🆚 AlmaLinux vs. Amazon Linux

Type

Operating system
Operating system

About

AlmaLinux is an open-source enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability and binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Created as a successor to CentOS, it provides free community-maintained enterprise releases with predictable long-term support cycles and regular security updates, supports major server architectures such as x86-64 and ARM64, and is broadly used in hosting and cloud infrastructure.

The Amazon Linux is a supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

Headquarters

Estero, Florida, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️

Categories

Operating Systems › Rank #8
Operating Systems › Rank #11

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The AlmaLinux operating system is 1.6 times more popular than Amazon Linux.
Total websites

Market share

Operating Systems

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

AlmaLinux is more popular in Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands, while Amazon Linux is more popular in India, Ireland, and Singapore.
Japan
United States
Netherlands
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
Brazil
Australia
Italy
France

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

AlmaLinux is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and education and reference, while Amazon Linux is more commonly used on entertainment, travel, and health sites.
Business
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Online Shopping
Travel
Blogs/Wiki
Software/Hardware
Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#7,014
#8,447
#9,570
#11,732
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Name
Rank
#6,656
#12,992
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See also

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