Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Reviews & Insights

Score9.3 out of 10

312 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Reviews

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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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the core OS for our software development environment. It 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

It's 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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 3, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for everything to include virtualization and container hosting.

Pros

It's Linux. It's better than Windows. Everything's positive over Windows.
Speed.
Efficiency.
Security.
Reliability.

Cons

I don't believe there's any real reason to improve the product. It's great as it is.

Likelihood to Recommend

Anything that is requiring a secure environment or anything dealing with cybersecurity. This is the product to use.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

32 years of experience

Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 3, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's providing application support for engineers.

Pros

Usability is pretty easy.
Configuration management isn't always difficult depending on what it is.
Account creations are definitely easy
File management

Cons

If there was possibly, I think there's a GUI, but I'm not sure. But the FA policy service probably needs a GUI. Easier incorporation between R seven and RL eight products.

Likelihood to Recommend

The installation of certain applications is pretty easy, especially with the DNF and YAML repositories.

Verified User

Administrator (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Enterprise Linux Rhel Review

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 3, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our RHEL environment powers our Ansible environment. We have several top tier applications that run on RHEL. OpenShift run zone, a core RHEL for bare metal nodes, so it does a lot.

Pros

It's solid. You don't have a whole lot of viruses. You don't have to worry about viruses like the Windows products and it works every time. It does what it's told to do, it's very lightweight. I heard it's getting even more lightweight and can't wait for that. So solid product.

Cons

In the LEAP process. The upgrading process, which I'm hearing, like I said it before, prior that I was on rail seven, eight, and nine. Trying to get all of that to rail nine and stay current. The LEAP process from seven to eight is a little bit less than desired. I've talked to some people that from once you get on eight from eight to nine to nine to 10 is a breeze. So I'm looking forward to that.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's probably less appropriate for databases. I don't know anybody else's doing a lot of databases to have databases on with RHEL, but everything else it does well from applications to now AI with AI models does it all in my opinion.

Victor Williams

Linux Administrator in Information Technology at Blue Cross from Blue Shield of Alabama (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 3, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our organization use it for servers infrastructure general platform.

Pros

Manages all of our web and Azure stuff and AWS. It's our gateway for all of our infrastructure really.

Cons

I think satellite server has the most room for improvement, so it needs to be easier and quicker to deploy.

Likelihood to Recommend

Backend server infrastructure. It's not well suited for end user desktops.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) review

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 2, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We need a stable OS to support our various applications that produce our satellite internet service.

Pros

Stability and reliability
Performance and scalability
Enterprise support

Cons

High subscription cost
Time to adopt latest packages
Dependency on red hat ecosystem

Likelihood to Recommend

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is great to use to provide a stable OS to build enterprise software. It is reliable, easy to pick up, and you get support.

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

About Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 24, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Used for running enterprise applications we require high availability scalability and long term support, web services, databases for main business purposes.

Problems the complexity of initial setup for new users, subscription entitlements and some compatibility issues with third-party software.

Pros

Enterprise grade stability and security
System management tool
Strong container an cloud integration

Cons

Subscription and licensing complexity
Steep learning curve for beginners
Limited support for some third-party software

Likelihood to Recommend

Good for
Enterprise data centers
Regulated industries
Hybrid cloud and container environments
Less appropriate for
Small business with limited budget
Casual or desktop use
Rapid prototyping or experimental projects

Verified User

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

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Perfect OS for application deployment

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

May 24, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have server applications that are running on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environment, and this environment is very well supported, secured, and helps in easy deployment and testing of client applications.

Pros

Provides fast performance and helps in maintaining safety.
Server deployment experience is just pleasant as compare to other Linux environment.
Their support team is very professional and knowledgeable.

Cons

Complexity of product due to CMD dependency.
Mulitple update issues encountered everytime.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think that Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is extremely helpful ease to install , manage OS environment with stable application performance and good for critical testing and data managment.

Avinash Pandey

Senior technical support engineer in Information Technology at Capgemini (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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