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Compare Arch and CentOS 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.7% of reviews)
Mid-Market (38.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Arch
Star Rating
(36)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about ArchCentOS
Star Rating
(412)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (38.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about CentOSArch vs CentOS
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found CentOS easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Arch overall.
- Reviewers felt that Arch meets the needs of their business better than CentOS.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that CentOS is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Arch over CentOS.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Arch
No pricing availableCentOS
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Arch
No trial information availableCentOS
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.3
24
9.1
330
Ease of Use
6.7
25
8.5
331
Ease of Setup
5.4
13
8.5
208
Ease of Admin
7.9
8
8.5
199
Quality of Support
7.8
22
8.1
275
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
6
8.8
156
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
22
8.3
311
Features by Category
Memory Management - Operating System
Not enough data
8.9
15
Device Management - Operating System
Not enough data
8.3
13
Backup and Recovery - Operating System
Not enough data
8.2
12
Error Detection - Operating System
Not enough data
8.6
13
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Arch
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
CentOS
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
Computer Software
36.4%
Information Technology and Services
21.2%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
6.1%
Research
3.0%
Other
27.3%
Information Technology and Services
30.3%
Computer Software
15.9%
Computer & Network Security
5.9%
Telecommunications
3.9%
Internet
3.6%
Other
40.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
What are the features of Arch Linux?
1 Comment
VK
Arch Linux is one of the lightest Linux distribution available in the market.Read more
Does Arch use RPM or Deb?
1 Comment
HC
NO Arch Linux, as a rolling release distribution, utilizes its own package management system called "pacman" (Package Manager) rather than relying on either...Read more
how to improve the customization of repositories?
1 Comment
AM
use a command like this:
tcpdump -c 12 -i enp0s3 | grep "string search"
You capture the traffic according to the filter set example: http, wget...Read more
How can I acheive client isolation ?
1 Comment
RR
When I was learning about client isolation I found this web article very helpful. I hope it will help you.
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Bolehkah ini digunakan untuk acara pembelajaran?
1 Comment
DW
Yes. You can run Moodle, or other learning management system (LMS) products on CentOS Linux, or event management software. There is a rich set of open source...Read more
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