--- title: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Reviews meta\_title: 'SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 72 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how SUSE Linux Enterprise Server works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 72 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Reviews & Product Details Visit Website SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a secure, adaptable and easy-to-manage Linux server platform that allows developers and administrators to deploy business-critical workloads on-premises, in the cloud and at the edge. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is an operating system that is adaptable to any environment – optimized for performance, security and reliability. Security – Championing a secure supply chain Stay ahead of cyberattacks with advanced supply chain security and confidential computing. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is certified and compliant at the highest levels including CC EAL4+. Agility – Bridging to the cloud-native world Foster developer agility with capabilitites that are built to increase productivity. This includes a preconfigured Cloud Images, secure Base Container Images to build your own containers and a solid foundation for your Rancher Kubernetes (RKE2 / K3S) clusters. Resilience – Making innovating enterprise ready Innovate everywhere from cutting-edge hardware to the public cloud. This includes filesystem Snapshots with BTRFS, cloud innovations like support for Arm64 server instances in Azure or AWS, chipset innovations like NVIDIA open GPU kernel module, and hardware platforms from Dell, Fujitsu and HPE. * * * Product Website SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Seller [SUSE](https://www.g2.com/sellers/suse) Discussions [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Community](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-linux-enterprise-server/discuss) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Jeff Reser (Director, Product and Solution Marketing at SUSE) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-linux-enterprise-server/pricing) ![Patrick W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Patrick W.") PW Patrick W. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/26/2026 "Reliable OS with Excellent Support" 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is our leading operating system for Linux systems. I appreciate the extensive core for our system landscape and the long support periods of the OS versions. The simplicity of the system is a great advantage, and we can adapt it very well to our needs. The patch management works great. We have also had good experiences with SUSE's support, which made the initial setup very easy for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? The package and repository handling is, for example, very complex. The community is not as large as with similar products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? SUSE Linux Enterprise Server offers a comprehensive core for our system landscape. It has long support times and good management with the Suse Multi Linux Manager. The simplicity and adaptability to our needs, as well as the excellent patch management, are also significant advantages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Huw Wigley of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/suse-linux-enterprise-server-review-12258254/official_response/edit) Thank you, Patrick, for sharing your feedback. I will share your positive sentiment with our support team. Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of sellerAI Translated ME Mikel E. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/7/2025 "Stability and support guarantees without giving up on innovations" 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? The ability to integrate the latest package and Kernel updates, but with the certainty that it will be stable. The ability to design the distribution to implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? The cost of support can be excessive if an environment is not properly updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? It is a completely stable distribution with certifications for enterprise solutions, but with the ability to integrate third-party packages without issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Huw Wigley of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/suse-linux-enterprise-server-review-11774379/official_response/edit) Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Stability is essential, so we're pleased to hear your positive sentiment. Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of sellerAI Translated ![Verified User in Medical Devices](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Medical Devices") AM Verified User in Medical Devices Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/24/2025 "Very good Linux distribution, which try to achieve the goal to be the first choose for everyone" 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? It's easy to use, with a lot of GUI/CLI configurators under YaST. In standard use cases, it's great. Stable in standard use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Sometimes other products vendors doesn't support SUSE Linux family. Documentation in many cases still are not so good like in other Linux distributions vendors, but it's visible, that SUSE work a lot for changing this state. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Our SLES installation is working as a stable platform for SAP environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Huw Wigley of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/suse-linux-enterprise-server-review-11722227/official_response/edit) Thank you for sharing your feedback. We will continue to work on improving our documentation. Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Banking](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Banking") EB Verified User in Banking Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 9/16/2025 "Stable, Secure, and great customer support." 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Stable, secure. Easy to deploy and patch with Suse Manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Less documentation than other major linux distribution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? SLES is our primary choice for running critical apps on distributed environment, we have a nice ecosystem with SUMA and Rancher. We are also testing SLES for Power, running on Power10 and doing some research on AI with DeepSeek and other models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Miguel Pérez Colino of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/suse-linux-enterprise-server-review-11686256/official_response/edit) Thanks for the review. We agree that SLES and SUSE Manager (Now SUSE Multi-Linux Manager) go better together, like Peanut Butter and Jelly. 10/8/2025 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![MOHAMMEDAZIM S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MOHAMMEDAZIM S.") MS MOHAMMEDAZIM S. Lecturer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/10/2023 "Review on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server" 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Support for various hardware architectures, virtualisation, containerisation, and cloud computing are just a few of the many features that SLES offers. It is simple to deploy, configure, and maintain since it has a comprehensive set of system administration, monitoring, and automation tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? One possible negative of SLES is that it is not a free and open-source operating system like many other Linux variants. SLES requires a paid membership for business use. However, SUSE provides a free community version named openSUSE. Some businesses that favour open-source software and are on a tight budget may find this a limiting issue. Compared to other Linux distributions like Ubuntu or CentOS, SLES may not have as large of a user base or third-party software support. Nonetheless, SUSE offers thorough certifications and support services for their operating system, which might be helpful for business clients. