# Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server vs Azure Virtual Machines Comparison

| | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 303 | 72 | 393 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (49.1% of reviews) | Enterprise (50.8% of reviews) | Enterprise (35.2% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Red Hat OpenShift

Pros:
- Ease of Use (36 reviews)
- Features (34 reviews)

Cons:
- Learning Curve (25 reviews)
- Complexity (17 reviews)

### SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Pros:
- Reliability (8 reviews)
- Customer Support (7 reviews)

Cons:
- Outdated Content (3 reviews)
- Dependency Issues (2 reviews)

### Azure Virtual Machines

Pros:
- Ease of Use (45 reviews)
- Cloud Storage (29 reviews)

Cons:
- Complexity (26 reviews)
- Cost Issues (23 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (84 reviews) | 9.0 (36 reviews) | 9.0 (339 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.2 (228 reviews) | 8.9 (54 reviews) | 8.6 (339 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 7.8 (195 reviews) | 9.1 (43 reviews) | 8.6 (206 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.6 (57 reviews) | 9.2 (27 reviews) | 8.6 (192 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.4 (74 reviews) | 8.8 (34 reviews) | 8.4 (326 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.6 (53 reviews) | 9.3 (24 reviews) | 8.9 (184 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.0 (81 reviews) | 10.0 (34 reviews) | 9.2 (327 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Red Hat OpenShift

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Azure Virtual Machines

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Red Hat OpenShift** | N/A | N/A |
| **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** | 8.5/10 | 10 |
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | 8.7/10 | 75 |

#### Infrastructure Provision

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Public Cloud** | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) | 9.0 (66 reviews) | 
| **Private Cloud** | Not enough data | 9.3 (7 reviews) | 8.6 (55 reviews) | 
| **Hybrid Cloud** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 9.0 (53 reviews) | 
| **Bare Metal** | Not enough data | 9.0 (8 reviews) | 7.2 (48 reviews) | 
| **High-Performance Computing (HPC)** | Not enough data | 8.5 (8 reviews) | 8.3 (54 reviews) | 
| **Virtual Machines (VMs)** | Not enough data | 9.5 (7 reviews) | 9.3 (67 reviews) | 
| **Edge Computing** | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) | 8.5 (49 reviews) | 
| **Virtual Networks** | Not enough data | 8.1 (8 reviews) | 9.1 (59 reviews) | 

#### Management

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Pay by Usage** | Not enough data | 7.5 (6 reviews) | 8.9 (62 reviews) | 
| **Usage Tracking** | Not enough data | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 8.9 (55 reviews) | 
| **Performance Tracking** | Not enough data | 8.1 (7 reviews) | 8.7 (55 reviews) | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Resource Auto-Scaling** | Not enough data | 7.7 (8 reviews) | 8.9 (57 reviews) | 

### Server Virtualization

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Red Hat OpenShift** | N/A | N/A |
| **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** | 9.0/10 | 13 |
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | 8.7/10 | 35 |

#### Performance

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Scalability** | Not enough data | 9.4 (8 reviews) | 8.5 (28 reviews) | 
| **Portability** | Not enough data | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 8.3 (26 reviews) | 
| **Data Recovery** | Not enough data | 8.9 (9 reviews) | 8.9 (27 reviews) | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **OS Integration** | Not enough data | 8.8 (8 reviews) | 9.0 (31 reviews) | 
| **Resource Saving** | Not enough data | 8.8 (10 reviews) | 8.5 (30 reviews) | 
| **Performance Management** | Not enough data | 8.8 (10 reviews) | 8.7 (29 reviews) | 
| **Security** | Not enough data | 9.8 (10 reviews) | 9.3 (30 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Server Virtualization

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Container Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Red Hat OpenShift** | 8.8/10 | 7 |
| **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | N/A | N/A |

#### Alerts management

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Multi-mode alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Opimization alerts** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Incident alerts** | 8.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Monitoring

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Resource utilization** | 9.4 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Real-time monitoring** | 9.8 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Performance baseline** | 9.4 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **API monitoring** | 9.7 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Automation

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Resolution automation** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Automation** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Analysis

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Search** | 8.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Reporting** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Visualization** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Track trends** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Issue Resolution

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Root cause identification** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Resolution guidance** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive identification** | 9.3 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### SAP Store

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Red Hat OpenShift** | N/A | N/A |
| **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | N/A | N/A |

#### Agentic AI - SAP Store

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Natural Language Interaction** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Red Hat OpenShift** | 8.8/10 | 28 |
| **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | N/A | N/A |

#### Development

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Application Deployment** | 9.2 (24 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Development Tools** | 8.6 (18 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Development Environment** | 9.1 (18 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Language Support** | 9.1 (18 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Testing** | 9.2 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Database

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Database Management** | 8.3 (21 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Analytics** | 8.2 (21 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Auto Scaling** | 8.7 (22 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Backup / Recovery** | 8.3 (21 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Storage** | 8.6 (23 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Infrastructure

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Networking** | 8.7 (24 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Virtual Machines** | 9.0 (20 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Security** | 9.2 (25 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Container Management

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Red Hat OpenShift** | 8.7/10 | 41 |
| **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server** | N/A | N/A |
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | N/A | N/A |

#### Management

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Access Control** | 8.5 (33 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Network Isolation** | 8.4 (31 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **File Isolation** | 8.2 (30 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Organization

