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PostgreSQL on Ubuntu vs openSUSE Leap comparison

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Categories and Ranking

openSUSE Leap
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
26th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PostgreSQL on Ubuntu
Ranking in Operating Systems (OS) for Business
15th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Operating Systems (OS) for Business category, the mindshare of openSUSE Leap is 4.4%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is 1.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Operating Systems (OS) for Business Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
PostgreSQL on Ubuntu1.0%
openSUSE Leap4.4%
Other94.6%
Operating Systems (OS) for Business
 

Featured Reviews

NK
Senior Manager at Cognizant
Provides BTRFS file system, which allows you to take snapshots
I only use the tool for testing purposes on my team, but multiple people use it. We don't make a team effort to install the solution. When it comes to maintenance, we ask our company to buy SUSE Linux Enterprise. My team consists of 13 people. We are currently integrating the solution with Ansible to do some coding. Although not a full-fledged automation, we are integrating the solution with Ansible and executing a couple of playbooks connected to openSUSE Leap. I would recommend the solution to other users looking for an open-source solution. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
MG
CEO at Grant Corporation
Consistent use of flexible data and solid transactions has reduced costs and simplified projects
PostgreSQL on Ubuntu could be improved with easier out-of-the-box configuration. The default settings for PostgreSQL on a fresh Ubuntu install are very conservative. Things such as shared buffers and work memory are too low for any real production workloads, and you have to know how to go in and tune it manually. A smart default configuration wizard during installation that detects hardware and suggests settings would save a lot of junior developers from performance headaches. That is important. Built-in connection pooling is another area; PostgreSQL does not handle large numbers of concurrent connections well natively. You end up needing to set up PG Bouncer separately, which is another tool to learn, configure, and maintain. Having a lightweight connection pooler built into the core installation would be a real quality-of-life improvement. Additionally, a better built-in monitoring UI would help. Primarily, if you are working with Ubuntu, you are largely working with PostgreSQL on the command line and installing third-party tools such as pgAdmin or Adminer. A lightweight built-in web dashboard for basic health monitoring would improve projects significantly. Finally, upgrades between major versions and smaller versions should be a lot easier as well. None of these are deal-breakers; they are just nice to have improvements.

Quotes from Members

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Pros

"openSUSE Leap has helped me with using containers in Podman."
"Leap has provided me with the ability to offer what I consider Enterprise class server O/S platforms to my smaller customers who are looking to improve their competitive stances without breaking the bank."
"The solution is easy for me to use because the backend is derived from FreeBSD and this is something I have been using for over 20 years."
"Stable - it just runs without the necessity to reboot."
"The solution is very stable after it is configured. It is hard to have a panel slow, a problem, misconfiguration, or any kind of loss function."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the BTRFS file system, which allows you to take snapshots."
"This solution has helped my organization's security from the use of its firewall, and the features for blocking or allowing traffic are very effective and have worked well for us."
"The most valuable feature by far has been the virtualization capabilities of the operating system."
"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to overcome the performance issues we faced while running PostgreSQL on Ubuntu in a different environment, Windows-based, which was not as performant and required a lot more memory and CPU bandwidth than our eventual Ubuntu deployment."
"The best advantage of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is its ability to fulfill all our requirements as an RDBMS; we frequently use various database-related operations such as storing, retrieving, and utilizing views and triggers, and its concurrency and connection handling are very efficient, especially since we have around 1,000 users."
"We have a truly robust open source solution for which we do not have licensing costs, even for corporate use, and which delivers incredible reliability."
"If you are really looking into some data management systems that are much more lightweight as well as capable and higher in performance, you should definitely go with PostgreSQL on Ubuntu."
"The best features PostgreSQL on Ubuntu offers, based on my experience, were the documentation and ease of use."
"From my experience, one of the biggest advantages of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is that it is an RDBMS that performs well based on stability, and it is quick to set up and accessible, not demanding multiple editors or support tools, making it preferable for small-end website requirements."
"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu has positively impacted my organization by being very reliable; it has solid recovery and the risk of data loss is very low, making it very robust and ideal for production projects."
"In summary, PostgreSQL on Ubuntu represents something that is becoming rare in the software world, which is a mature, stable, genuinely free tool that does not have a commercial agenda pushing you toward a paid tier or a vendor locking strategy."
 

Cons

"In the future, the Active Directory could improve."
"It would be helpful if we could easily switch from openSUSE Leap for testing to SUSE Linux Enterprise for production."
"There is room for improvement in the console."
"Like most Linux-based operating systems, the biggest challenge Leap faces is the GUI."
"Somehow the change from OS12.x via 13.x to Leap was a bit bumpy and some old issues seemed to reappear."
"I would like openSUSE Leap to have better link integration with Windows."
"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu could benefit from serverless support."
"Several things come to mind for improvements in PostgreSQL on Ubuntu. First, the monitoring and observability experience on Ubuntu could be smoother."
"From an improvement perspective, the UI of PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be somewhat better because from my experience, it is outdated compared to current UI generations, and the reliability without changing the entire system architecture can also be improved, along with optimizing index management such as adding proper indexes and removing unused ones."
"Managing PostgreSQL on Ubuntu at the production level was a bottleneck, but overall, it was a good experience and I learned a lot."
"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be improved in terms of flexibility, which comes at a cost—specifically its learning curve and complexity."
"The challenge, or the real learning curve, was in the permissions and configuration."
"PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be improved because it is a bit slower than other solutions I have used."
"The initial setup can be tricky."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an open-source operating system that can be used free of charge."
"The solution is open-source."
"The cost of this solution was reasonable and it was within our budget."
"openSUSE Leap is an open-source solution that is free of cost."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
23%
University
8%
Educational Organization
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise11
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is that everything is good.
What needs improvement with PostgreSQL on Ubuntu?
PostgreSQL on Ubuntu can be improved by adding more diverse components and ad hoc features like data analysis and data analysis models on-premises. For example, creating Jupyter notebooks or analyz...
What is your primary use case for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu?
My main use case for PostgreSQL on Ubuntu is to store data, especially telemetry data and customer data. I had a client whose telemetry data was coming online on one of their on-premises devices. I...
 

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