We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The secure hotspot access for enabling good network connectivity is great."
"One of the features that I like most about this software is that it has a very intuitive, simple, and versatile interface that makes it easy to use and configure."
"It allows everyone to work from home. If no one could work from home, then we wouldn't have a company, especially now during COVID-19. It's mission-critical, especially since it's currently being used. If there is a problem with it, we would really be screwed. We would be hard-pressed because we would have to figure out what solution we're going to go with, how to deploy it, how long it would take to deploy it, and how we'd even get it on people's computers if we couldn't VPN to them. It would be near impossible to just change to a new VPN solution right now."
"Our users find the interface very comfortable to use."
"It can improve an organization by providing secure access to resources for traveling employees, which can help to reduce the risk of data breaches or other security incidents."
"The management of the solution is very simple. It allows for a single view of all the endpoints."
"We have more control over the activity that users have on the internal network, thanks to the monitoring offered by Check Point and the security provided by the gateway."
"Scalability is great. We have been able to grow as a corporation due in part to this type of solution."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is a stable product."
"The solution is really fast."
"Microsoft is very reasonable in its approach to cost."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"Since the tool has a graphical user interface, it's easier for us to access the server."
"The initial setup is not that difficult. I have gone through the RDS initialization steps, which only seem easy."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN's enterprise support could be improved."
"For Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. For the users that utilize Linux, there needs to be an equivalent."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"We are very happy with the Windows client. You log in with the VPN for the full client, you do the log in there. But for Linux machines, they don't have a full client to install. It is important because we have some users that use Linux and they don't have a specific application from Check Point to use. That is something that could be improved."
"The client-side UI is fundamental, and there is nothing to see."
"The fully-featured security module is only supported on Windows and Mac systems, which means that organizations with Linux will face issues providing secure access."
"Compliance Check on Check Point should be improved by having more configurable conditions to support multi-platforms and adding more granularity."
"The VPN remote Access blade could be improved."
"From the perspective of an IT professional, Microsoft Remote Desktop is very easy to use. However, it could be made easier to use for the end user, especially when it comes to activating it."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is its security and simple configuration."
"Updates sometimes impact the application and we have system crashes."
"The initial setup of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is not the easiest. You need to have a certain understanding of how Microsoft is provisioning the solution to be able to set it up and use it."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having a better application for managing multiple sessions. There used to be one but they stopped supporting it."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"We had some instability during the implementation process. This has since been resolved."
"I want to connect easily from an external network even when I'm not in my enterprise or company. It should be easy to connect or integrate Microsoft Teams, for example, with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 5th in Remote Access with 61 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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