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."
"Support does solve our issues."
"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is good for securing our connection. It is very easy to use, I click to use it and it works."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is the one-click VPN connection. Additionally, the performance is good."
"This solution is stable. There have been no technical issues."
"The solution is very easy to use and set up."
"This is a secure product that has had zero stability issues since I started using it in 2019."
"The setup is quick and easy on the client-side."
"A valuable feature for us is its ability to see the new Citrix server as a local server within the company. And it allows us to test abroad."
"You can do local subnet blocking."
"OpenVPN Access Server is very stable."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Its most valuable feature is that it is open source."
"I have found the stability to be good."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to implement."
"Provided the easiest UX for our end-users and had the greatest interoperability with all the operating systems we used, including but not limited to: iOS, Android, OS X, Windows, and Linux."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"We don't have the correct visibility to see the quantity of licenses we are consuming or not consuming."
"I'm not noticing any missing features."
"Behavior analytics and other newer technologies should be integrated into the solution."
"All I care about is being connected and I know that we've run into versioning issues in the past."
"I think that the addition of single sign-on functionality would be helpful."
"The GUI needs to be upgraded."
"I haven't found there are any shortcomings in the product. For how I use it, it works well."
"The security of the product has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
"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."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"If we had to create something for someone who was not necessarily tech savvy, I had to set that up on their computer, I had to write "read me's" and other things so that they could install their client and then connect to the VPN by themselves. So it was hard to set up for people who are not tech savvy."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
"Working on a faster connection might be a good idea for the product's next release."
"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."
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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 44 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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