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server's applicability mostly depends on the unique demands and requirements of a company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Delivering a stable, dependable, and secure platform for mission-critical applications and services, with little downtime and high availability, which may boost operational efficiency and productivity. Supporting virtualization and containerization technologies, which may assist organisations in lowering hardware costs, increasing resource utilisation, and enabling more flexible and scalable IT infrastructure. Offering a stable and secure environment for hosting SAP applications, which may assist organisations in optimising their SAP installations, improving performance, and lowering costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Apparel & Fashion](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Apparel & Fashion") AA Verified User in Apparel & Fashion Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/24/2021 "Nice and stable Operating System for SAP Applications on IBM Power" 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? I like Suse linux Enterprise Server because of the variety of Custom OS versions for different CPU's like IBM Power and Intel and different applications running on it and also because they deliver both on-premise and cloud-based services. We have Suse Linux Enterprise server running on 6 IBM Power systems, installation is running very smooth. I defenitly like the administration portal for the subscriptions. I also think installation of Upgrades for this OS is really easy. Suse support is great and their community is growing rapidly with very fast response to resolve issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? I really do not have much in a list regarding dislikes. I suppose if I had to pick one thing, it would be the fact that some IBM RST packages are hard to find and manage. I don't like it that some application vendors do not support Suse in their compatibility matrix. The updates is more a Linux global thing, if you patch once a month you will get a whole bunch of updates. I would like to see cumulative updates like Windows update in Microsoft windows servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: Suse linux Enterprise Server is well suited for production enterprise systems. You need to pick a linux distribution thats most compatible with the application you need to use. For us Suse enterprise linux is the one! This goes without saying, but make sure that SLES supports all of the various applications that you would want to host and buy a support contract. The licensing portal (Suse Customer Center) is very easy to use, I've never had to use it but I know that my coworkers have found it very valuable in the past. Suse linux Enterprise Server is perfect for any size business and should definitely be in the shortlist of operating systems for just about any business critical system. just do it, it is one of the highly secured Linux environments available out there in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? As we use Suse Enterprise server for our SAP Environment we needed an operating system that has high compatibility with SAP on IBM Power system. We found Suse Enterprise Server for SAP applications for this usage. We are very pleased with this OS, because it is easy to deploy and maintain. Also when using Suse Manager to distribute updates in a Dev, Test, Acceptance, Production environment through a Content lifecycle project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/15/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") AH Verified User in Higher Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/15/2022 "A Linux distribution for the enterprise" 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is just that, a Linux server built for the enterprise. There's a good balance of features from latest code but with the experienced security from past releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is perhaps not marketed as well as it should be so it suffers a bit from lack of recognition which in turn affects adoption and third-party support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? SUSE Linux Enterprise Server provides a security-hardened Linux operating system that is well supported, both by SUSE and their growing user community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic GG Gabriela G. Software engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/11/2022 "Linux server" 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? I like access to different clouds over the Internet, distributing loads in Cluster configuration on the server and local network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? More affordable prices for small businesses and third-party management applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? Development of applications and workloads in server configured Cluster by the local network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite MS Mitch S. General Partner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/20/2019 "I have used SUSE on my servers for decades." 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Yast is a decent UI for server management. The SUSE and linux documentation is served pretty well. It is a very stable system. Not much down time. Installation and upgrades usually work pretty well with not too much for problems. Mostly, I am a great linux fan and SUSE is a decent distro. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Yast could manage a multitude of things that it does not. Some applications have obscure bugs that take a while to find and fix and/or work around. Most of the problems I've encountered are difficulties with linux not SUSE based. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: Look around at the different distros and pick one to suit your needs. SUSE works well for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? The primary packages we use are survey tabulation, statistical analysis, and the LAMP stack. These allow us to conduct large market and employee research studies. SUSE helps me to keep this software and my servers running well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Edwin T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Edwin T.") ET Edwin T. Senior Consultant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/24/2018 "Entreprise and escalable OS " 4/5 What do you like best about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? The Suse server pa is an operating system very stable in their latest versiónes, the little change in bookstores makes it easy maintenance, the structure of the file system is very solid allows maintain data even after several reboots failures electric. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? In the past editions the support for hardware was not very stable, sometimes it created system failures irq errors among others. Just as the different file systems do not have the maturity of the current versions. system libraries not had a stability as stable as now, the packaging system had some flaws for updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server solving and how is that benefiting you? in my previous work, SUSE was the only operating system that allowed me to integrate all features necessary to migration mail server, features as lists, anti-spam, antivirus, webmail by almost automatic. the system updates not affecting settings years later. the great support hardware allowed integration with storage unit. tools check are fast as compared to competitors for this type of implementations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ](https://www.g2.com/products/suse-linux-enterprise-server/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity over 3 years ago Is Suse an enterprise? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-suse-an-enterprise) ![Prem K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Prem K.") 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