We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway and OpenVPN Access Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"It adds great security to your outfacing information."
"Most of our customers are using the load balancing feature and also the verification feature is good as well, in my experience."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"The stability of the solution is perfect."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"We haven't received any complaints or performance issues so far."
"The session monitoring capability is good."
"Provides good performance and speed."
"OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access."
"OpenVPN Access Server allows us to establish a secure connection to an IP address that would otherwise be inaccessible without using a VPN."
"It is open source and therefore affordable for small projects."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
"Two-factor authentication allows us to not force frequent password changes."
"The stability is very reliable in my experience."
"You can do local subnet blocking."
"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."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution has unnecessary limitations."
"Lacks access through a mobile device."
"The solution can be a bit pricey."
"We are currently looking at automation. It would be good if there is some way to automate it in a fast way. It should be easy to automate. It also has some security issues."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
"Technical support could be improved."
"I would like to see better configuration of repairs and downloading certification."
"As an organization, our initiative is to move to the cloud, Citrix Gateway needs to improve its cloud capabilities and make the cloud solution more robust."
"The logs should be made easier to read."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"The upgrade path from older versions was more difficult than we wanted to tackle, so we ran an older version of the software for longer than I wanted. Patching, updating, and migrating to newer versions was a problem for us. That said, we were on a rather old version that I inherited yet it worked rock solid."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
"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."
"I would like to see continued advanced security implementation."
"The connections could be faster and more stable."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 33 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". 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". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and SecureLink, 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 SonicWall Netextender. See our Citrix Gateway vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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