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Compare openSUSE Leap and openSUSE Tumbleweed 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (53.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
openSUSE Leap
Star Rating
(34)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about openSUSE LeapopenSUSE Tumbleweed
Star Rating
(31)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about openSUSE TumbleweedopenSUSE Leap vs openSUSE Tumbleweed
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found openSUSE Tumbleweed easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with openSUSE Tumbleweed overall.
- openSUSE Leap and openSUSE Tumbleweed both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that openSUSE Tumbleweed is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of openSUSE Leap over openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
openSUSE Leap
No pricing availableopenSUSE Tumbleweed
No pricing availableFree Trial
openSUSE Leap
No trial information availableopenSUSE Tumbleweed
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
23
9.0
15
Ease of Use
8.1
23
9.0
15
Ease of Setup
8.5
9
9.6
9
Ease of Admin
8.5
9
9.0
8
Quality of Support
7.7
18
8.5
16
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.1
6
8.5
8
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
23
6.7
14
Features by Category
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
openSUSE Leap and openSUSE Tumbleweed are categorized as Operating System
Unique Categories
openSUSE Leap has no unique categories
openSUSE Tumbleweed has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
openSUSE Leap
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
openSUSE Tumbleweed
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
31.3%
Computer Software
15.6%
Telecommunications
9.4%
Computer Games
9.4%
Retail
6.3%
Other
28.1%
Information Technology and Services
17.9%
Computer Software
14.3%
Computer & Network Security
10.7%
Program Development
7.1%
Computer Networking
7.1%
Other
42.9%
Discussions
openSUSE Leap has no discussions with answers
What is Suse tumbleweed?
1 Comment
RG
It is the distribution of opensuse containing newest stable applications with updated kernelRead more
What is openSUSE Tumbleweed based on?
1 Comment
PG
It is a Linux distribution, based on the operating system code developed by Linus Torwalds.Read more
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