We performed a comparison between Google Cloud 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."
"Any time we had an issue with connecting the OpenVPN to a user, we just to them on the group's VPN and connected our VPN."
"It can securely do remote product updates... just as if it was on our LAN."
"Its most valuable feature is that it is open source."
"Provided the easiest UX for our end-users and had the greatest interoperability with all the operating systems we used, including but not limited to: iOS, Android, OS X, Windows, and Linux."
"The most valuable thing about OpenVPN Access Server is its ease of use."
"It allows our employees to work remotely across Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms."
"The most valuable features of the OpenVPN Access Server are the ease of use and integration with different platforms, such as Android and Windows. I can use the solution on my desktop and mobile devices. Additionally, the solution is secure."
"Two-factor authentication allows us to not force frequent password changes."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The logging needs improvement."
"I'd like to have more control over the users when they are accessing the network."
"There is always room for more security features."
"The high availability deployment is not very straightforward. They can make it simpler. OpenVPN does not support some of the additional protocols that Pulse Secure and Cisco AnyConnect support. They can include support for these additional protocols."
"This solution should improve the connection speed and the user interface. The stability of this solution should be improved as well."
"I would like to see a GUI or Web UI to manage users. Today these features are in the Pro Edition or are done by scripts."
"The stability had room for improvement."
"If there was a Graphical User Interface to help streamline the configuration, I believe OpenVPN would probably venture more into the non-geek realm as it were."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
Google Cloud VPN is ranked 26th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 1 review while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews. Google Cloud VPN is rated 7.0, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud VPN writes "Is fairly priced and has a straightforward initial setup, but the logging needs improvement". 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". Google Cloud VPN is most compared with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, AWS Direct Connect and Tailscale, 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 NordLayer.
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