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 solution is easy for administrators because you can check logs and write rules on the same page."
"The solution is easy to install, centrally managed, and stable, with good technical support and a straightforward setup."
"We can integrate remote access to our branches through Check Point services."
"It is easy to install the Endpoint Remote Access VPN client to different platforms."
"It offers a simple configuration and setup."
"The solution has been solid for me for over five years."
"Our number of users working remotely vastly increased during the COVID 19 pandemic. Check Point Remote Access VPN allowed us to quickly make the transition from in-office to remote work."
"It keeps us safe when browsing the internet and when sharing confidential information with our colleagues."
"The solution now includes a multi-screen feature which is great."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"The solution performs well and is easy to use."
"The technical support is good."
"The solution offers good value for money."
"The most valuable feature is that it gives me full accessibility to my servers."
"Compliance Check on Check Point should be improved by having more configurable conditions to support multi-platforms and adding more granularity."
"The provisioning of VPN users has room for improvement."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"I cannot see the full effect of the endpoint solution because it relies on having access to the DNF queries, which might not go through the Check Point firewall when you're using it for perimeter networks. Check Point will not identify the actual source of the net queries. This may be related to the architecture, however, and not poor product issues. I don't know if it can be improved on the Check Point side or not."
"We are very happy with the Windows client. You log in with the VPN for the full client, you do the log in there. But for Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. It is important because we have some users that use Linux and they don't have a specific application from Check Point to use. That is something that could be improved."
"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."
"There were some issues with automation and instability."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"The product is not very scalable."
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"It could offer better security for enterprises."
"We face frequent disconnections."
"There are problems with using Microsoft Teams within a virtual desktop on a mobile device."
"The solution isn't as good as the Citrix option."
"I would like to see the hard drives work without locking up and integrate the local drives in the next release."
"Sometimes the server stops working, and we don’t know why. Occasionally we’ll get a message to the effect of "There is no remote license.""
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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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