We performed a comparison between Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and OpenVPN Access Server based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: AnyConnect is the clear winner in this comparison. Compared with OpenVPN, It is a more powerful and scalable solution. In addition, it also has helpful customer support.
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the consistency, I have not had any issues with the performance."
"The dashboard and interface are fine."
"The solution provides secure and easy access to corporate network resources."
"It is reliable and easy to configure, and the Cisco Firewall can last for many years."
"The most valuable feature is the connection feature."
"The product is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the one-click VPN connection. Additionally, the performance is good."
"I haven’t experienced any issues and the connection is always stable."
"OpenVPN Access Server is a simple and easy-to-use solution that I can use myself without anybody's help."
"The most valuable feature of OpenVPN is that it is open source. I can do anything with the solution, such as change, build, and collect. Additionally, it is safe to use the solution and there are frequent updates."
"There is support for multi-factor authentication."
"The initial setup phase of OpenVPN Access Server was fine, and it was easy."
"The most valuable thing about OpenVPN Access Server is its ease of use."
"It is much easier to scale and troubleshoot compared to regular Windows-based VPN solutions or PPTP daemon."
"It is open-source and free to use."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Frequency of updates could be reduced."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could improve by optimizing the use of the system resources, it is heavy on the resources. Additionally, there could be more transparency."
"There are situations where the connection drops, and you may not even be aware of it until you try to do something critical."
"In terms of areas for improvement in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, from my point of view, the solution works well and right now I don't see the need to improve it. Probably a better user interface could be created for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, but its core is VPN creation, and that works well, though I'm not a VPN specialist, and I'm not an expert on how to create a VPN, how the VPN gateway works, how it's implemented, and what's the architecture behind it. A two-factor authentication feature was recently added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client. In the past, you only needed to log in with your username and password, but now, there's a token, and the user interface for that token isn't that good. That's another area for improvement. Cisco should also make the two-factor authentication better in the solution. What I'd like added to the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client in its next release is a better two-factor authentication, in particular, the validity of the code being shorter because sometimes when I get the code and I add it to the client, it's invalid, though I'm unsure if it's centrally set up that way or if its a characteristic of the product. Making the interface of the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client more user-friendly is also what I'd like to see in the next release of the solution."
"The solution could offer tighter integration with endpoint protection to make it easier to use when routing security applications from other vendors."
"Complicated scenarios are difficult to deploy. On a scale from one to ten, with one being the most difficult, I'd give a rating of between two and three for the initial setup."
"We'd like the product to be cheaper."
"Even when your internet speed is good, once you connect to the VPN the speed gets automatically reduced, which is worrisome."
"The logs should be made easier to read."
"The stability of the OpenVPN Access Server has room for improvement."
"The interface could be a little bit better in future iterations."
"The connections could be faster and more stable."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
"It requires some experience of Linux server configuration to set it up."
"There sometimes is an incompatibility between some VPNs."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 69 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 45 reviews. Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is rated 8.6, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client writes "A stable solution that helps users connect to resources when working from home". 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". Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is most compared with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet FortiClient, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN, SonicWall Netextender and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. See our Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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