We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN 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 safety of online interactions when working with this product has enabled members to convene productive meetings without fear of being attacked."
"We can integrate remote access to our branches through Check Point services."
"Setting policies allow, block, and limit users' access."
"The solution implemented in the cloud allows us to easily scale in cases of user increase."
"The VPN hides your IP address and encrypts your online traffic and it essentially ensures that your fingerprints cannot be traced on the Internet."
"One of the features that I like most about this software is that it has a very intuitive, simple, and versatile interface that makes it easy to use and configure."
"This platform has developed a reliable communication infrastructure that employees can use to communicate with remote workers."
"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."
"The stability is very reliable in my experience."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"I have found the stability to be good."
"The most valuable features of the OpenVPN Access Server are the ease of use and integration with different platforms, such as Android and Windows. I can use the solution on my desktop and mobile devices. Additionally, the solution is secure."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"Provides privacy and cryptography for my network communication."
"I like that it's easy to use, easy to download, and not hard to manage."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"A characteristic to improve is the communication service under the SMTP scheme."
"There needs to be a way to create a VPN client specific to our environment so that we can easily lock down who can connect."
"When you need to create something, you have to follow many steps and I think that should be simplified."
"The ability to allow split-tunneling while still following our corporate policy needs to be on the table."
"The main feature that would be improved within Check Point Remote Access is its operation within Linux OS, as it currently does not have many features for that OS."
"The Linux version may have an app (similar to Windows) instead of a shell script."
"We encounter challenges for the product’s installation and troubleshooting processes compared to other VPN products."
"For Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. For the users that utilize Linux, there needs to be an equivalent."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
"The interface could be a little bit better in future iterations."
"I would like to see a GUI or Web UI to manage users. Today these features are in the Pro Edition or are done by scripts."
"There is always room for more security features."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"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."
"If someone's key is not working, or if we had to remove someone's permission from it, or maybe an employee left the company and we had to take their key out, that seemed a little bit more complicated than it had to be."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 6th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 60 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. 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 OpenVPN Access Server writes "An easy-to-use tool with which its users can access networks from home or external locations". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and Symantec VIP Access Manager, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange and SonicWall Netextender. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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