Azure Red Hat OpenShift Reviews

Name: Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)

4.2 out of 5

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What is Azure Red Hat OpenShift?

Azure Red Hat OpenShift provides highly available, fully managed OpenShift clusters on demand, monitored and operated jointly by Microsoft and Red Hat. Kubernetes is at the core of Red Hat OpenShift. OpenShift brings added-value features to complement Kubernetes, making it a turnkey container platform as a service (PaaS) with a significantly improved developer and operator experience.

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Azure Red Hat OpenShift is the #11 ranked solution in PaaS Services. PeerSpot users give Azure Red Hat OpenShift an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. Azure Red Hat OpenShift is most commonly compared to Amazon AWS: Azure Red Hat OpenShift vs Amazon AWS. Azure Red Hat OpenShift is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 67% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 21% of all views.

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Azure Red Hat OpenShift

May 2025

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ArtemiiKropachev

Vice President, Engineering & Principal Architect at Li9 Technology Solutions

Azure Red Hat OpenShift is very valuable because it is a complete application delivery platform with a lot of automation that developers can utilize. It's a complete solution without building your own on top of Kubernetes. As a consulting company, we implement Azure Red Hat OpenShift for our clients, who appreciate its integration capabilities for enhancing cloud operations. While we handle implementation, build processes, and automation, the operational responsibility lies with the customer. The service provides basic processes and support from Red Hat and Microsoft, which benefits clients by allowing them to focus on their business rather than regular operations like cluster upgrades.

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Ahmad Adib

Management Trainee/Digital Infrastructure Operations at Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia

I rate the initial setup phase around six or seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup phase, and ten is an easy setup process. Our company has deployed the solution on a hybrid cloud model, so it is deployed on the cloud and on an on-premises model. Whenever our company's clients want to read or see something via the solution, we connect them to the product through an on-premises setup, and whenever they want to do some transaction, then it is done through the cloud. The solution can be deployed in less than an hour.

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Daniel Wichinescki

IT Specialist | SRE | Cloud Public & Private at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

We use OpenShift on Azure as IaaS The cost of licensing per core is very expensive. I am in the process of migrating to AKS to reduce costs. They need to improve the core licensing model. It's expensive compared to a similar product, and we've only used some of its features on Kubernetes.…

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Azure Red Hat OpenShift mindshare

As of May 2025, the mindshare of Azure Red Hat OpenShift in the PaaS Clouds category stands at 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Comparison	Azure Red Hat OpenShift vs Microsoft Azure	May 20, 2025	Download
Comparison	Azure Red Hat OpenShift vs Amazon AWS	May 20, 2025	Download
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Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Amazon AWS	4.2	12.7%	93%	255 interviews Add to research
Red Hat OpenShift	4.2	12.2%	96%	61 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

Azure Red Hat OpenShift offers valuable features like ease of migration between platforms, improved routing and load balancing, support for automation, integrated security, resilience, cost-saving potential, and a powerful GUI. Users appreciate its enterprise capabilities, GUI, hybrid cloud flexibility, auto-scaling, and robust integration with Kubernetes. It enhances developer experience by managing network intricacies, storage abstraction, and simplifying patching, making it suitable for various cloud environments and regulatory requirements.

"Flexibility, a very well-developed interface, and ease of learning are the most valuable features of Azure Red Hat OpenShift."
"Technical support from Red Hat is very good."
"Red Hat is a very stable product with good integration with products such as Kubernetes, and it also offers migration tools."

Room for Improvement

Azure Red Hat OpenShift could benefit from cost reduction, improved automation, and streamlined upgrades. Users face a learning curve with its CLI and need better support from Microsoft and Red Hat. Enhanced orchestration, more CI/CD pipeline tools, and broader framework compatibility are desired. Core licensing and marketing strategies need refinement. Scalability, migration, and data-intensive application support require attention. Azure's service breadth lags behind AWS. Increased openness to new frameworks and languages is necessary.

"I would like Azure Red Hat OpenShift to be more open to new frameworks and languages. Currently, if I create a pod with Rust, it doesn't work in OpenShift, and I must create a layer of interpretation."
"Technically, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is fine. However, its marketing could be improved, especially when compared to the robust marketing efforts of Azure, HPE, and Nutanix."
"Regarding room for improvement, there's always room, but it's mainly about Azure itself rather than Azure Red Hat OpenShift. Azure is not as advanced as AWS in terms of supported services. AWS is the leader in this area. However, there's no need for service improvement in Azure Red Hat OpenShift as the service is excellent. I don't need additional features because I can customize it according to the customer's needs."

Pricing

Enterprise users find Azure Red Hat OpenShift pricing flexible, with competitive offers available, especially for newcomers. While some rate the cost as high, others note it as affordable compared to alternatives like Broadcom VMware. Pricing varies based on purchase strategy, such as direct from Red Hat or the Azure portal. Costs may increase with added services like disaster recovery. Users suggest negotiating for optimal pricing, as market rates can vary widely depending on specific requirements and usage.

"Azure Red Hat OpenShift is not a low-price solution; it's expensive. Pricing depends on the strategy and whether you buy it directly from Red Hat or the Azure portal.Additionally, some customers may need a complete disaster recovery solution, which requires additional licensing and software products for implementation, such as backups."
"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
"Compared to other cloud environments like Amazon or Google, Azure Red Hat OpenShift is an expensive solution."

Popular Use Cases

Azure Red Hat OpenShift is primarily used for managing migrations from on-premise to cloud environments, pipeline management, and containerized applications. Companies deploy Azure Red Hat OpenShift for internal and external security in banking, developing codes, storing client databases, and handling corporate integrations. It serves as an application delivery and virtualization platform, enabling scalable, temporary virtual machine environments and supporting cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes on private, public, and hybrid clouds.

Service and Support

Azure Red Hat OpenShift support receives mixed assessments. Users appreciate Red Hat's strong partner support and expertise, but others face delays due to timezone assignments and minimal information provided. Ratings vary with some awarding high marks for engaging support while others express frustration, noting slow response times and difficulty managing technical issues. Many value Azure support higher, highlighting Azure's more effective issue resolution compared to Red Hat's support system.

Deployment

Users describe Azure Red Hat OpenShift's initial setup as varying in complexity, with automation reducing manual effort over time. Some experience deployment in about an hour, while others take longer due to dependencies or network complexities. The process involves using YAML configuration, setting up master and worker nodes, and sometimes dealing with internal issues. Ratings range from six to ten out of ten, indicating mixed experiences based on user expertise and specific environment requirements.

Scalability

Azure Red Hat OpenShift exhibits robust scalability through advanced automation like cluster auto-scaling, efficient scaling modes, and support for horizontal and vertical scalability. With successful scaling practices, it proves reliable for various usage demands. Ratings vary, with some giving high marks, reflecting its suitability for large enterprises. Feedback suggests it efficiently scales with load adjustments through self-scaling practices, supporting diverse scaling strategies.

Stability

Users have consistently highlighted Azure Red Hat OpenShift as stable, citing minimal major issues even when bugs or patches arise. Ratings for stability range from seven to ten out of ten, indicating some room for improvement but largely positive experiences. Long-term users, including Kohl's and Foot Locker, report no significant financial losses due to stability problems. Red Hat's established reputation contributes to a perception of reliability in its offerings.

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