Our primary use case for OpenVPN is remote connectivity for clients in the mining exploration industry, specifically for winter road and ice road access.
OpenVPN Access Server / Self-Hosted VPN (BYOL)
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Good product
What do you like best about the product?
It's quite stable and we rarely had any issues with the product.
What do you dislike about the product?
What we don't like is that we have to maintain the VM/server by ourselves. A complete end-to-end managed solution, which is easy to integrate into our existing VPC, might be in our interests for the future.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are using it to access services hosted within our VPC on GCP on client applications.
We have been using OpenVPN for 7 years
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to install and setup.
Easy to configure and maintain.
Reliable.
Flexible billing.
Easy to configure and maintain.
Reliable.
Flexible billing.
What do you dislike about the product?
Unlock user is not available via the Admin GUI.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allows our company to isolate internal infrastructure.
Overall easy to setup and configure. Online documentation is easy to follow and helpful support!
What do you like best about the product?
Support was quick and direct to the point to resolve issues. Documentation is detailed. Configuration is easy to maintain.
What do you dislike about the product?
Cannot really think of any, other than pricing was very competitive until 2024, when there was a drastic increase, thus forcing us to decrease our licences compared to what we used to have, and then incrementally increasing licenses to fill our max needs versus having extras always available.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easilly allowing users to remote into the corporate network to access items not available otherwise.
Simplying Remote Access
What do you like best about the product?
It works well on all platforms where as competors products are not universally compatable.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Cost has gone up but the support and updates are also frequent and clear.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Easy SAML Intergration enabling Single Sign On taking workload off of administrators.
Simplicity at it's finest
What do you like best about the product?
It's simple and just works. There are plenty of settings you can adjust, but by default, either choose full-tunnel or split-tunnel. Set your private network CIDRs, setup authentication, and you're good to go!
What do you dislike about the product?
I'm sure others offer more advanced features, but I haven't found a great need for any of them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Access to private networks is made a breeze
Easy to use for non-IT person
What do you like best about the product?
It already have a AMI in AWS. It is easy to manage and add new people to the VPN server access.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cost is high comparatively speaking. Also memory utilization may not be optimized as I have run out CPU memory when more than 12 people joined the VPN.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
To connect to AWS resources directly. Helps in securing and authenticating people connecting to business infrustructure from their remote home.
OpenVPN does the job
What do you like best about the product?
Simplicity, stability, and ease of implementation have been big for us.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is a low-feature VPN. There is not a lot of the bells and whistles you see with other enterprise VPNs
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN is providing a low-management IT VPN solution for us on top of our standard user VPN.
Easy to install and get on the server
What do you like best about the product?
Open VPN is very easy to install, my company gave me a config file and we can just import the file and use the software to access my organisation server.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have anyhting to dislike the product, Airtel is blocking some of the VPS then I am not able to access the server and I have to switch to some other network (ISP).
So its a problem with Airtel not with open VPN
So its a problem with Airtel not with open VPN
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I can easily access my organizations server and work.
Remote connectivity solution with client familiarity and OS integration for winter road access
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of OpenVPN are its ease of use, client familiarity, end-user familiarity, operating system integration, and price points. The scalability is a bonus since it allows running on any hardware. It's part of our client stack for all of our clients' VPNs and is a de facto standard for an endpoint VPN solution.
What needs improvement?
OpenVPN could improve in centralized management and enhance the GUI configuration steps. Although it's straightforward, if I don't know what I am doing, ease of use and configuration might be challenging. I would rate ease of configuration around a five or six out of ten.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have had experience with OpenVPN for several years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of OpenVPN is very good. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it an eight.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would give OpenVPN a six out of ten for scalability, as it's usually a single user or single device.
How are customer service and support?
I have not dealt with support or customer service, however, the documentation is good, and I would rate it a seven out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have not switched from another solution as OpenVPN is part of the default stack with most of our routers.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for OpenVPN is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
It's a one-person job for implementation, and all of our technicians can deploy it.
What was our ROI?
There is not much to mention in terms of return on investment, other than providing standard VPN connectivity.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing is excellent as the pricing is free.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We are slowly replacing it with WireGuard solutions.
What other advice do I have?
OpenVPN could improve the GUI and configuration steps. Overall, it's a straightforward deployment, however, it would be challenging for someone without technical knowledge. I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
seamlessly gets connected to the server without any hassle
What do you like best about the product?
Its easy to set up even on the first time installation on the system. Thanks to the documentation and simple architecture ui interface.
What do you dislike about the product?
They are on the right path. But not sure on the service support side as I personally haven't faced any issues.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It gets me connected to any client just by quickly establishing the connection and also I can switch between the diferent clients(server connections)
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