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."Once we install and connect the VPN service, it keeps on running until we disconnect."
"The security of the solution is a good feature, the stability is a valuable feature, and the customization is also a nice feature."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution...The technical support team of the solution is very good."
"Our number of users working remotely vastly increased during the COVID 19 pandemic. Check Point Remote Access VPN allowed us to quickly make the transition from in-office to remote work."
"A single login based on a second authentication factor is giving us the possibility of integrating third-party services for authentication based on a security scheme."
"It is easy to install the Endpoint Remote Access VPN client to different platforms."
"The performance meets our requirements and the stability is good."
"You can scale the product."
"The solution is really fast."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"The solution works on Microsoft servers."
"It's part of the Microsoft Operating system and is free."
"They need to increase their timeout. Right now, it will fail after ten seconds, however, it shouldn't fail until after 20 seconds."
"We have noted some stability issues."
"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."
"The main area for improvement is pricing. Another area could be integrating MFA authentication directly into the solution instead of using separate benchmark tools for implementation."
"The Linux version may have an app (similar to Windows) instead of a shell script."
"We would like to see support for a layer seven VPN over UDP."
"There is always room for innovation and the addition of new features."
"This is the best version we are using, however, if some changes can be made in the next release, I'd like to see adjustments to the time period and internet connectivity."
"The solution isn't as good as the Citrix option."
"The pricing could be better."
"The performance of Remote Desktop Services could be better."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"We are searching for a product with better remote access and remote sessions."
"In the past, my company had faced some issues related to the stability of the product. The product's stability can be improved."
"The solution should introduce a chat feature for end users."
"We find the services are not as transparent as we would like for our integration with Citrix."
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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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