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Check Point Remote Access VPN vs Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 7, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Check Point Remote Access VPN
Ranking in Remote Access
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
67
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (6th)
Devolutions Remote Desktop ...
Ranking in Remote Access
17th
Average Rating
9.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Remote Access category, the mindshare of Check Point Remote Access VPN is 2.2%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager is 1.4%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Ozan Durmus - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 7, 2023
Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve
The deployment takes around two to three hours. If you manage the product, one person could be enough, but if you need some kind of additional integrations like ADA integration, you need someone from ADT to access products. One person is enough, but one or two additional personnel may be included. To deploy Check Point Remote Access VPN, you must purchase a license, enable the blade, and purchase client access licenses. You can then follow the instructions to deploy the product, write the necessary rules, make the integrations, deploy the agent to the clients, and provide them with a login solution. I rate the initial setup an eight on a scale of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.
StephenWatson - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 8, 2024
Easy to deploy with great security and responsive support
The security on offer is the most valuable aspect of the solution. It offers, for example, two-factor authentification. The remote connection across platforms is great. You can deploy it on anything, including Windows, Mac, iOS, your iPhone, et cetera. It offers multi-platform utility. This makes it great for enterprise. Users can use it for PAM access as well. The feature of Devolutions that has improved our customer's efficiency the most is probably the security side. It's gotten a lot tighter. Authentication and secure connections are helpful. They use encryption between them, which is just standard for them. The company has so many regulatory controls that they must ensure their security is very tight. There's a lot of potential cybercrime around casinos, and this solution ensures they are well-protected. Devolutions is a great product that can be safely used between China, Australia, or the Philippines, and it remains a good, safe product.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It operates effectively, particularly during challenges like adversities or infrastructure issues."
"The solution is easy to install, centrally managed, and stable, with good technical support and a straightforward setup."
"Check Point Remote Access VPN provides strong security features, including encryption, authentication, endpoint security, access control, and centralized management."
"It is easy to install the Endpoint Remote Access VPN client to different platforms."
"This platform has developed a reliable communication infrastructure that employees can use to communicate with remote workers."
"We use it to connect our sites. We have a couple of sites that need to interconnect."
"Access is browser-based only and requires no additional client installation."
"The biggest advantage of Check Point Remote Access VPN is that we already use the Check Point firewall. We only needed to enable the feature and do the configuration in order to enable the VPN feature. We didn't need to buy or manage new hardware."
"The interface is great to work with as it allows multiple connections in a tabbed interface. It also has the option to automatically start a VPN or an SSH tunnel, if required."
"The ability to have all the connection information in one location saves so much time from trying to manage the same information across different applications."
"One credential can be used to access VPN, RDS, and more."
""Inherited" function for credentials - Configure the desired credential at one (top) location, and use the Inherited function on all sub-connections that should use this credential."
"Documentation per entry, good for device configs or important/special instructions."
"Makes me instantly more focused on resolving the issue rather than getting to the issue."
"Initial setup was very straightforward."
"It saves a lot of time for all of our IT staff from having to just use the RDP Windows client and reenter each server every time we access a different system."
 

Cons

"I would like the support to be faster."
"Price category and smooth renewal of agreement should be considered for flawless and quick onboarding of clients and partners."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"We encounter challenges for the product’s installation and troubleshooting processes compared to other VPN products."
"The main feature that would be improved within Check Point Remote Access is its operation within Linux OS, as it currently does not have many features for that OS."
"There needs to be a way to create a VPN client specific to our environment so that we can easily lock down who can connect."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20. If you don't get on your phone right away and check on your authentications, it will kick you out."
"The connection has gotten less smooth as the number of users increases. The issue is that the logs fill up quickly. Too many users are connecting remotely. It worked great when we only had a few remote connections. Now, it is disconnecting people and dropping the internet connection."
"There are always bugs to squash, beyond that, it is really kind of difficult for new users to discover and use many of the features due to the bewildering array of choices and ways to do things."
"The RDM client (.NET issue, actually) can stall or lock up while it clears communication threads to the server."
"The filing system of connections is a little clunky, but is completely functional."
"Sometimes when updating, the install window is on top of the prompt to close the application."
"If there was a way to streamline the process, it would make it nice."
"Sometimes the manual inventory of some entries hangs, and RDM must be closed via task manager."
"On complex setups, I actually needed to reach out to support to get it working correctly."
"The console is a little bit clunky."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required for this solution."
"I give the price of the solution a five out of ten."
"The price of this product is good."
"Regarding pricing, as a global customer, we get a big discount. For us, it's a good return on investment. We need to pay for additional features we want to enable. It seems cheaper than other vendors, but I can't say what it would cost an average customer."
"The product is expensive. I rate its pricing a ten out of ten. For the cost of one product, we could purchase two or three Fortinet solutions with the same amount of money."
"My understanding is that the pricing and licensing are very competitive, and it's not one of their more expensive products. We buy licenses for the solution and have licenses for the endpoint servers."
"My company makes yearly payments only towards the licensing costs attached to Check Point Remote Access VPN, as there are no extra costs attached to the product."
"The solution is pretty expensive. The rating is an eight."
"Setup costs for most people is negligible."
"If you are a Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert, Cisco Champion, etc., Devolutions offers a free Enterprise License."
"The Free Edition is completely free. You can try also the Enterprise Edition for 30 days for free."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Educational Organization
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Check Point Endpoint Remote Access VPN?
There are some issues with the Check Point VPN, such as its complexity compared to other VPN clients. Another downside is related to performance, which lags behind similarly priced products like th...
What is your primary use case for Check Point Endpoint Remote Access VPN?
For remote work, Check Point Remote Access VPN connects, creates the site, and gathers information about the site in terms of the VPN domain, the public IP at that time, and so on.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager?
With the security factors built into it, the price point is quite good. They have entry-level and enterprise-level licenses. I don't handle entry-level as it doesn't have enough features in it. A b...
What needs improvement with Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager?
The console is a little bit clunky. It could be modernized. A tech developer might think it is fine, however, from a reseller's perspective, it could use more design. It is functional. However, it ...
What is your primary use case for Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager?
We use the solution for a customer that needs pretty high security. They are in the poker machine manufacturing world based out of the US. They've got offices all over, and the Australia/Sydney off...
 

Also Known As

Check Point Remote Access VPN, Check Point Endpoint Remote Access VPN
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Osmose, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Financial Services, Healthcare Provider Network, Government Agency,Technology and Software Development,Telecommunications, Retail Chain Management, MSPs, Manufacturing, Global Logistics and Shipping, Education, IT teams.
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