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."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"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."
"The initial set up is not complex."
"Setting policies allow, block, and limit users' access."
"For a basic setup, implementation is quite easy."
"The solution offers great security features, including zero-day protection, malware protection, anti-phishing, et cetera."
"The ability to create your trigger data domains is the solution's most valuable feature."
"We can integrate remote access to our branches through Check Point services."
"Technical support has been excellent."
"The product has strong encryption and scalability features. It provides security for private network connections."
"OpenVPN Access Server is very stable."
"I have set the default routes to the VPN server so that all traffic is encrypted."
"The most valuable feature of OpenVPN is that it is open source. I can do anything with the solution, such as change, build, and collect. Additionally, it is safe to use the solution and there are frequent updates."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
"It allows us to give access to our office network in a safe and secure way to users, no matter which computing platform they use. "
"Two-factor authentication allows us to not force frequent password changes."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Generally, the license is included with the Check Point gateway licensing, however, in terms of the number of users that can be activated for use, it is generally five users."
"We have noted some stability issues."
"The Compliance software blade is available only for the Windows operating systems family, so no macOS security checks are implemented and performed."
"The maximum it is giving us is only 5 licenses and if you need more, they must be purchased separately."
"Compliance Check on Check Point should be improved by having more configurable conditions to support multi-platforms and adding more granularity."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20. If you don't get on your phone right away and check on your authentications, it will kick you out."
"We are very happy with the Windows client. You log in with the VPN for the full client, you do the log in there. But for Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. It is important because we have some users that use Linux and they don't have a specific application from Check Point to use. That is something that could be improved."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's enterprise support could be improved."
"Needs a better GUI."
"There are certain shortcomings in the product's stability that need improvement."
"You do need expertise in implementation if you do the initial setup yourself."
"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."
"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."
"It requires some experience of Linux server configuration to set it up."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"This solution should improve the connection speed and the user interface. The stability of this solution should be improved as well."
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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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