We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Symantec VIP Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about TeamViewer, Microsoft, Citrix and others in Remote Access."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."
"The management of the solution is very simple. It allows for a single view of all the endpoints."
"Setup using the manuals was easy."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN provides strong security features, including encryption, authentication, endpoint security, access control, and centralized management."
"One of the most outstanding features is the ability to deliver third-party services and achieve double authenticity with integrated identities."
"The clients of the customers have a facility to access the enterprise network."
"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 most valuable feature is the seamless access."
"It's a good tool. It's pretty straightforward."
"The VPN we are using is good and working quite well."
"Cloud-based service and management."
"It offers more platform support, like Apple, Android, and Microsoft."
"The product is useful for providing user access from an in-built office server as we follow the work-from-home model."
"The two-factor authentication is most definitely valuable and moves us closer to being able to check off those important boxes for compliance."
"In this version 9.1, lots of changes are done for the dashboard, User Store etc."
"The tool has been very stable, in my experience. Also, I haven't faced any issues or problems with integration or connectivity."
"The client-side UI is fundamental, and there is nothing to see."
"For Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. For the users that utilize Linux, there needs to be an equivalent."
"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."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN could be more user-friendly."
"The product’s architecture is a bit distributed."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's enterprise support could be improved."
"There was complexity in the initial setup."
"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."
"I would like to see the solution meet the integration needs at our company...Improving the solution's integration feature would be beneficial."
"It gets out of sync with Active Directory or whatever it might be, whatever the authentication piece is on Active Directory, and they just reset it on the backend. I never have to contact the vendor."
"Every time that I have a new phone or computer, it takes a little longer to deploy it."
"Maybe Symantec could consider providing a step-by-step guide for first-time users."
"If they had dashboards or a report for managers or executives, then it would allow them to see the status and have it make sense to them."
"It is challenging to use when installing a new version."
"The User Store synchronization part needs to improve. Also, the logs, reports, and dashboard can be improved."
"The gateway server is a RADIUS server, but it lacks the functionality of returning RADIUS attributes other than those that are required for the gateway to authenticate the users."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 4th in Remote Access with 60 reviews while Symantec VIP Access Manager is ranked 15th in Authentication Systems with 15 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Symantec VIP Access Manager 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 Symantec VIP Access Manager writes "With its mobile application, this tool offers a convenient and user-friendly experience to its users". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, whereas Symantec VIP Access Manager is most compared with Microsoft Entra ID, Yubico YubiKey, RSA SecurID, Q-Bot and Okta Workforce Identity.
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