[ahartmetz]

AFAICS, openSUSE Leap is SLES compatible, official, and free in both senses.

[javitury]

Turns out you are right, things have changed in the SUSE world. And it does indeed seem to be worth considering. However, in terms of long term support (LTS), Leap still can't match RHEL clones.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/04/opensuse_leaps_to_153...