Compare Oracle Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (49.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Oracle Linux
Star Rating
(309)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Unlimited
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Star Rating
(806)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (49.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
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Entry-Level Pricing
Oracle Linux
Oracle Linux Free Download
Free
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Free Download Link: http://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-isos.html
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Oracle Linux
Free Trial is available
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
224
9.0
469
Ease of Use
8.5
224
8.4
626
Ease of Setup
8.5
146
8.5
435
Ease of Admin
8.5
136
8.5
276
Quality of Support
8.2
214
8.8
452
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
132
8.9
264
Product Direction (% positive)
8.0
208
8.8
448
Features by Category
Performance
Not enough data
8.6
34
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
8.6
32
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
32
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
9.0
33
Not enough data
9.0
33
Application Support
Not enough data
9.0
18
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.7
18
Not enough data
8.6
18
System Capability
Not enough data
8.1
17
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.8
18
Security
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
9.3
18
Memory Management - Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Device Management - Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Backup and Recovery - Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Error Detection - Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
7.2
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Oracle Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are categorized as Operating System
Unique Categories
Oracle Linux has no unique categories
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is categorized as IoT Operating Systems, Server Virtualization, and Container Engine
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Oracle Linux
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
24.0%
Computer Software
11.0%
Computer & Network Security
7.9%
Telecommunications
6.8%
Financial Services
3.8%
Other
46.6%
Information Technology and Services
21.6%
Computer Software
11.7%
Telecommunications
7.0%
Financial Services
5.3%
Computer & Network Security
5.0%
Other
49.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
Oracle Linux
Most Helpful Favorable Review
David A.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Easy and fast to install and setup and it was free for the agreement that my company had
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Construction
GUI of oracle Linux is slow and it takes more resources to run smoothly even when it is run on high end server.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Solid performance, great support and great community
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Research
Not everyone has intuition for linux and this tends to lead to a high learning curve.
David A.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Easy and fast to install and setup and it was free for the agreement that my company had
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Solid performance, great support and great community
Verified User in Construction
GUI of oracle Linux is slow and it takes more resources to run smoothly even when it is run on high end server.
Verified User in Research
Not everyone has intuition for linux and this tends to lead to a high learning curve.
Discussions
What is Oracle Linux used for?
7 comments
AN
The main use case for using Oracle Linux was to save millions of dollars migrating from Solaris UNIX. The use of Oracle Linux Cloud provides scalability and...Read more
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3 comments
LL
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which is better centos or rhel?
1 comment
MM
CentOS prior to 8 was great but now they have the stream model and I am not sure I would put production machines on anything like that but I have not done...Read more
How to use RedHat Containers for Virtualization?
1 comment
GS
If container-native virtualization is enabled for let’s say an open shift cluster, you can create and add virtualized applications from the service catalog...Read more
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