We performed a comparison between Citrix Gateway 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."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"The product enables us to collect logs from the systems."
"Citrix Gateway is stable once I am connected."
"The solution is very stable. If I were to rate it out of ten, I would give stability a nine."
"It is easy to set up and is stable. It is scalable as well, depending on the model."
"The most valuable feature is that it is secure."
"We can maintain our systems using the solution."
"It's easy to use. Also, the deployment part is perfect."
"Providing our organization the ability to work remotely was the most valuable feature of Citrix Gateway. I also enjoy that they are always adding features."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the OpenVPN Access Server are the ease of use and integration with different platforms, such as Android and Windows. I can use the solution on my desktop and mobile devices. Additionally, the solution is secure."
"It is open-source and free to use."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to implement."
"There is support for multi-factor authentication."
"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."
"It allows our employees to work remotely across Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms."
"Provides privacy and cryptography for my network communication."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"I'd like to see support for reverse proxy and more security features."
"The initial connection could be faster. That handshake takes a few seconds sometimes. That could be better and improved upon."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"The load balancing could be improved."
"The tool must provide better integration and connectivity."
"We are currently looking at automation. It would be good if there is some way to automate it in a fast way. It should be easy to automate. It also has some security issues."
"It would be nice if they offered easier setups and implementation wizards."
"I would like to see improved logging because it doesn't keep much information for the session monitoring or historical sessions."
"One improvement I would like to see in OpenVPN is better adaptability in certain geographical areas."
"It would be nice with all these features, if they could send some examples of each one; just small sample scripts to look at and say, "Oh okay, I could expand on this." That would help us a lot."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"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."
"This solution should improve the connection speed and the user interface. The stability of this solution should be improved as well."
"If there was a Graphical User Interface to help streamline the configuration, I believe OpenVPN would probably venture more into the non-geek realm as it were."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"The high availability deployment is not very straightforward. They can make it simpler. OpenVPN does not support some of the additional protocols that Pulse Secure and Cisco AnyConnect support. They can include support for these additional protocols."
Citrix Gateway is ranked 11th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 34 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 45 reviews. Citrix Gateway is rated 8.2, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Gateway writes "Provided the ability for remote work during the pandemic". 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". Citrix Gateway is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Cisco IOS SSL 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 SonicWall Netextender. See our Citrix Gateway vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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