We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and OpenVPN Access Server based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: AnyConnect is the clear winner in this comparison. Compared with OpenVPN, It is a more powerful and scalable solution. In addition, it also has helpful customer support.
"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."
"I haven’t experienced any issues and the connection is always stable."
"It is easy to handle, you can have it on Windows, Mac, and Linux."
"I like the ability to share the connections or simply to be able to pass the credentials for a connection to other colleagues without bothering too much about the connection being tracked or about security, because each and every user will require a secret password, so I don't really care about sending the details. It's very secure."
"You can use it from anywhere."
"It's a very scalable solution. We are using the maximum licensing they offer, and it's very affordable given the value."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it works all of the time."
"It does not slow down anything, unlike other solutions."
"You don't have to think about it very much. It just works."
"Highly configurable. You can create your own custom client installer and can rebrand the server-side program."
"The product has strong encryption and scalability features. It provides security for private network connections."
"I would recommend this solution to other people."
"The solution is reliable, easy to use, and open source. It's free at no cost."
"OpenVPN Access Server is very stable."
"The setup is easy."
"It can scale well."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"In the next release, Cisco should add a chat feature."
"Even when your internet speed is good, once you connect to the VPN the speed gets automatically reduced, which is worrisome."
"In terms of areas for improvement in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, from my point of view, the solution works well and right now I don't see the need to improve it. Probably a better user interface could be created for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, but its core is VPN creation, and that works well, though I'm not a VPN specialist, and I'm not an expert on how to create a VPN, how the VPN gateway works, how it's implemented, and what's the architecture behind it. A two-factor authentication feature was recently added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. In the past, you only needed to log in with your username and password, but now, there's a token, and the user interface for that token isn't that good. That's another area for improvement. Cisco should also make the two-factor authentication better in the solution. What I'd like added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client in its next release is a better two-factor authentication, in particular, the validity of the code being shorter because sometimes when I get the code and I add it to the client, it's invalid, though I'm unsure if it's centrally set up that way or if its a characteristic of the product. Making the interface of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client more user-friendly is also what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."
"We don't have the correct visibility to see the quantity of licenses we are consuming or not consuming."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client can be improved by having better speed and reliability. However, the speed and reliability are already really good."
"The notifications need to be improved. If the VPN is disconnected for a long period of time, they should push out notifications. We need to manually check if the VPN is connected or not. Sometimes it automatically disconnects, but the user doesn't get notifications, and we need to troubleshoot or open the client to manually reconnect. Auto-reconnection would be an improvement."
"More frequent updates would be ideal."
"You do need technical expertise to set up the product."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
"The interface could be a little bit better in future iterations."
"The connections could be faster and more stable."
"The solution can be more compatible with different operating systems."
"The logs should be made easier to read."
"Needs a better GUI."
"OpenVPN does not have the ability to selectively terminate connections."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 45 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". On the other hand, 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". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiClient, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, SonicWall Netextender and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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