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Red Hat Enterprise Linux pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the operating systems tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Per-system annual subscription; developer subscriptions available at no cost
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Not on record
What is on record
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux catalogue entry carries no price and a Per-system annual subscription; developer subscriptions available at no cost pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Red Hat Enterprise Linux feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Ten-year lifecycle
- Certified ecosystem
- Commercial support
- SELinux and compliance tooling
People bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux in for regulated industries needing a contracted party accountable for security fixes, applications certified against a specific os that must not move for years, enterprises procuring against hardware and isv certification lists. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Red Hat Enterprise Linux are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Operating Systems
Too few operating systems tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (this page) | On request | Per-system annual subscription; developer subscriptions available at no cost | - | |
| Pop!_OS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| Manjaro | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| Linux Mint | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| Arch Linux | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| FreeBSD | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
| Debian | Free | open-source | - | vs Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux badges page.
Before you pay for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Red Hat Enterprise Linux against the tools that do have one before committing.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux runs on linux, server, cloud, and is published by Red Hat of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The full record is on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux review, and the rest of the category is under best operating systems tools.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux pricing questions
- How much does Red Hat Enterprise Linux cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is listed as Per-system annual subscription; developer subscriptions available at no cost. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Red Hat Enterprise Linux have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Red Hat Enterprise Linux is listed as Per-system annual subscription; developer subscriptions available at no cost. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which operating systems tools can I use without paying?
- 8 of the 8 operating systems tools listed alongside Red Hat Enterprise Linux have a free tier: Pop!_OS, Manjaro, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, FreeBSD.
- What am I actually paying for with Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
- The record lists 4 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for regulated industries needing a contracted party accountable for security fixes, applications certified against a specific os that must not move for years, enterprises procuring against hardware and isv certification lists.
- Does Red Hat Enterprise Linux charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Red Hat Enterprise Linux prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Red Hat Enterprise Linux against before paying?
- The closest operating systems tools in this directory are Pop!_OS, Manjaro, Linux Mint, Arch Linux. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Red Hat Enterprise Linux covering price, platforms and features.