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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Solves remote connections issue nicely
What do you like best about the product?
Works out of the box, covers many use cases, support team is responsive and helpful.
What do you dislike about the product?
All good, there is nothing really to dislike.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connecting team remotely to internal infrastructure.
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OpenVPN is an excellent choice
What do you like best about the product?
We migrated VPN solutions around 4 years ago and identified OpenVPN as the ideal solution for us. It ticked a lot of boxes for us, particularly with regards to 2FA and a zero trust approach to user's access with profiles. Pricing is very competitive too. Customer support is very good too, I recently had to contact them about an issue following a Ubuntu upgrade and received helpful and prompt responses
What do you dislike about the product?
Some management tasks are command line only and can be tricky to locate initially but there are plenty of support resources available
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN provides my business with a secure VPN that is easy for staff to use
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Happy that we switched to OpenVPN AS
What do you like best about the product?
Administration interface is nice. Coming from a console only OpenVPN installation, it is much easier to set things up using a UI. I had to use customer support once and they were fast and helped to resolve the problem quickly. We use it on daily basis to access restricted resources and we had very little problems.
What do you dislike about the product?
Somewhat complicated deployment in Azure. I would have expected a better experience there, but part of that is definitely due to my inexperience in network configuration. Differences between the community OpenVPN and this product caused some confusion.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solved the problem of yearly re-configuring the OpenVPN server on our EdgeRouter. Distribution of the VPN profiles is a huge help and the MFA option is a must have feature in these times.
4 people found this helpful
Great tool
What do you like best about the product?
It can be used in different devices. Minimal setup required to get it working
What do you dislike about the product?
One tedious task is dealing with SSL certificates and not a a clear straight forward way of doing it automatically.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Resources hidden under a private network and allowing people to access the private network.
I’m very satisfied with OpenVPN. It’s a reliable tool that ensures a stable connection .
What do you like best about the product?
Simple setup.
Strong connection security.
Fast network connection and stability
Strong connection security.
Fast network connection and stability
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes requires minor adjustments based on the network environment
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN Access Server solves several key problems, which have been beneficial for my use:
Secure Remote Access: It provides a secure VPN connection, allowing access to a private network from anywhere, which is essential for remote work. This benefits me by ensuring that my connection is safe, even when accessing sensitive information from outside the office.
Ease of Management: The centralized management console makes it easy to monitor and control access to the network, which reduces the complexity of handling multiple connections. This has made managing my VPN setup much more efficient.
Scalability: OpenVPN Access Server allows easy scaling, whether for a small team or large organization, providing flexibility for different sizes of operations. This is useful if I need to expand network access for additional users in the future.
High Performance: With its ability to handle a large number of concurrent users without compromising performance, OpenVPN ensures that remote connections remain fast and stable, which is crucial for maintaining productivity.
Secure Remote Access: It provides a secure VPN connection, allowing access to a private network from anywhere, which is essential for remote work. This benefits me by ensuring that my connection is safe, even when accessing sensitive information from outside the office.
Ease of Management: The centralized management console makes it easy to monitor and control access to the network, which reduces the complexity of handling multiple connections. This has made managing my VPN setup much more efficient.
Scalability: OpenVPN Access Server allows easy scaling, whether for a small team or large organization, providing flexibility for different sizes of operations. This is useful if I need to expand network access for additional users in the future.
High Performance: With its ability to handle a large number of concurrent users without compromising performance, OpenVPN ensures that remote connections remain fast and stable, which is crucial for maintaining productivity.
We had a good experience using OpenVPN and it meets our requirements.
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of Use, Ease of implementation, Frequency of use
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing specific regarding its use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We needed a secured VPN connection to our infra in Cloud
4 people found this helpful
Solid and reliable secure VPN that just works.
What do you like best about the product?
Once its setup and configured it is a very solid and reliable secure VPN that is easy to use and integrate into your networks.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial setup is a bit involved and requires a Linux box to run on. Updating the software and Linux system does take some time and Linux knowledge. If a user changes their MFA device, ie Phone, it takes some administration to setup the new MFA prompt to add the new device for the end user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helps to secure connections to our AWS environment. It is easier and more reliable than what we've had in the past as far as VPN software goes.
4 people found this helpful
Runs quickly and stably.
What do you like best about the product?
After the initial setup, little work. Runs stable and fast as a VM in Microsoft's failover cluster.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing in the German language. Different levels of support staff at OpenVPN.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1 headquarters and 20 construction sites with 3-10 employees each.
Great solution
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to deploy and manage, great cost savings and saved us the certificate management overhead. Multi platform support is the best thing about it, client runs on all laptop and desktop systems without any issues, UX is pleasant.
What do you dislike about the product?
Documentation is not very easy to manage and figure out. I had to rely on trial and error due to incomprehensible and overly complex documentation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Runs on all employee devices without any problem, server is quite robust. Security is solid and meets compliance requirements.
Stable and reliable
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN Access Server runs very stable and reliable.
Installation was relatively easy and allows for many configurations.
Customer support has not been needed so far, as it ran reliably.
For us, the OpenVPN Access Server is in use daily.
Installation was relatively easy and allows for many configurations.
Customer support has not been needed so far, as it ran reliably.
For us, the OpenVPN Access Server is in use daily.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the settings could be formulated in a slightly simpler or more understandable way.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data protection is very important so that we can also work outside our country.
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