We performed a comparison between Aruba Remote Access Points 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 is very flexible. So far the stability of the solution has been good."
"I can use the solution from my home or any remote office to access printers, servers, etc."
"What I like best about Aruba Remote Access Points is that it's pretty easy to set up."
"The authentication features are valuable."
"It’s very light."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is experienced by those working at home since they get a secure Wi-Fi connection."
"It provides good Spectrum Analysis and troubleshooting."
"It is a very stable tool."
"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."
"There is support for multi-factor authentication."
"It is open-source and free to use."
"It can scale well."
"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."
"The setup is easy."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"It allows our employees to work remotely across Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It could have better monitoring features."
"The product needs an increased level of security for the end user."
"The solution's technical support has some shortcomings that need improvement."
"There are some issues, like the VLAN capabilities and support for routing between two VMs."
"Its scalability capabilities should be improved."
"I use the controller when using Aruba Remote Access Points, particularly during configuration. Hence, room for improvement in Aruba Remote Access Points is for its web UI to be easier to control."
"The remote access point coverage should be bigger than it is now."
"There is room for improvement in terms of pricing. If they can be more competitive."
"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 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."
"There sometimes is an incompatibility between some VPNs."
"There was one annoying feature where we had to disable and enable the user. I cannot remember what it was exactly, but I think it was for a password lockout. It would be nice if there was a checkbox, or something, in the web interface to allow you to unlock a user whose password was locked."
"When there are too many concurrent users trying to connect at the same time, there may be a bit of a bottleneck."
"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."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
Aruba Remote Access Points is ranked 13th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 13 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews. Aruba Remote Access Points is rated 7.8, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Remote Access Points writes "The solution can be used from home or any remote office to access office resources like printers and servers". 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". Aruba Remote Access Points is most compared with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Zyxel VPN Client, 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 Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. See our Aruba Remote Access Points vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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