We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Parallels Access 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."One of the most outstanding features is the ability to deliver third-party services and achieve double authenticity with integrated identities."
"The IPSec VPN, Mobile Access, and Identity Awareness are three of the blades with which we have been working with since the pandemic. This has given us great mobility, making our network more dynamic."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN provides strong security features, including encryption, authentication, endpoint security, access control, and centralized management."
"The secure hotspot access for enabling good network connectivity is great."
"The solution offers great security features, including zero-day protection, malware protection, anti-phishing, et cetera."
"Scalability is great. We have been able to grow as a corporation due in part to this type of solution."
"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."
"It's got a very easy-to-use interface."
"Parallels Access gives me full access and control of the computer, and I can do anything I want remotely."
"It's great that the total deployment can happen completely remotely."
"We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good."
"Parallels Access has flexible licensing policies, which is beneficial for customers who have intermittent usage or users who are on and off the system."
"The non-standard setup is quite complex as you have to do changes via GUI and CLI."
"Generally, the license is included with the Check Point gateway licensing, however, in terms of the number of users that can be activated for use, it is generally five users."
"We have noted some stability issues."
"The product’s architecture is a bit distributed."
"You have no ability to reserve a total number of licenses. The VPN user licenses are assigned per gateway, and if you enable MEP function is not so easy to size the gateway licenses."
"Sometimes it causes the consumption of machine resources, and also improves the scanning since they consume many resources in the clients' machines."
"For Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. For the users that utilize Linux, there needs to be an equivalent."
"Compliance Check on Check Point should be improved by having more configurable conditions to support multi-platforms and adding more granularity."
"One challenge we do notice is that the application is limited to Windows servers only. If a customer has a Linux server, things get complicated. They should open it up a bit to be more compatible with different types of servers."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing policy. The price point is pretty aggressive."
"The solution may not scale well for enterprises."
"When you want to transfer a file from your iPad or remote device to the computer, the copy-and-paste feature doesn't always work."
"They could improve the reporting."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 62 reviews while Parallels Access is ranked 12th in Remote Access with 5 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Parallels Access is rated 8.8. 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 Parallels Access writes "Allows users to access and operate their computers remotely". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Check Point Harmony Mobile and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas Parallels Access is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, TeamViewer, Splashtop Remote Support, VNC Connect and LogMeIn Pro. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Parallels Access report.
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