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 solution has been solid for me for over five years."
"The ability to create your trigger data domains is the solution's most valuable feature."
"Setting policies allow, block, and limit users' access."
"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."
"The IPSec VPN, Mobile Access, and Identity Awareness are three of the blades with which we have been working with since the pandemic. This has given us great mobility, making our network more dynamic."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN is a stable solution."
"Technical support has been excellent."
"Among its most valuable features is how it quickly and easily connects everyone to the VPN service."
"It's simple and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the remote application access."
"It's part of the Microsoft Operating system and is free."
"We have scaled the solution and find this easy to do."
"The solution is easy to deploy and there are many features available that you can turn on or off depending on your budget."
"It's simple to set up."
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"This is the best version we are using, however, if some changes can be made in the next release, I'd like to see adjustments to the time period and internet connectivity."
"Sometimes the application slows down the computing device, and this affects workflows."
"We are very happy with the Windows client. You log in with the VPN for the full client, you do the log in there. But for Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. It is important because we have some users that use Linux and they don't have a specific application from Check Point to use. That is something that could be improved."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's connectivity and establishment takes time and needs to be faster."
"Compliance Check on Check Point should be improved by having more configurable conditions to support multi-platforms and adding more granularity."
"There is always room for innovation and the addition of new features."
"The fully-featured security module is only supported on Windows and Mac systems, which means that organizations with Linux will face issues providing secure access."
"The connection has gotten less smooth as the number of users increases. The issue is that the logs fill up quickly. Too many users are connecting remotely. It worked great when we only had a few remote connections. Now, it is disconnecting people and dropping the internet connection."
"The product is not very scalable."
"The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution."
"The pricing could be better."
"Microsoft should be more compatible with other operating system."
"My customers are worried that the RDP protocol can be easily compromised and would like the option to use an alternative like Blast."
"The DB card needs improvement. I have a lot of experience with other competitors and Citrix is better than VMware and Microsoft. Citrix has more extensive features."
"There is a limitation on the number of concurrent users."
"The price is too high."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 60 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 75 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, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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