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Packaging ** | 8.6 (33 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Container Networking** | 9.0 (34 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Orchestration** | 9.1 (33 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Development

| Feature | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Developer Toolkit** | 8.5 (27 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Architecture** | 8.8 (30 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Datacenter** | 8.6 (25 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Virtualization** | 9.2 (26 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Server Virtualization Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/server-virtualization)

**Unique to Red Hat OpenShift (4):** [Container Monitoring Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-monitoring-tools), [Container Orchestration Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-orchestration), [Container Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-management), [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas)

**Unique to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (2):** [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas), [SAP Store Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sap-store)

**Unique to Azure Virtual Machines (1):** [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Red Hat OpenShift | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Azure Virtual Machines | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 23.9% | 20.6% | 31.7% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 27.0% | 28.6% | 33.1% | 
| **Enterprise** | 49.1% | 50.8% | 35.2% | 

### By Industry

#### Red Hat OpenShift

- **Information Technology and Services:** 15.8%
- **Financial Services:** 13.7%
- **Banking:** 9.1%
- **Computer Software:** 8.4%
- **Telecommunications:** 7.0%
- **Higher Education:** 4.2%
- **Consulting:** 3.9%
- **Insurance:** 3.2%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 2.8%
- **Government Administration:** 2.8%
- **Other:** 29.1%

#### SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

- **Information Technology and Services:** 16.1%
- **Higher Education:** 8.1%
- **Telecommunications:** 6.5%
- **Computer Software:** 6.5%
- **Consumer Goods:** 6.5%
- **Education Management:** 6.5%
- **Financial Services:** 6.5%
- **Manufacturing:** 4.8%
- **Retail:** 4.8%
- **Government Administration:** 4.8%
- **Other:** 29.0%

#### Azure Virtual Machines

- **Information Technology and Services:** 30.3%
- **Computer Software:** 17.6%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 7.4%
- **Accounting:** 4.3%
- **Information Services:** 2.4%
- **Financial Services:** 2.1%
- **Banking:** 1.9%
- **Higher Education:** 1.9%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 1.6%
- **Computer Networking:** 1.6%
- **Other:** 29.0%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to Red Hat OpenShift

- [VMware vSphere](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-vsphere/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (761 reviews)
- [Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-container-service-amazon-ecs/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (282 reviews)
- [Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (formerly Docker Enterprise)](https://www.g2.com/products/mirantis-kubernetes-engine-formerly-docker-enterprise/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (281 reviews)
- [Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://www.g2.com/products/google-kubernetes-engine-gke/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (259 reviews)
- [Kubernetes](https://www.g2.com/products/kubernetes/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (157 reviews)
- [AWS Lambda](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1034 reviews)
- [Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-kubernetes-service-aks/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (116 reviews)
- [Google Cloud Run](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-run/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (241 reviews)
- [Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-kubernetes-service-amazon-eks/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (108 reviews)
- [Portainer](https://www.g2.com/products/portainer/reviews) — 4.8/5 stars (294 reviews)

### Alternatives to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

- [VMware vSphere](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-vsphere/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (761 reviews)
- [Proxmox VE](https://www.g2.com/products/proxmox-ve/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (36 reviews)
- [Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (975 reviews)
- [Ubuntu](https://www.g2.com/products/ubuntu/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (2389 reviews)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews)
- [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews)
- [Amazon EC2](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1194 reviews)
- [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews)
- [Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)](https://www.g2.com/products/nutanix-cloud-infrastructure-nci/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (324 reviews)
- [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews)

### Alternatives to Azure Virtual Machines

- [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews)
- [Amazon EC2](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1194 reviews)
- [VMware vSphere](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-vsphere/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (761 reviews)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews)
- [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews)
- [Vultr](https://www.g2.com/products/vultr/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (286 reviews)
- [Oracle VM](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-vm/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (73 reviews)
- [Proxmox VE](https://www.g2.com/products/proxmox-ve/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (36 reviews)
- [VirtualBox](https://www.g2.com/products/virtualbox/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (292 reviews)
- [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### Red Hat OpenShift

- Title: [What is included in Red Hat OpenShift container platform?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-included-in-red-hat-openshift-container-platform) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "you can deploy your applications and have UI which is more superior to Kubernetes. operator development, etc.. all features of k8s are present in OCP."

### SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

- Title: [Is Suse an enterprise?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-suse-an-enterprise) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Great system operations, work very well to SAP"
- Title: [What is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-suse-linux-enterprise-server-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "15.0"

### Azure Virtual Machines

- Title: [What is Azure Virtual Machines used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-azure-virtual-machines-used-for) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are used to run applications and workloads on virtualized server environments in the cloud. They allow you to deploy and manage..."
- Title: [What operating systems does an Azure virtual machine support?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-operating-systems-does-an-azure-virtual-machine-support) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "2012 and above"
- Title: [What are Azure virtual machines used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-azure-virtual-machines-used-for) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Mission critical workloads"
- Title: [What is virtual machine in Azure portal?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-virtual-machine-in-azure-portal) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is a computer file that behaves like a computer,it has computing environment that offers to run different operating system "
- Title: [Azure VM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/36714-azure-vm) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Most powerful VM machine"

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/red-hat-red-hat-openshift-vs-suse-linux-enterprise-server-vs-azure-virtual-machines)