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OpenVPN Access Server (25 Connected Devices) / Self-Hosted VPN

OpenVPN Inc. | 2.13.1

Linux/Unix, Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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    Alexandre S.

Действительно легко реализовать

  • March 04, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN Access Server was easily deployed in a cloud environment. User configuration, integration with the authentication system, and the ease that customers have in using the connection client are great benefits of this solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
При масштабировании использования решения его стоимость/выгода начинает вызывать споры по сравнению с другими более сложными решениями.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Позволяет быстрое внедрение


    Agustin S.

Stable VPN solution

  • March 01, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
What I appreciate the most about OpenVPN Access Server is its remarkable stability. We implemented a self-hosted server in our company over four years ago, and we have encountered no issues thus far. It operates swiftly and reliably.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I like least in my experience with OpenVPN server is the web interface for creating access groups. While the interface allows you to create multiple groups with different routes to various networks, it does not allow you to name those routes. Consequently, over time, administration becomes quite challenging, as one cannot remember which network range corresponds to each.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In our company, we use AWS as our cloud provider, and within AWS, we have multiple private networks with numerous servers and applications. Thanks to the use of OpenVPN, our employees can access these resources privately and securely.


    אייל .

Good cloud vpn access software

  • February 29, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy to configure , allow me to manage access to my AWS ec2s
What do you dislike about the product?
Not working when using Fortinet client.
User management interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Acssess management to AWS EC2 instances


    Tomer S.

Great experience, a bit expensive

  • December 18, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The easy-to-use dashboard and management
What do you dislike about the product?
The price is too high and no middle classes are available
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure connection to our systems


    ceo2234730

A scalable and easy-to-use solution with a responsive support team

  • July 31, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We have a virtual machine set up on Google Cloud. The virtual machine is connected to all our clients. It is connected to OpenVPN, which is connected to Google Cloud. It connects our clients throughout the country. We also have clients in other countries.

What is most valuable?

The product’s adaptability is valuable. We can connect to clients through different methods. We could set up a site-to-site connection, or we could set it up as a tunnel. There are a lot of different ways of setting up the connection. We can try a different method if something doesn't work for a client's security configuration or firewall. The product is fairly easy to use.

What needs improvement?

The logs should be made easier to read. If there is an issue, it takes me a while to find it in the log.

For how long have I used the solution?

I am using the solution currently.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is quite stable. When we first set it up, there were some issues. I only have to complain about some issues with the connection. We've used other services and were able to stay connected permanently.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have been able to have all our clients on the server so far. I haven't had a problem so far with adding more users. We have about 50 users.

How are customer service and support?

The support team is really quick to jump on any support cases. I had a case open about two weeks ago. It was related to our DNS. I received an email within 15 minutes. The team set up the support tickets and worked with me. I rate support a nine or ten out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

It was fairly easy to set up. I rate the ease of setup a seven out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.


    Information Technology and Services

Open source safest virtual private network

  • June 24, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
its an open-source tool
It helps us to securely access our internal services, k8, DBs etc
Its relatives faster
It makes our system secured as it sends data through TCP and UDP
It also supports IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
It is supported by many types of devices like desktop , mobiles of Mac, android , windows, ios, Linux etc
What do you dislike about the product?
Configuration is not that easy.
Doesnt always run well on mobiles
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us to securely access our internal services, k8, DBs etc


    Internet

OpenVPN server is very easy to setup and connect.

  • June 08, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Best thing about OpenVPN server is the connectivity, accessibility and its ease of use. It does not get disconnected even after you put laptop in sleep mode. Also its better than GlobalConnect VPN because that used to take lot of time to connect.
What do you dislike about the product?
Only thing i disliked about OpenVPN is its support team, our devops team had to call them again and again for a single issue that is we wanted to increase limit of number of our connections.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We had to access our sandbox and production server and we wanted to do it in secure way to increase security level we used OpenVPN this way not all people were able to access our servers even though in case credentials got leaked.


    Beomo Mathumo

Helps to access remote services

  • May 10, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to access remote services. 

What needs improvement?

I want the tool to be faster. We have experienced connectivity issues while using OpenVPN and FortiClient. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is stable and I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is not scalable. We have two users for the product. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's setup is complex. The product's deployment takes 30 minutes to complete. We followed the tool's documentation to complete the setup. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. You need to study the solution's documentation and get familiar with it before implementing the tool in your organization. 


    Pankaj G.

For Authentication it's one of best solution from open VNPN

  • March 12, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
We have used it for authentication access for our VPN connect for our employee
What do you dislike about the product?
setup is little complex but using documentation we can do it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's give best way to provide VPN connection in our server setup & access.


    Thomas L.

Open VPN works well and is simple, I have never had any issues with it

  • March 07, 2023
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN Access Server is very simple and easy to use
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not much to dislike about OpenVPM Access Server. I have never had any issues with it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Open VPN Access Server helps us access our files on our server when we are working remote.