🆚 AlmaLinux vs. Red Hat Enterprise 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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a commercial enterprise Linux distribution designed for hybrid cloud deployments across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

It includes Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux), a mandatory access control system built into the kernel, and supports kernel live patching which applies critical security updates without rebooting the system.

Headquarters

Estero, Florida, United States
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️ Open source
Free version ❌Free 60-day trial
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server $383.90
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters $2,748.90

Categories

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Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The AlmaLinux operating system is 1.3 times more popular than Red Hat Enterprise 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 Netherlands, and Germany, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more popular in the United States, Spain, and Russia.
United States
Japan
Netherlands
Germany
Spain
Russia
United Kingdom
Italy
Canada
France

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

AlmaLinux is more popular among sites focused on Internet services, online shopping, and entertainment, while Red Hat Enterprise Linux is more commonly used on education and reference, business, and marketing and merchandising sites.
Education/Reference
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Health
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Travel
Government/Military
Public Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#7,279
#7,583
#11,246
#13,650
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Rank
#1,490
#2,160
#2,426
#2,496
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