We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager 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 most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"The clients of the customers have a facility to access the enterprise network."
"The solution offers great security features, including zero-day protection, malware protection, anti-phishing, et cetera."
"It is a scalable solution...The technical support team of the solution is very good."
"The safety of online interactions when working with this product has enabled members to convene productive meetings without fear of being attacked."
"I found the MEP feature the most valuable. This has improved users' latency allowing the users to connect to the nearest Azure Check Point VM."
"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."
"Scalability is great. We have been able to grow as a corporation due in part to this type of solution."
"With the integrated VPN providers you are able to link the VPN entry directly to the session or entire folders, so you no longer have to configure the VPN manually on the machine."
""Inherited" function for credentials - Configure the desired credential at one (top) location, and use the Inherited function on all sub-connections that should use this credential."
"Setup and installation was simple."
"It saves a lot of time for all of our IT staff from having to just use the RDP Windows client and reenter each server every time we access a different system."
"Integration with a third party credential storage, web login, and VPN are the most usable and useful functions at the moment."
"The interface is great to work with as it allows multiple connections in a tabbed interface. It also has the option to automatically start a VPN or an SSH tunnel, if required."
"Being able to aggregate all connections (RDP, FTP, SSH, VPN, etc.) in the same interface and make each server readily available in the same way, which lets me focus on the problem regardless of where it is."
"RDM has enabled me to do most of my work in one place. This helps me be able to have an RDP session open to a server in one tab and an SSH session open to a VMware host in another."
"The interface itself needs improvement. When you need to create something, you have to go through a lot of steps. It needs to be simplified."
"Sometimes the application slows down the computing device, and this affects workflows."
"Sometimes we have some small problems with Check Point Remote Access VPN. For example, problems with authentication."
"The client-side UI is fundamental, and there is nothing to see."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"Price category and smooth renewal of agreement should be considered for flawless and quick onboarding of clients and partners."
"The product’s architecture is a bit distributed."
"The VPN remote Access blade could be improved."
"The filing system of connections is a little clunky, but is completely functional."
"Security roles could be improved, especially by enabling renaming of a role."
"There are always bugs to squash, beyond that, it is really kind of difficult for new users to discover and use many of the features due to the bewildering array of choices and ways to do things."
"On complex setups, I actually needed to reach out to support to get it working correctly."
"If there was a way to streamline the process, it would make it nice."
"The RDM client (.NET issue, actually) can stall or lock up while it clears communication threads to the server."
"Maybe some clipboard functions could be added along with integration of different software."
"The only complaint I have heard is there are too many updates. Each time there is an update (the app prompts to upgrade), it can be time consuming, especially when sometimes there are multiple updates per week."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 60 reviews while Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is ranked 26th in Remote Access. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is rated 9.8. 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 Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager writes "Best remote connection manager you can use today". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is most compared with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, TeamViewer, VNC Connect and BeyondTrust Remote Support. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager report.
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