Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9.1 out of 10

Score

9.1 out of 10

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Pros

Efficiency, Scalability, and Versatility Appreciation: Reviewers have consistently praised Red Hat Enterprise Linux - RHEL for its efficiency in operations, scalability to meet varying demands, and versatile nature demonstrated through seamless integration with middleware components like JBoss.

Reliability and Security Acknowledgment: Users value the reliability of RHEL, emphasizing its consistent performance track record and high level of security maintained over time. They appreciate the presence of built-in security measures, regular updates, and compatibility with tools such as Ansible for easy deployment.

Excellent Support Recognition: Many users have highlighted the outstanding support provided by Red Hat without specifying individual names or personally identifying information. They mention the support team's helpfulness and responsiveness via chat or email channels.

Reviews

225 Reviews

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) vs. IBM AIX review

Rating: 5 out of 10

Incentivized

March 10, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[...] uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for tier 1 clinical applications.

Pros

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is less expensive than IBM AIX that it replaced.

Cons

The boot disk is partitioned and not fully under LVM.
I cannot create a bootable backup like I can with AIX mksysb.

Likelihood to Recommend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) may be a good fix for disposable applications, but I would not use it for mission critical applications because of Red Hat's poor support, even with a Premium subscription.

Steve Longenecker

AIX System Engineer in Information Technology at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

20 years of experience

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A very robust and stable Operating System

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 26, 2026

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

we use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for applications that require upmost stability, fast restart times, and the least amount of change that would normally require an administrative interface. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) also offer a very small footprint, which means less compute and resources to meet minimum Operating System requirements. A added bonus of the small footprint OS is a small attack surface from a Cyber Security Perspective

Pros

Fast Reboot
minimal hardware requirements
stability
no impact of low up time as other operating systems would normally struggle with

Cons

viewing overall system performance
increasing the disk space size of partitions
assigning and changing file and folder permissions can be difficult

Likelihood to Recommend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is best suited for its stability, fast reboot time, and minimal resource requirements which reduce overall cost. The patch time for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is also extremely fast which benefits application up time.

For environments or applications that require many changes, for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) support person that is not well trained and experienced in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), this can be challenging.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) - platform for the future

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

December 19, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use close to 100 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers in our Org and are primarily used make certain product deployment and configuration easier. For example, we have observed the PostgreSQL database performance on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)is a lot better than other operating systems. Also the in-built volume manager and ext file system are easy to configure and setup. This is just one example, but in certain deployments, this is the best platform.

Pros

Easy to setup OS with one of the best volume manager and FS
Best performance for certain databases
Less vulnerabilities and secure
Minimal CPU and memory usage for the OS

Cons

Steps to setup volumes and ext FS can be done easier
Rescan new disks or the extended disks can be made easier
Few features can be integrated in a wizard based format to make new users easy
License modeling can be made easier

Likelihood to Recommend

We use close to 100 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers in our Org and are primarily used make certain product deployment and configuration easier. For example, we have observed the PostgreSQL database performance on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a lot better than other operating systems. Also the in-built volume manager and ext file system are easy to configure and setup. This is just one example, but in certain deployments, this is the best platform.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Stability Security and Strategic ROI

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 14, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) serves as the foundational OS across a significant portion of our critical IT infrastructure. We leverage Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for its renowned stability, security, and performance, making it a cornerstone of our enterprise architecture. High availability and performance are very much important, and that is the business problem Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) addressed in our case.

Pros

High availability & performance
Easy scalability

Cons

I have seen few compatibility issues with third-party applications. That can be addressed to improve the usablity.
It will be great if the upgrades for most used developer tools are pushed little quicker.

Likelihood to Recommend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is really great for high performance and availability type of business requirements.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Standard option for linux

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

July 12, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have thousands of VMs running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to support all kind of applications, monitoring tools and databases. Splunk, tenable, mongodb, cyberark to name a few.

Pros

cheaper alternative OS from AIX / HPUX
run all kind of apps and tools
suitable for cloud environments

Cons

transparent OS upgrade method
improved LVM (logical volume manager)
improved cluster

Likelihood to Recommend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is well suited for cloud environments, fast deployments and to run non-intensive apps/tools (with low memory and low cpu consumption).Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) might not be suited for really huge databases and intensive CPU processing.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

20 years of experience

RHEL

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 10, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use RHEL as our primary OS in the datacenter. It’s stable, secure, and reliable for running critical apps. It helps us stay compliant, automate tasks with Ansible, and maintain consistency across all environments. It’s the solid foundation we need to run smoothly and scale confidently.

Pros

Stability
Security
Consistency

Cons

Desktop environments.
Subscription and licensing process.

Likelihood to Recommend

RHEL is an excellent fit for datacenter environments—it’s reliable, secure, and stable, making it ideal for running critical infrastructure and services. However, it’s less suited for end-user desktop environments, where the interface and experience can be challenging for non-technical users or those coming from Windows or macOS.

Verified User

Manager in Engineering (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

3 years of experience

Secured Enterprise environment

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 5, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We consider Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) OS as one of the most secure and stable OS for all enterprise task and software management. We use this for software deployment , testing , official files management and as a backup server system as well. Just perfect for VMs as it highly support and easily to install and start.

Pros

Super secure and perfectly manageable file system.
Compatible almost in every hypervisor to create VMs and provide stable environment.
Memory management for enterpise task is quite well and compatible too.

Cons

GUI can be a little more detailed and more customized.
Complex to start and learn as a begineer due to dependency on CLI more.
For small enterprise, it is expensive, so they can include a version for them too.

Likelihood to Recommend

OS installation is quick and easy. Stability and reliability is top notch and unbeatable by other OS for managing enterpise files structure and task. Very professional work and support as well by company.

Amitabh Prasad

Technical support expert in Information Technology at Kaseya (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Red Hat

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 20, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use RHEL in all aspects of our business.

Pros

RHEL does a lot things well depending on how it is configured. So I would say RHEL excels at being flexible.
RHEL is a very stable operating system and is easy to maintain when properly configured and used.
RHEL is a secure OS when all the proper configurations are in place.

Cons

I have had issues with RHEL corrupting when being patched online and then the OS loses network connectivity.
SELinux with MLS does not have much documentation and is a pain to get working.

Likelihood to Recommend

RHEL can be a great production server when configured properly, it is very flexible and can be used in many different scenarios whether it be a web server, file server, database server, or a load balancer. RHEL is less appropriate in end user environment where the use needs to do daily office work tasks although it still can be done.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 2025

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 17, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the core OS (operating system) for our software development environment. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) gives a secure and stable foundation for building and deploying applications.

Pros

Performance optimization of system workloads
Stable and predictable environment
Hardened security features like SELinux, FIPS, FAPolicy

Cons

More support for offline (air gapped) environments

Likelihood to Recommend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is ideal for software development in secure environments, mission critical apps or even just end user desktop use

Anrew Davidson

system admin in Information Technology at torch technologies (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

If Linux it is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Rating: 9 out of 10

June 3, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Half of our VMs in DC are Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Pros

App servers
DB servers
Proxy servers
Web servers

Cons

Minor and major upgrade operations

Likelihood to Recommend

In the big size enterprises it is important to use a stable and well supported version of an OS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is one of them

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

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