
| Enterprise | 47.9% | 29.8% |
| Total page views | 737 | 294 |
| Total LLM citations | 1,233 | 305 |
Oracle Linux
A highly performant and secure operating environment, Oracle Linux delivers virtualization, management, automation, and cloud native computing tools, along with the operating system, in a single, easy-to-manage support offering. Oracle Linux provides a 100% application binary compatible alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Linux and is supported across both hybrid and multicloud environments.
- Stability
- RHEL Compatibility
- Regular Updates
- Reliability
- Compatibility
- Security/Safety
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