We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It can improve an organization by providing secure access to resources for traveling employees, which can help to reduce the risk of data breaches or other security incidents."
"The security of the solution is a good feature, the stability is a valuable feature, and the customization is also a nice feature."
"The safety of online interactions when working with this product has enabled members to convene productive meetings without fear of being attacked."
"The most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"The solution offers high scalability as far as adding more users."
"We use it to connect our sites. We have a couple of sites that need to interconnect."
"The ability to create your trigger data domains is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The initial set up is not complex."
"You can scale the product."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"It's built into the operating system and has a command line interface capability to insert credentials, IDs, a password, et cetera."
"The performance is one of the main features of this solution."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is managing the remote desktop end user or remote server."
"The solution is user-friendly and has a good user experience."
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"Good screen draw feature and ability to use two monitors."
"Generally, the license is included with the Check Point gateway licensing, however, in terms of the number of users that can be activated for use, it is generally five users."
"There were some issues with automation and instability."
"The cost of maintenance is high compared to most products in the market."
"There needs to be a way to create a VPN client specific to our environment so that we can easily lock down who can connect."
"You have no ability to reserve a total number of licenses. The VPN user licenses are assigned per gateway, and if you enable MEP function is not so easy to size the gateway licenses."
"We would like to see support for a layer seven VPN over UDP."
"The main feature that would be improved within Check Point Remote Access is its operation within Linux OS, as it currently does not have many features for that OS."
"We have noted some stability issues."
"We are searching for a product with better remote access and remote sessions."
"The reliability of the solution could improve."
"There have been some network issues in the solution. So, when we used to connect it, the solution suddenly got disconnected. So the network part needs to be improved."
"Its look and feel could be updated. In Azure Remote Desktop Services (RDS), which is a VDI solution, we would like to see linked clones. It is a Hyper-V solution, and it doesn't support linked clones and uses a lot of storage. That's why we don't use it. VMware has a similar solution that supports linked clones for the master image."
"The solution should have better security."
"In the past, my company had faced some issues related to the stability of the product. The product's stability can be improved."
"Teams component can be a bit cumbersome to use. It takes some time to get it working as expected."
"It could offer better security for enterprises."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 61 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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