We performed a comparison between OpenVPN Access Server and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenVPN, Fortinet, Cisco and others in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"OpenVPN Access Server is very stable."
"It can scale well."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Its most valuable feature is that it is open source."
"There is support for multi-factor authentication."
"The stability is very reliable in my experience."
"The most valuable feature of OpenVPN is that it is open source. I can do anything with the solution, such as change, build, and collect. Additionally, it is safe to use the solution and there are frequent updates."
"I have set the default routes to the VPN server so that all traffic is encrypted."
"The most valuable features of Zscaler Private Access are reliability, scalability, and availability."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is easy to use."
"We don't need to connect anymore. It is automatically connected when you log on in Windows."
"It does the job. What it is needed for. I can use it for VPN, I can use it for secure connections, I can use it as a firewall. So the solution does the job."
"The Live Logs are a cool feature. We can directly identify issues and divert user traffic."
"The most valuable features are the File Type Control and SSL bypass policies. We"
"The most valuable feature is the manageability of the micro tunnels."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"If there was a Graphical User Interface to help streamline the configuration, I believe OpenVPN would probably venture more into the non-geek realm as it were."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
"They should make the solution more secure by adding some firewall functionalities."
"It could include a configuration wizard so that users who do not follow instructions well can configure a connection."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"I would like to see continued advanced security implementation."
"We often face performance and latency issues with Zscaler SASE."
"The DX layer could be better if it had improved visibility."
"While Zscaler supports client-initiated connections, it does not support server-initiated connections. This is a feature that Zscaler may consider adding in the future."
"The granularity in blocking is not sufficient, as new domains are automatically blocked for 30 days without further information."
"It has a limitation, if you are creating a rule or something for a web application or something, you could only add five users, not more than that. Five or four users are only included in a rule. If you want to create a rule for more than five or four users, you have to go through other methods, not particularly with the application. Working within the application with this method would be quite easy as compared to listing a URL or a normal IP address."
"More on-prem infrastructure is required when Zscaler Private Access is to be implemented as a single point of entry."
"I can't speak to any missing features."
"We faced certain migration and implementation challenges in executing the tasks, so I would suggest improvement related to the stability of the solution."
OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 45 reviews while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is ranked 1st in ZTNA as a Service with 34 reviews. OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of OpenVPN Access Server writes "An easy-to-use tool with which its users can access networks from home or external locations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange writes "Allows for strict access control, granting access to specific applications at a URL level rather than at the physical IP level". OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Google Cloud VPN, whereas Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Axis Security, Cloudflare Access and Cisco Duo.
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