We performed a comparison between Google Cloud VPN and OpenVPN Access Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenVPN, Fortinet, Cisco and others in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN."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."
"Any time we had an issue with connecting the OpenVPN to a user, we just to them on the group's VPN and connected our VPN."
"It can securely do remote product updates... just as if it was on our LAN."
"The features I have found to be most valuable are the levels of encryption I can enact and the compression I can apply to improve throughput."
"It is open source and therefore affordable for small projects."
"The initial setup phase of OpenVPN Access Server was fine, and it was easy."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"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."
"OpenVPN Access Server is cheap, and we get to use it ourselves. It is also a stable solution."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The logging needs improvement."
"The server configuration file needs to be improved, it's the biggest problem in the configuration process."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
"I think right now the GUI part of it is locked out behind the pay wall. It could use something that gives it a very basic, minimal, graphic interface for logging in, for the community version. That would probably be a good step forward."
"The logs should be made easier to read."
"There sometimes is an incompatibility between some VPNs."
"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."
"I'd like to have more control over the users when they are accessing the network."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
Google Cloud VPN is ranked 26th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 1 review while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews. Google Cloud VPN is rated 7.0, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud VPN writes "Is fairly priced and has a straightforward initial setup, but the logging needs improvement". 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". Google Cloud VPN is most compared with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, AWS Direct Connect and Tailscale, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and NordLayer.
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