We performed a comparison between AWS Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway 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."
"AWS Direct Connect provides a secure and encrypted connection over the internet."
"It is a stable solution."
"AWS Direct Connect is highly secure and much faster compared to normal network infrastructure."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"The Azure tool is useful and powerful and availability for clients. The updates are very good and reliable."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The interoperability with various firewall and access gateway vendors is one of this solution's most valuable features"
"All of our offices are using Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is its performance. It is very fast."
"It is easy to configure."
"The solution is very quick to connect."
"It is scalable and depends on your chosen network bandwidth."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Its terminologies are challenging to interpret."
"It is complicated to do additional BGP configuration for the product."
"It would be good if we could connect AWS Direct Connect from different networks."
"It can be difficult to configure compared to cloud-based GUIs."
"More configuration options could be included in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway."
"The connectivity should be faster."
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"In future releases, I would like to see the ability to inject BGP routes."
"The marketing material in the portal is not very user-friendly."
"In the next release, Microsoft should add an option to schedule upgrades."
"They should release a less expensive version of the solution."
"The solution must provide metrics to monitor the inbound and outbound traffic easily."
AWS Direct Connect is ranked 12th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 19 reviews. AWS Direct Connect is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Direct Connect writes "Has low latency and provides good stability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway writes "A scalable and reliable solution that enables users to connect to older protocols that other products do not have". AWS Direct Connect is most compared with AWS PrivateLink, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Lumen MPLS IP VPN, Fortinet FortiClient and Sangfor SSL VPN, whereas Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Barracuda SSL VPN. See our AWS Direct Connect vs. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway report.
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