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GitHub vs Red Hat OpenShift comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
3.2
GitHub enhances productivity and reduces costs by streamlining branch management, improving code quality, and facilitating efficient releases.
Sentiment score
6.7
Red Hat OpenShift boosts ROI through cost savings, enhanced productivity, scalability, stability, and improved security for diverse sectors.
Using GitHub reduces, on average, one to two hours of time daily for making things ready, so it has very good metrics.
Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Red Hat OpenShift has proven to be an intelligent product for me, being built on Kubernetes, which is widely recognized and is where many cloud providers are deploying new workloads.
Systems & Storage Engineer at ATOS
Time was the major thing which saved a lot, and in terms of resources, it has reduced resource utilization so the remaining users can focus on other tasks.
Server Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
With OpenShift combined with IBM Cloud App integration, I can spin an integration server in a second as compared to traditional methods, which could take days or weeks.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.1
GitHub support varies; community resources and documentation often suffice, but direct support experiences differ in speed and consistency.
Sentiment score
6.6
Red Hat OpenShift's customer service is praised for responsiveness but needs improvement in speed, communication, and European response times.
The technical support from GitHub is generally good, and they communicate effectively.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Simplify3x Software Private Limited
Some forums help you get answers faster since you just type in your concern and see resolutions from other engineers.
Quality Assurance Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I have not used GitHub's technical support extensively because there are many resources and a robust knowledge base available due to the large user community.
Platform Engineer at a recreational facilities/services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Red Hat's technical support is responsive and effective.
Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group
Customer support is really good because so far in our case, we have always received a prompt response, and they have been really helpful to us.
Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The response time for customer support is excellent, and they go deep and can resolve things easily.
Operation Director at Zaintech
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
GitHub effortlessly scales for organizations of all sizes, handling large projects and users without performance concerns.
Sentiment score
7.3
Red Hat OpenShift is praised for its scalability and integration with Kubernetes, effectively meeting enterprise demands.
We have never had a problem with scalability, so I would rate it at least eight to nine.
Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
GitHub is more scalable than on-prem solutions, allowing for cloud-based scaling which is beneficial for processing large workloads efficiently.
Platform Engineer at a recreational facilities/services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I can easily give updates from VS Code and commit messages directly to the GitHub repository by just using Git commands.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
The on-demand provisioning of pods and auto-scaling, whether horizontal or vertical, is the best part.
Director at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
OpenShift's horizontal pod scaling is more effective and efficient than that used in Kubernetes, making it a superior choice for scalability.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Red Hat OpenShift scales excellently, with a rating of ten out of ten.
System Analyst at Freelancer
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
GitHub is stable, reliable, and highly rated, with minimal performance issues and quick resolution of occasional connectivity problems.
Sentiment score
7.8
Red Hat OpenShift is praised for its stability and reliability, with minimal issues affecting its performance in enterprise applications.
If a skilled developer uses it, it is ten out of ten for stability.
Lead Software Engineer at The 5 Chairs
It provides a reliable environment for code management.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Simplify3x Software Private Limited
GitHub is mostly stable, but there can be occasional hiccups.
Platform Engineer at a recreational facilities/services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Red Hat OpenShift can scale to thousands of nodes, allowing multiple clusters to be managed in different geolocations and managed by centralized advanced cluster management, ACM.
Operation Director at Zaintech
It provides better performance yet requires more resources compared to vanilla Kubernetes.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I've had my cluster running for over four years.
Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group
 

Room For Improvement

GitHub requires better usability, tool integration, project management, speed, security, documentation, merging, automation, storage, stability, and user interface.
Red Hat OpenShift needs simpler deployment, better cloud integration, cost efficiency, enhanced security, and improved performance and support.
When working with the CI/CD pipeline and somebody is writing the workflow file, it would be best to include the AI feature so if they write incorrect code, it will notify me about it in the same dashboard, eliminating the need to use third-party tools to review the file.
AWS & Azure Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
I am providing this feedback for Copilot because it seems more widespread and more companies allow it rather than Amp, and it would be beneficial if they catch up with Amp on this capability.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Security could make GitHub better. OWASP Top Ten security advisors could be integrated on GitHub, and it could provide checks and advice.
Software Development Manager at ANADOLU AGENCY
Learning OpenShift requires complex infrastructure, needing vCenter integration, more advanced answers, active directory, and more expensive hardware.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
If I could change or improve one thing about Red Hat OpenShift, it would be to provide more information on the web because the information is limited and I need to explore more.
Manager Cybersecurity at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
 

Setup Cost

GitHub provides reasonable pricing and flexibility for enterprises, though improvements are needed for international markets and licensing complexities.
Enterprise users view Red Hat OpenShift as costly but feature-rich compared to alternatives, with varying pricing and inflexible licensing.
I have not encountered any initial setup cost for that.
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Normally, GitHub is not expensive, but it would be welcome if it reduces costs for developing countries.
Lead Software Engineer at The 5 Chairs
The pricing of GitHub is reasonable, with the cost being around seven dollars per user per month for private repositories.
QA Manager at Next Solutions
Initially, licensing was per CPU, with a memory cap, but the price has doubled, making it difficult to justify for clients with smaller compute needs.
Senior Technical Lead at MORO
The pricing for Red Hat OpenShift is considered quite high.
Manager for Middleware at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that Red Hat OpenShift comes out as an expensive solution compared to having AKS, GKE, or EKS.
Lead Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

