We performed a comparison between OpenVPN Access Server and SonicWall Netextender 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."
"Highly configurable. You can create your own custom client installer and can rebrand the server-side program."
"It is open-source and free to use."
"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 initial setup phase of OpenVPN Access Server was fine, and it was easy."
"The initial setup was easy."
"I have set the default routes to the VPN server so that all traffic is encrypted."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to implement."
"OpenVPN Access Server is cheap, and we get to use it ourselves. It is also a stable solution."
"NetExtender works very well. I never had an issue with it, and it has been working well for me. In terms of management, you have good control over the destination. You can use NetExtender to set the policy and the static route for a client. You can modify it based on what your client needs or can access. You have good control over routing."
"The solution provides high availability."
"The most valuable feature for the Netextender is the ease with which we can integrate it with SAML."
"My company opted for this solution because it can individually perform. Basically, we don't require load balancers and all those additional feature sets or additional devices that might be required. The solution can handle the certificate, DNS queries, and all that stuff individually."
"I found nothing of value in this solution."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"Employees can have access to the network from home."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It requires some experience of Linux server configuration to set it up."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"The solution can be more compatible with different operating systems."
"This solution should improve the connection speed and the user interface. The stability of this solution should be improved as well."
"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."
"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."
"OpenVPN does not have the ability to selectively terminate connections."
"The interface could be a little bit better in future iterations."
"The Netextender application itself doesn't really look pretty, however, we can still use it. We don't care what it looks like. That said, if they did a cosmetic update, that would be fine."
"There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender."
"The product does not work well."
"The UI could be a little better."
"The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth."
"They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."
"SonicWall can be difficult for some people, but I don't find it difficult. Some companies provide a VPN client for free, but you have to pay for NetExtender."
"The only concern I do have is with the zero trust, and the solution is not coping with the newer technologies as much as it needs to do on that particular factor."
OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews while SonicWall Netextender is ranked 15th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 11 reviews. OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4, while SonicWall Netextender is rated 6.0. 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 Netextender writes "An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication". OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Ivanti Connect Secure, whereas SonicWall Netextender is most compared with SonicWall Mobile Connect, SonicWall Connect Tunnel, Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our OpenVPN Access Server vs. SonicWall Netextender report.
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