OpenVPN Access Server / Self-Hosted VPN (BYOL)
OpenVPN Inc. | 2.13.1Linux/Unix, Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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OpenVPN for a small college
What do you like best about the product?
One of the easiest VPN products to set-up and use for our school. We tried a few before settling for OpenVPN. Even our senior non-tech teachers did not have problems installing the client on their machines.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost isn't the lowest around. But we traded cost for ease of use. Its no use paying for something super cheap but having to hire a consultant to implement it.
Our internal support team was able to set this up and deploy easily by reading the instructions thoroughly.
Our internal support team was able to set this up and deploy easily by reading the instructions thoroughly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our school subscribed to OpenVPN to provide a private and secured way to access our older intranet-based software during the pandemic. Since it worked very well during the pandemic and people already know how to use it, we thought it was best to leave it as it is to provide an extra layer of security even if the people who need to access our legacy software is on premise anyway.
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What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN Access Server is a robust and flexible VPN solution designed to provide secure and private access to your network resources over the internet.
What do you dislike about the product?
Need auto update currently i have to do manually update
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Employees working remotely can securely access company resources, including intranet websites, file servers, and other internal applications.
My favourite VPN solution!
What do you like best about the product?
My favourite thing about OpenVPN is how simple and quick it is to get started, plus the integrations it offers out of the box for the with such an easy setup is fantastic.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing I dislike is that the server can't run on Windows.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The biggest problem we had was using an older out of date VPN method which didn't support modern authentication and had very little features. Now with OpenVPN we have Azure authentication with MFA enforcement, tighter security rules and NAT capabilities.
Quick to configure and stable
What do you like best about the product?
Implementation of our OpenVPN instances has been really easy, all the required features have been present to allow quick integration with our other platforms. All our staff to quickly gain access to resources they need securely.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some features require the cli to configure but its well documentated and the support team are really fast to provide additional information when needed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Provides secure access for remote users to our vpn's by integrating into our idp.
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One of the best product I have ever used
What do you like best about the product?
1. Payment options (annual, monthly, license increase/decrease option with credit points)
2. OpenVPN client is able to use (and it's really work) on any OS and mobile devices.
3. Best, Professional and very,very Fast support team
4. SSO integration (Web-SAML app) is the best auth option.
5. Pre-defined image for the most popular Cloud Providers
6. Used daily by employees... no significant service dispruption or issue
2. OpenVPN client is able to use (and it's really work) on any OS and mobile devices.
3. Best, Professional and very,very Fast support team
4. SSO integration (Web-SAML app) is the best auth option.
5. Pre-defined image for the most popular Cloud Providers
6. Used daily by employees... no significant service dispruption or issue
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Need the client profile or app ... Always looking for browser extension or less apps
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Connection Security between End-Point and Tristed source
2. Keep data safe during transfer (help us to avoid MITM attack )
2. Keep data safe during transfer (help us to avoid MITM attack )
Smooth expirience
What do you like best about the product?
Works out of the box. The documentation is up to date and has good step by step how to's to get started.
I installed the version for Azure and was ready to go within half an hour. The admin portal is well structured and responsive. I set up a site2site vpn and the customer support was fantastic, friendly, quick and know their stuff.
The server is in daily use and the site2site integrated seemlessly into our environment.
I installed the version for Azure and was ready to go within half an hour. The admin portal is well structured and responsive. I set up a site2site vpn and the customer support was fantastic, friendly, quick and know their stuff.
The server is in daily use and the site2site integrated seemlessly into our environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
When logging into the portal a page mit links to connect products pops up (after login creds) and when
you skip that you have to log in again.
you skip that you have to log in again.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
accessing sites (safely) that dont have a static IP
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OpenVPN Access Server is a good product
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing about OpenVPN access server is how easy it is to spin up a new VPN server and use the client to connect to it.
We have several people using the server every day and there has been very minimal issues.
The integration for an SSL certificate is also quite nice as you can install an SSL directly from the access server's portal.
We have several people using the server every day and there has been very minimal issues.
The integration for an SSL certificate is also quite nice as you can install an SSL directly from the access server's portal.
What do you dislike about the product?
I do not like the admin portal within OpenVPN, the support isn't the best, and the documentation can be out-dated. Also, the last time I checked they were not being audited for SOC2 Compliance which can be a big no-go depending on your organization.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Providing us with a secure way to connect to outside services and control internal network traffic.
A very affordable, easy-to-use VPN solution, MFA included.
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN Access Server is very easy to set up and configure.
It has very affordable and simple licensing.
It includes options for SSO integration AND MFA.
Support response has been prompt when needed.
It has very affordable and simple licensing.
It includes options for SSO integration AND MFA.
Support response has been prompt when needed.
What do you dislike about the product?
Resetting MFA tokens for users seems to only be doable via command line. I have yet to find a web admin portal option to do so.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN provides an MFA-compliant secure remote access solution.
Many of our users work remotely, and need access to internal services.
Many of our users work remotely, and need access to internal services.
Very useful for database security
What do you like best about the product?
It helps us to have a secure access to our database.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's expensive, wish there was a less expensive option.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It reduces the risks of unwanted access to our db.
OpenVPN for secure connection
What do you like best about the product?
It is an open-source and highly secure, encryption.
What do you dislike about the product?
Performance and taking the high battery from mobile
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Establishing the connection between the cloud and the end user in the highly secure way
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