We performed a comparison between NordLayer and OpenVPN Access Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenVPN, Fortinet, Cisco and others in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"The solution is convenient and easy."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
"OpenVPN Access Server is a simple and easy-to-use solution that I can use myself without anybody's help."
"The most valuable thing about OpenVPN Access Server is its ease of use."
"I like that it's free."
"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."
"OpenVPN Access Server allows us to establish a secure connection to an IP address that would otherwise be inaccessible without using a VPN."
"The initial setup phase of OpenVPN Access Server was fine, and it was easy."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The tool is not perfectly stable."
"If someone's key is not working, or if we had to remove someone's permission from it, or maybe an employee left the company and we had to take their key out, that seemed a little bit more complicated than it had to be."
"They should make the solution more secure by adding some firewall functionalities."
"The solution can be more compatible with different operating systems."
"I would like to see continued advanced security implementation."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
"The logs should be made easier to read."
"I think right now the GUI part of it is locked out behind the pay wall. It could use something that gives it a very basic, minimal, graphic interface for logging in, for the community version. That would probably be a good step forward."
"OpenVPN does not have the ability to selectively terminate connections."
NordLayer is ranked 22nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 1 review while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 45 reviews. NordLayer is rated 8.0, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of NordLayer writes "A convenient and easy tool with an incredibly high number of dialing points". 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". NordLayer is most compared with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Cloudflare Access, Twingate and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Barracuda SSL VPN.
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