Red Hat Enterprise Linux VS CENTOS

·         A Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription results in lower operational costs, centos is not really free.

·         Red Hat is A company: centos is A project

·         Red Hat creates Red Hat Enterprise Linux: centos derives its software from Red Hat

·         Red Hat Enterprise Linux meets us government standards for security: centos does not

·         Red Hat HAs A security team: centos HAs A security forum

·         Red Hat provides Enterprise support: centos customers must rely on community support

·         Red Hat Enterprise Linux undergoes extensive testing: centos provides best-effort testing

·         Red Hat Enterprise Linux is certified with thousands of hardware And software vendors: centos is not

·         Red Hat Enterprise Linux can help  to include your strategic needs in the open source mainstream: centos may be a strategic and governance risk

·         Red Hat is an industry-leading open source technology company: centos is not

·         A Red Hat subscription means collaboration beyond support: centos means self-support or no support