We performed a comparison between Ivanti Connect Secure 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."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 product is easy to use."
"The tool's most valuable feature is remote access."
"The new UI that they are providing right now is very good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are reliability and uptime."
"I like the host checker, which thoroughly checks the security posture of the machine before allowing access. I also like application-based access and its seamless operations."
"The solution helps with principal decisions. It also helps with the security and configuration of many technologies."
"From an end-user perspective, the setup phase is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure is its ease of use."
"OpenVPN Access Server is very stable."
"It is much easier to scale and troubleshoot compared to regular Windows-based VPN solutions or PPTP daemon."
"The setup is easy."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is that I can access my local network remotely and avoid doing all the port forwarding and redirections, and so on."
"Provides privacy and cryptography for my network communication."
"I like that it's free."
"OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The product's price is an area where improvements are required."
"There is room for improvement. I'm concerned about the frequent vulnerabilities identified. As a security product, the number of vulnerabilities is concerning."
"This solution normally works but at times, we have had trouble with connectivity."
"The support team of the product needs improvement. Sometimes we have issues with multiple authentications, but there is no help from the support team."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve the reporting, it is lacking in detail and should take the report automatically."
"Zero test FDP (Fraud Protection and Prevention) should be improved."
"User experience and after-sales support could be better. For example, over the last couple of years, when this COVID scenario was going on, there were multiple attacks on these types of solutions. SQL has been attacked numerous times, and there were a lot of vulnerabilities, and our customers had to update and upgrade the devices every two weeks or every month. This was a headache. It could also be more scalable."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"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'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"It could include a configuration wizard so that users who do not follow instructions well can configure a connection."
"There sometimes is an incompatibility between some VPNs."
"The solution can be more compatible with different operating systems."
"I want the tool to be faster. We have experienced connectivity issues while using OpenVPN and FortiClient."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 7th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 25 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews. Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.6, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". 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". Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Ivanti Tunnel, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Citrix Gateway and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, 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 KeepSolid VPN Unlimited. See our Ivanti Connect Secure vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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