We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The management of the solution is very simple. It allows for a single view of all the endpoints."
"For us, it was essential to integrate with Active Directory, which is our credentials repository."
"We have more control over the activity that users have on the internal network, thanks to the monitoring offered by Check Point and the security provided by the gateway."
"I like the fact that Remote Access allows the administrator to control and manage things. It makes things smoother, and it has been an excellent experience."
"One of the features that I like most about this software is that it has a very intuitive, simple, and versatile interface that makes it easy to use and configure."
"To maintain the authorization of the connected user, Check Point provides multi-factor authentication for an RA VPN client to make sure legitimate users have access to resources."
"It is easy to install the Endpoint Remote Access VPN client on different platforms."
"Check Point has been perfect for protecting us from any type of attack or data theft during remote management."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"What I found most valuable in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is accessibility because the solution lets you take control of your computer remotely."
"Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's scalable enough for our needs and very reliable."
"It would be good to have Remote Access VPN solutions for Check Point edge services."
"Without a doubt and with the new trends in technology, Check Point should already have a blade with a 2MFA solution and not through some other vendor."
"We'd like to integrate Check Point into the Remote Access VPN solution and have the ability to integrate multiple devices as access points through the solution."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN handles up to a hundred megabytes for clients, but I want it to be able to handle up to one gigabyte."
"The main area for improvement is pricing. Another area could be integrating MFA authentication directly into the solution instead of using separate benchmark tools for implementation."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"There was complexity in the initial setup."
"The maximum it is giving us is only 5 licenses and if you need more, they must be purchased separately."
"The only problems that you're going to have with the remote desktop are going to be firewall ports, security, and NLA, which is a net network level access control, or TLS transfer layer security or some other SSL-type of security."
"The stability could be improved."
"Sometimes, the updates break the system."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having graphical acceleration."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"The price is too high."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"In a future release, they could improve by providing more advanced technology and better buffering for if the connection is degraded or lost."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 61 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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