GitHub excels in version control, collaboration, integration, and automation, offering a user-friendly, secure, and efficient development environment.
Red Hat OpenShift offers robust security, scalability, hybrid multi-cloud capabilities, lifecycle automation, and seamless Kubernetes integration for improved efficiency.
The pull request facility for code review.
QA Manager at Next Solutions
GitHub Actions allow for creating multiple jobs that run in different stages such as build, test, and deploy, which enable better visibility and control over the deployment pipeline.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Simplify3x Software Private Limited
For branching, it works well, especially in an agile environment.
Quality Assurance Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Because it was centrally managed in our company, many metrics that we had to write code for were available out of the box, including utilization, CPU utilization, memory, and similar metrics.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The main benefits Red Hat OpenShift provides for me as a final user include the capacity to integrate third-party tools and also the integration between observability, security, and monitoring capacities.
Architect Projects at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
This is one of the main things, in addition to having integration with ACM and ACS, where we can have the ability to manage multiple clusters and to secure them, deploy them, manage them, run GitOps and day-two operations, as well as upgrades and other functionality which is made easy using these tools.
Operation Director at Zaintech
 

Categories and Ranking

GitHub
Ranking in Agile and DevOps Services
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
102
Ranking in other categories
Application Security Tools (4th), Version Control (2nd)
Red Hat OpenShift
Ranking in Agile and DevOps Services
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (3rd), Server Virtualization Software (3rd), Container Management (4th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Agile and DevOps Services category, the mindshare of GitHub is 3.2%. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift is 6.6%, down from 21.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Agile and DevOps Services Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Red Hat OpenShift6.6%
GitHub3.2%
Other90.2%
Agile and DevOps Services
 

Featured Reviews

Abdulmunafz Mct - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Developer at Sri Krishna Arts and Science
Daily workflows have become streamlined as I manage projects, learn from clones, and host sites
The thing that has frustrated me is sometimes when I push using a Git command, I need to force the push, which is the main thing. The setup is frustrating because GitHub could add a repository with pre-installed packages or something since I need to install packages in VS Code before pushing and maintain it in the codebase. Git packages need to be installed manually, and if that was already in a GitHub repository, that would be much better. GitHub packages can be installed previously for the project upon the project requirement, and that is the thing I wanted to add here. That would be good. According to governance and security, I recently heard about some security issues in GitHub. I think that could be centralized and should consider those security issues and clear them. The AI capabilities there include Copilot or something else. I recently heard about security issues, but I do not know about it clearly. However, if security has been more tightened, it will be better.
AA
Operation Director at Zaintech
Platform has transformed our cloud into a secure, unified home for diverse modern applications
One of the best features of Red Hat OpenShift is that it has the catalog, the application catalog, and the operator hub, which allows us to deploy things easily and straightforward without going into a lot of hassles. This is one of the main things, in addition to having integration with ACM and ACS, where we can have the ability to manage multiple clusters and to secure them, deploy them, manage them, run GitOps and day-two operations, as well as upgrades and other functionality which is made easy using these tools. Red Hat OpenShift also provides virtualization capabilities, and I am currently working with Zain to make a project where we will convert F5 appliances to virtual machines and to manage them through Red Hat virtualization, OVE. Red Hat OpenShift is a unique platform because it provides the features for both worlds, containerization, and VMs at the same time, requiring you to learn one skillset in order to manage all of this at the same time. In the beginning, our cloud depended only on virtual machines, so I introduced this to our management to start to work with microservices and with containerization. This was adapted in our cloud, providing us the capability to sell more of these features and to reduce the hardware requirement by about thirty percent, following the trends of using containerization for all modern applications. In addition, it reduced the time to develop and to deploy a new application; all we need is using Jenkins for CI/CD. Once we commit any code, it gets triggered, and it will implement the new container in a very flexible and easy way, within seconds. This decreased the time to market and increased agility, allowing us to capture new opportunities very fast.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
6%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise55
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise57
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub?
I have been using GitHub for free, and recently I got a free education offer, such as educational resources. I believe it is GitHub Pro or something similar. I have been using the educational offer...
What needs improvement with GitHub?
The thing that has frustrated me is sometimes when I push using a Git command, I need to force the push, which is the main thing. The setup is frustrating because GitHub could add a repository with...
What is your primary use case for GitHub?
I use GitHub for maintaining repositories, as it is easy to maintain freelance projects and to store college projects. I will be using it for hosting by providing a GitHub link. For one of my freel...
How does OpenShift compare with Amazon AWS?
Open Shift makes managing infrastructure easy because of self-healing and automatic scaling. There is also a wonderful dashboard mechanism to alert us in case the application is over-committing or ...
Which would you recommend - Pivotal Cloud Foundry or OpenShift?
Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a cloud-native application platform to simplify app delivery. It is efficient and effective. The best feature is how easy it is to handle external services such as database...
What needs improvement with OpenShift?
One area for improvement in Red Hat OpenShift is during upgrades, as there is currently no option to revert to a previous version if vulnerabilities or issues arise. I believe that providing such a...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Dominion Enterprises, NASA, Braintree, SAP, CyberAgent
UPS, Cathay Pacific, Hilton
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