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We performed a comparison between Aruba Virtual Intranet Access and SonicWall Netextender based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"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."

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"The solution is very user friendly."

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"One of the most valuable features of SonicWall Netextender is the integration of VPN accounts with Microsoft Identity Management, which enables us to enforce secure access through Microsoft Intune and conditional access policies. This helps ensure that only authorized individuals are able to access the VPN, rather than anyone with knowledge of a password.""The initial setup is pretty straightforward.""I found nothing of value in this solution.""Employees can have access to the network from home.""NetExtender works very well. I never had an issue with it, and it has been working well for me. In terms of management, you have good control over the destination. You can use NetExtender to set the policy and the static route for a client. You can modify it based on what your client needs or can access. You have good control over routing.""My company opted for this solution because it can individually perform. Basically, we don't require load balancers and all those additional feature sets or additional devices that might be required. The solution can handle the certificate, DNS queries, and all that stuff individually.""The initial setup is pretty easy.""The product has two-factor authentication."

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Cons
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."

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"Configurations can be a bit complex."

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"The product does not work well.""There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender.""Right now, you have to load each license on to an appliance. You can't pool across multiple appliances. So, you end up having to do a lot of administrative work to recover if an internet provider goes down, and you cannot leverage it as easily into a DR solution.""The Netextender application itself doesn't really look pretty, however, we can still use it. We don't care what it looks like. That said, if they did a cosmetic update, that would be fine.""The UI could be a little better.""The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth.""The initial setup of SonicWall Netextender is straightforward. The only issue we encountered was with relocating the VPN appliance. If we needed to move it from an on-premise to an on-cloud architecture, we had to start over and redeploy it from scratch. Unfortunately, it is not portable and any changes to its physical location often result in the need for a fresh deployment to ensure everything functions properly.""They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "There is not a license required for this solution but the price should be less expensive."
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  • "After a certain number of users, you require extra licensing."
  • "You have to pay for its license. There are some other companies that provide a VPN client for free. When you buy NetExtender, its license is available for one, three, or five years."
  • "Cost wise, it would be a few hundred dollars for the base appliance with the first five clients. Then from there, your cost per seat depends on how many you're getting. It's a one-time cost, and then you have a few hundred dollars a year for the maintenance contract once you get the one-time seat costs out of the way."
  • "The price of SonicWall Netextender is reasonable. Whether it's a small shop with only five users or a larger operation with 130 users, we have received no complaints or objections regarding cost from any of the clients we are looking to deploy it with."
  • "The solution has a pretty good price."
  • "The solution is cheap itself, not too costly."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled.
    Top Answer:The product is very cost-effective and has no requirement for additional licenses. The setup is not easy. Users need… more »
    Top Answer:THe solution is used as a primary gateway with two lease lines of 450 Mbps total. Around 200 users are under it. There… more »
    Top Answer:The solution is very user friendly.
    Top Answer:Configurations can be a bit complex.
    Top Answer:We use the solution to access company information via the cloud.
    Top Answer:The solution provides high availability.
    Top Answer:We pay a yearly license fee for the solution. We have to pay for OEM support.
    Top Answer:The product does not work well. A product that doesn’t work is not useful for the organization. SonicWall Netextender is… more »
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    Also Known As
    TNSR
    Aruba VIA
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    Overview

    TNSR is an advanced open source-based secure networking software platform with highly-scalable packet processing, manageability, and service expansion capabilities. This video provides a high-level introduction. that address a number of commonly asked new product questions - in just a couple of minutes.

    The Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client from Aruba provides secure remote network connectivity for Android, Apple iOS, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows devices.

    -Enforce granular access policies and extend network access through native clients
    -Enhance firewall encryption and security by redirecting all client traffic through VPN
    -Reduce administrative overhead by simplifying remote access management

    Sample Customers
    UCLA, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, shopify
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government10%
    Media Company10%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Construction Company7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise49%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business64%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise18%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business48%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise36%
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    Aruba Virtual Intranet Access is ranked 31st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 1 review while SonicWall Netextender is ranked 15th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 11 reviews. Aruba Virtual Intranet Access is rated 7.0, while SonicWall Netextender is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Virtual Intranet Access writes "Very user friendly but configurations can be a bit complex". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Netextender writes "An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication". Aruba Virtual Intranet Access is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Ivanti Connect Secure and Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, whereas SonicWall Netextender is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, SonicWall Mobile Connect, SonicWall Connect Tunnel, Fortinet FortiClient and Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client.

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