We performed a comparison between AWS Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway 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."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"AWS Direct Connect provides a secure and encrypted connection over the internet."
"AWS Direct Connect is highly secure and much faster compared to normal network infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the networking. I didn't have a good experience with the networking that Sophos has."
"The best feature is the ability to connect from anywhere."
"It is a stable solution in our company, and we monitor critical health and performance parameters daily and weekly."
"All of our offices are using Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. The solution is scalable."
"The side-to-side connections are valuable."
"It sends us a lot of detections when we have any anti-virus updates. It provides the extended time needed to update a set of time needs and notifications."
"It works perfectly for me. It is very user-friendly in terms of the configuration and the setup process."
"The ability to connect old protocols like Border Gateway Protocol is valuable."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It would be good if we could connect AWS Direct Connect from different networks."
"Its terminologies are challenging to interpret."
"It is complicated to do additional BGP configuration for the product."
"It can be difficult to configure compared to cloud-based GUIs."
"Connectivity could be improved in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway because it's not as stable, particularly when connecting a device tunnel."
"Documentation and configuration settings can be improved."
"The marketing material in the portal is not very user-friendly."
"Make it completely routable, for example, if I have a gateway, I should be able to connect to whatever network I want on either side of the gateway, and the gateway should figure out which packet goes where."
"The product must provide a single sign-on."
"Considering my past interactions with Microsoft's support team, it is difficult to get the right support unless you find the right person to speak with from the customer support team."
"It isn't stabilized on the first day, and you need to set up the channels properly."
"More configuration options could be included in Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway."
AWS Direct Connect is ranked 12th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is ranked 4th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 18 reviews. AWS Direct Connect is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of AWS Direct Connect writes "Has low latency and provides good stability ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway writes "A scalable and reliable solution that enables users to connect to older protocols that other products do not have". AWS Direct Connect is most compared with AWS PrivateLink, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Lumen MPLS IP VPN, Fortinet FortiClient and SonicWall Connect Tunnel, whereas Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Fortinet FortiClient, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Barracuda SSL VPN. See our AWS Direct Connect vs. Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway report.
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