We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One of the most outstanding features is the ability to deliver third-party services and achieve double authenticity with integrated identities."
"It allows everyone to work from home. If no one could work from home, then we wouldn't have a company, especially now during COVID-19. It's mission-critical, especially since it's currently being used. If there is a problem with it, we would really be screwed. We would be hard-pressed because we would have to figure out what solution we're going to go with, how to deploy it, how long it would take to deploy it, and how we'd even get it on people's computers if we couldn't VPN to them. It would be near impossible to just change to a new VPN solution right now."
"The most important feature of Check Point Remote Access VPN is the multiple factor authentication."
"Scalability is great. We have been able to grow as a corporation due in part to this type of solution."
"Our number of users working remotely vastly increased during the COVID 19 pandemic. Check Point Remote Access VPN allowed us to quickly make the transition from in-office to remote work."
"I found the MEP feature the most valuable. This has improved users' latency allowing the users to connect to the nearest Azure Check Point VM."
"I like the fact that Remote Access allows the administrator to control and manage things. It makes things smoother, and it has been an excellent experience."
"We have more control over the activity that users have on the internal network, thanks to the monitoring offered by Check Point and the security provided by the gateway."
"Things can be made easier if someone is not with us or at a long distance since we can connect easily with those people. So, it's easy for us to use such features."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"It's almost an out of the box function once you have installed the other components."
"The solution is user-friendly and has a good user experience."
"The solution offers good value for money."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is that it scales well."
"The most valuable part of RDS is that it allows you to work from any location and check the server through a VPN connection."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"A characteristic to improve is the communication service under the SMTP scheme."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN handles up to a hundred megabytes for clients, but I want it to be able to handle up to one gigabyte."
"There were some issues with automation and instability."
"I would like the support to be faster."
"Sometimes the application slows down the computing device, and this affects workflows."
"Bug Fixes and enhancement requests should be remediated earlier."
"It's difficult to configure on Linux workstations as Check Point Remote VPN clients support only Windows and Mac devices."
"Improvements for Check Point Remote Access VPN could include enhancing mobile connectivity for a smoother user experience."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"I want to connect easily from an external network even when I'm not in my enterprise or company. It should be easy to connect or integrate Microsoft Teams, for example, with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services."
"In the next release, I would like to see better performance over slower networks, and integration with Linux, but this is something that we're going to get out of Microsoft in terms of a unified solution."
"The only issue I experienced was with the initialization of the session, which affected the stability of the solution."
"Microsoft still has some really bad remote desktop appliance for Mac."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"Users have to re-enter their ID and password every time they log on, which is tedious and repetitive."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 60 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 69 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, VMware Workstation, Citrix Workspace and Parallels Access. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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