Red Hat OpenShift is an alternative
May 21, 2025

Red Hat OpenShift is an alternative

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (self-managed)

Modules Used

  • OpenShift Virtualization

Overall Satisfaction with Red Hat OpenShift

In our organization, we use Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization hypervisor for internal clusters. It provides an alternative for VMware and their expensive pricing.

Pros

  • Virtualization
  • Efficiency
  • Upgrades

Cons

  • Support for VMware based appliances
  • Pricing
  • UI comparison to VMware vCenter
  • Alternative for VMware
  • Linux workloads
  • Windows workloads
The upgrade process is much better.
We use OpenShift on premise only. We currently use it for a very small workload testing it out.
OpenShift is moving in the direction of VMware and is a good first step in the process.

Do you think Red Hat OpenShift delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Red Hat OpenShift's feature set?

Yes

Did Red Hat OpenShift live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Red Hat OpenShift go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Red Hat OpenShift again?

Yes

I think I am likely to tell a colleague that, in my opinion, Red Hat OpenShift is Best suited for Linux workloads.
In my opinion, Red Hat OpenShift is Not suited for VMware based appliances.

Red Hat OpenShift Feature Ratings

Platform-as-a-Service
7.1
Ease of building user interfaces
7
Scalability
8
Platform management overhead
8
Workflow engine capability
7
Platform access control
7
Services-enabled integration
5
Development environment creation
7
Development environment replication
8
Issue monitoring and notification
8
Issue recovery
7
Upgrades and platform fixes
6

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