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 biggest advantage of Check Point Remote Access VPN is that we already use the Check Point firewall. We only needed to enable the feature and do the configuration in order to enable the VPN feature. We didn't need to buy or manage new hardware. This was a big advantage."
"The solution is easy to install, centrally managed, and stable, with good technical support and a straightforward setup."
"The biggest advantage of Check Point Remote Access VPN is that we already use the Check Point firewall. We only needed to enable the feature and do the configuration in order to enable the VPN feature. We didn't need to buy or manage new hardware."
"The security of the solution is a good feature, the stability is a valuable feature, and the customization is also a nice feature."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN has some useful features, and configuring it is relatively straightforward."
"The solution offers high scalability as far as adding more users."
"Setup using the manuals was easy."
"The team has full visibility of the users that connect allowing them to keep control of who is in the network and what data they are allowing to come in and out."
"I like that it works. In most cases, it's predictable. You know what you get."
"We have scaled the solution and find this easy to do."
"I've had good experiences with Microsoft customer support."
"What I found most valuable in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is accessibility because the solution lets you take control of your computer remotely."
"Things can be made easier if someone is not with us or at a long distance since we can connect easily with those people. So, it's easy for us to use such features."
"You can scale the product."
"We use it to connect to the legacy system."
"The technical support is good."
"It's difficult to configure on Linux workstations as Check Point Remote VPN clients support only Windows and Mac devices."
"Improved scalability would allow the solution to handle larger numbers of users and devices without a significant impact on performance."
"I would like the support to be faster."
"The authentication that we handle is through a .p12 certificate, however, we have integrated it with a 2MFA service through another provider. Something that could improve Check Point is if it had its own 2MFA service through a blade or some sort of application."
"The provisioning of VPN users has room for improvement."
"The Compliance software blade is available only for the Windows operating systems family, so no macOS security checks are implemented and performed."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"We have noted some stability issues."
"There is a limitation on the number of concurrent users."
"In a future release, they could improve by providing more advanced technology and better buffering for if the connection is degraded or lost."
"We'd like more granular security control of the desktop services."
"The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution."
"We'd like, in the future, if it would work with Linux or Unix-based operating systems or even Mac."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is only available for the professional version of the Windows operating system. This restricts a lot of users. The feature should be available for all versions."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 62 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, Fortinet FortiClient, Check Point Harmony Mobile 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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