We performed a comparison between OpenVPN Access Server and SonicWall Mobile Connect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenVPN, Fortinet, Cisco and others in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN."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 compatibility with almost any Linux operating system, and how easy it is to write scripts and generate keys for people to use and log in. I found it easy to deploy quickly."
"Its most valuable feature is that it is open source."
"The product provides secure internet connections and helps with faster downloads."
"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."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to implement."
"Provided the easiest UX for our end-users and had the greatest interoperability with all the operating systems we used, including but not limited to: iOS, Android, OS X, Windows, and Linux."
"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. "
"The product’s adaptability is valuable."
"I can say that it's stable and the performance is acceptable."
"The ease of use is great. It's pretty easy for users to get on the tablet or whatever and select the bookmark they need and just take it over."
"The solution benefits IT managers in backend programming. The ease of configuring and securing it while ensuring security measures is crucial. The tool is easy in terms of user experience. It is straightforward."
"The solution offers multiple OS support."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"I'd like to have more control over the users when they are accessing the network."
"The high availability deployment is not very straightforward. They can make it simpler. OpenVPN does not support some of the additional protocols that Pulse Secure and Cisco AnyConnect support. They can include support for these additional protocols."
"The stability had room for improvement."
"It requires some experience of Linux server configuration to set it up."
"It is not scalable."
"This solution should improve the connection speed and the user interface. The stability of this solution should be improved as well."
"When there are too many concurrent users trying to connect at the same time, there may be a bit of a bottleneck."
"Technical support can always get better. Any time you have to call in for any certain thing, it can be difficult."
"Licensing includes things that my customers don't need."
"SonicWall Mobile Connect’s marketing efforts are commendable; they may not be perceived as the most secure player compared to Fortinet or Meraki. SonicWall Mobile Connect should focus on positioning itself as a strong contender in the mid-market segment to improve its standing. Many high-end engineers dismiss it in favor of Fortinet or Meraki, often due to a lack of firsthand experience."
"Lacks multiple cloud integration."
OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews while SonicWall Mobile Connect is ranked 35th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 4 reviews. OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4, while SonicWall Mobile Connect is rated 8.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall Mobile Connect writes "A straightforward tool with high adoption rate due to its user-friendliness ". OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas SonicWall Mobile Connect is most compared with SonicWall Netextender, Tailscale and Google Cloud VPN.
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