We performed a comparison between Barracuda SSL VPN 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."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 product is easy to connect."
"It's a stand alone system that functions well."
"The most valuable feature would be that you can actually narrow down your session to one application on one server, which is really nice."
"The setup is straightforward and hassle-free."
"It is open source and therefore affordable for small projects."
"The initial setup was easy."
"It is much easier to scale and troubleshoot compared to regular Windows-based VPN solutions or PPTP daemon."
"Two-factor authentication allows us to not force frequent password changes."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to implement."
"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."
"The initial setup phase of OpenVPN Access Server was fine, and it was easy."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Reporting could be improved."
"Since it's not going to be getting any more software updates as per the end of this year, we have to move off to a different product.."
"There could be more security features included in the product."
"Barracuda should find other ways to stir up interest about this product."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"If someone's key is not working, or if we had to remove someone's permission from it, or maybe an employee left the company and we had to take their key out, that seemed a little bit more complicated than it had to be."
"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."
"Working on a faster connection might be a good idea for the product's next release."
"When there are too many concurrent users trying to connect at the same time, there may be a bit of a bottleneck."
"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."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
Barracuda SSL VPN is ranked 20th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews. Barracuda SSL VPN is rated 8.2, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda SSL VPN writes "Provides good scalability and has a simple setup process". 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". Barracuda SSL VPN is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Check Point Remote Access VPN, 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 Zyxel VPN Client. See our Barracuda SSL VPN vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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