We performed a comparison between Barracuda SSL VPN 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 most valuable feature would be that you can actually narrow down your session to one application on one server, which is really nice."
"The product is easy to connect."
"The setup is straightforward and hassle-free."
"It's a stand alone system that functions well."
"The solution is secure and user-friendly."
"The features I have found to be most valuable are the levels of encryption I can enact and the compression I can apply to improve throughput."
"I have found the stability to be good."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"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 would recommend this solution to other people."
"OpenVPN Access Server is a simple and easy-to-use solution that I can use myself without anybody's help."
"Two-factor authentication allows us to not force frequent password changes."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Since it's not going to be getting any more software updates as per the end of this year, we have to move off to a different product.."
"There could be more security features included in the product."
"Barracuda should find other ways to stir up interest about this product."
"Reporting could be improved."
"The stability of the OpenVPN Access Server has room for improvement."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
"I would be more happy with the idea of licensing to have a reduced price with longer, grouped, annual fees. We have a lot of other software that does the same thing. It's a little higher price if you're going with a shorter stint, but there's a reduction in price for three- and five-year contracts."
"Needs a better GUI."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"It would be nice with all these features, if they could send some examples of each one; just small sample scripts to look at and say, "Oh okay, I could expand on this." That would help us a lot."
Barracuda SSL VPN is ranked 20th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews. Barracuda SSL VPN is rated 8.2, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda SSL VPN writes "Provides good scalability and has a simple setup process". 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". Barracuda SSL VPN is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Check Point Remote Access VPN, 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 Zyxel VPN Client.
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