We performed a comparison between NordLayer 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."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 solution is convenient and easy."
"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."
"OpenVPN Access Server allows us to establish a secure connection to an IP address that would otherwise be inaccessible without using a VPN."
"The initial setup phase of OpenVPN Access Server was fine, and it was easy."
"I would recommend this solution to other people."
"It is open source and therefore affordable for small projects."
"Its most valuable feature is that it is open source."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"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 must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The tool is not perfectly stable."
"Working on a faster connection might be a good idea for the product's next release."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
"I would be more happy with the idea of licensing to have a reduced price with longer, grouped, annual fees. We have a lot of other software that does the same thing. It's a little higher price if you're going with a shorter stint, but there's a reduction in price for three- and five-year contracts."
"There could be an easier way to set up the solution. However, if you use the provided information that comes with the solution there should not be a problem."
"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."
"There sometimes is an incompatibility between some VPNs."
"The stability had room for improvement."
"OpenVPN does not have the ability to selectively terminate connections."
NordLayer is ranked 22nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 1 review while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 45 reviews. NordLayer is rated 8.0, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of NordLayer writes "A convenient and easy tool with an incredibly high number of dialing points". 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". NordLayer is most compared with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Cloudflare Access, Twingate, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and AWS PrivateLink, 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 Barracuda SSL VPN.
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