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Easy setup and administration
What do you like best about the product?
The setup on AWS is very straightforward and administration is simple.
What do you dislike about the product?
The customer support was not very good when I had to troubleshoot billing issues and it took several weeks to resolve a simple problem
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN provides secure access to our software test environments and private systems hosted on AWS
Seamless Cross-Platform VPN with Easy SSO Integration and Strong Access Controls
What do you like best about the product?
We deployed an OpenVPN on an Ubuntu VM. The installation is straightforward, and no need to mess with the complex firewall rules. We use Microsoft Azure Entra ID, so integrating SAML for single sign-on was a big win. Our team was a mix of Windows laptops and Mac OS machines. The OpenVPN client works seamlessly across all platforms. I was able to assign specific access rules to different users, which helped us maintain regulatory compliance and reduce unnecessary exposure.
What do you dislike about the product?
While logs are available, I wish there were more built-in analytics, like bandwidth usage per user and connection history dashboards. Setting up split tunneling and custom routes is not an easy task. It's scalable, but we need to work plan for adding more than 50 users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have contractors working from different locations, we created a user profile for him and gave him access to Development environment, and sent him the connection link. Within 10 mins, they are securely connected and working without any issues.
very good support
What do you like best about the product?
The OpenVPN support team provided a very quick response, and I truly appreciate their efforts. They are highly supportive. Keep up the great work, and please continue maintaining this excellent level of support quality.
What do you dislike about the product?
OpenVPN should maintain their older APK files, as we require an APK version that is compatible with Android 8
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
to connect to the internal network, it works fine.
Great VPN solution to grant access to business network
What do you like best about the product?
I like the fact that OpenVPN Access Server supports MFA and SAML for client login. We had used the built in MFA previously using Google Authenticator, and now client login via SAML and we MFA on the SSO side.
What do you dislike about the product?
We have used OpenVPN for years now and like it quite a bit. Managing a cluster of VPN servers could use some iteration and improvements but it pretty solid all things considered.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We went with OpenVPN Access Server because we didn't want to use a VPN solution that was directly tied to our campus firewall. It was a relatively cheap VPN solution to implement in our environment. We primarily use it for remote access to on-premises servers. The number of on-premises servers has been decreasing over the years as more things went cloud, but we still needed a reasonably priced and secure solution for granting access to those servers.
"OpenVPN: A Trusted Solution for Safe Connectivity"
What do you like best about the product?
I like that OpenVPN Access Server provides secure and reliable remote connectivity with strong encryption. It’s easy to set up, works across multiple platforms, and offers flexible configuration options for teams of any size.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that the initial setup and configuration can be a bit complex for beginners, and managing advanced features sometimes requires a deeper understanding of networking concepts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN Access Server solves the problem of secure remote access to internal networks and resources. It allows me to safely connect from anywhere, protect data with strong encryption, and maintain consistent access for teams, which improves productivity and ensures data privacy.
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OpenVPN Access Server Review
As a cybersecurity compliance professional, I appreciate OpenVPN Access Server for its balance of security, flexibility, and ease of deployment. It provides a reliable way to establish secure remote access while maintaining compliance with frameworks like HITRUST and SOC 2.
As a cybersecurity compliance professional, I appreciate OpenVPN Access Server for its balance of security, flexibility, and ease of deployment. It provides a reliable way to establish secure remote access while maintaining compliance with frameworks like HITRUST and SOC 2.
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited Built-in Reporting: While logging is available, the built-in reporting and analytics features are lacking. More advanced insights often require external tools.
Resource Consumption: Compared to other VPN solutions, OpenVPN Access Server can be resource-intensive, especially at scale.
Resource Consumption: Compared to other VPN solutions, OpenVPN Access Server can be resource-intensive, especially at scale.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN Access Server helps solve several critical security and access management challenges, ultimately benefiting both security posture and operational efficiency.
Great piece of software and very fast and to the point help-desk
What do you like best about the product?
Quite frankly, I do not use the OpenVPN Access Server. I just use OpenVPN to VPN-into my Raspberri. After having used it for 2.5 years, to full satisfaction, it stopped working. Some inspection revealed that the certificates were invalidated. As I did not remember how I got this all to work, I contacted the help-desk. Within an hour I received an answer plus a pointer to where to find the info on fixing this. 2 hours later everything worked again. I have recently had some other interactions with Customer Support of other, rather expensive products. If all Customer Service Support would work as well as OpenVPN, wow, then the world would be a much better place!
What do you dislike about the product?
I actually contemplated installing OpenVPN Access Server instead of fixing the old, single user OpenVPN. I found it very complicated from the outset.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
secure access to my home network
Very rapid customer support
What do you like best about the product?
Easy installation, easy maintenance, no frills
What do you dislike about the product?
I miss support for Ubuntu 24.10, needed to deploy Docker image which makes IP configuration a little bit more complex
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN helps setting up quickly secure communications
easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
easy to install and easy to use. we use it for our company for easy handling of vpn users
What do you dislike about the product?
The documentation of installing openvpn access server by cloudformation stack on AWS looks a little bit outdated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
secure instances
Very bad initial experience
What do you like best about the product?
I included the questions I had on the initial email and they still set me up with a lo-level dev who was only capable of drawing figma squares on their VERY LIMITED visual. This was honestly the worst customer experience I have had from someone I was trying to give money to. It is like they only hire incompetent people.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not much especially since they aren't OPEN any more.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not much. There is plenty of TRUE open source options out there that I will be exploring.
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