We performed a comparison between OpenVPN Access Server and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenVPN, Fortinet, Cisco and others in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN."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 features I have found to be most valuable are the levels of encryption I can enact and the compression I can apply to improve throughput."
"The stability is very reliable in my experience."
"The product’s adaptability is valuable."
"The product provides secure internet connections and helps with faster downloads."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
"It is much easier to scale and troubleshoot compared to regular Windows-based VPN solutions or PPTP daemon."
"Highly configurable. You can create your own custom client installer and can rebrand the server-side program."
"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."
"Sandboxing, DLP, and SSL inspection engine are the most valuable features of Zscaler SASE."
"The most valuable feature is the manageability of the micro tunnels."
"It is a stable solution."
"With SASE, we have a single platform that covers multiple task services with which we need to control access. All the features are equally valuable."
"I like the web filtering capabilities."
"I find all Zscaler Private Access features valuable because each replaces flawed technologies, such as EPAs being replacements for VPN and PR as a replacement for PAM, so I can't mention only one valuable feature. Overall, Zscaler Private Access is a good solution."
"The most valuable features of Zscaler Private Access are reliability, scalability, and availability."
"The product's most valuable features are cloud-based services and secure internet access. We don't have to set up any physical appliances."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It could include a configuration wizard so that users who do not follow instructions well can configure a connection."
"The solution should provide a faster connection, and its security could be improved."
"One improvement I would like to see in OpenVPN is better adaptability in certain geographical areas."
"Working on a faster connection might be a good idea for the product's next release."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"It could be faster. It could also be more stable."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
"Sometimes applications crash on some machines, and we’d like Zscaler to give us some information as to why that may have happened. We’d like more detailed reports."
"Zscaler Private Access could improve by improving external access. If external parties want to access locally to my company's services, we need to onboard them into our domain, otherwise, it doesn't work. Additionally, if their company also has Zscaler Private Access, then it doesn't work. They need to log in with our domain ID, not their company ID."
"The pricing for Private Access seems to be on the expensive side, and I believe they should consider making it more competitive with other solutions."
"Zscaler Private Access needs to improve its collaboration with applications without compromising security."
"There could be more DLP-related features. Additionally, there needs to be flexibility for integrating ISP features."
"We faced certain migration and implementation challenges in executing the tasks, so I would suggest improvement related to the stability of the solution."
"The stability could be improved."
"The menu for the ZIA portal could be organized a little bit differently. The most-used modules should be at the top of the menus, not somewhere near the bottom, some of them are not organized well in my opinion."
OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is ranked 1st in ZTNA as a Service with 34 reviews. OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange writes "Allows for strict access control, granting access to specific applications at a URL level rather than at the physical IP level". OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and KeepSolid VPN Unlimited, whereas Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is most compared with Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Axis Security, Cloudflare Access and Netskope Private Access.
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