OpenVPN Access Server Reviews

OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access. 

OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates. 

OpenVPN Access Server is stable. 

The tool is scalable. 

The tool's deployment is straightforward. It took ten minutes to complete. 

OpenVPN Access Server is a cheap corporate solution. 

I rate the product a nine out of ten. 

The product provides secure internet connections and helps with faster downloads.

Working on a faster connection might be a good idea for the product's next release.

I have been using the latest version of OpenVPN Access Server for one year.

The stability of the product is a ten out of ten.

We have 100 OpenVPN Access Server users using in our company. It is a scalable product.

The initial setup process is easy. The deployment time is minimum. It takes around ten minutes.

The licensing has a fixed pricing.

I rate OpenVPN Access Server a nine out of ten.

We use the solution to communicate with our servers located in the office.

OpenVPN Access Server is a simple and easy-to-use solution that I can use myself without anybody's help.

The solution should provide a faster connection, and its security could be improved. The solution’s stability could be improved.

I have been using OpenVPN Access Server for two to three years.

I rate the solution a seven or eight out of ten for stability.

Around 50 users use the solution regularly in our organization.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight or nine out of ten.

The solution's initial setup is easy.

On a scale from one to ten, where one is complex and ten is easy, I rate the solution's initial setup a seven or eight out of ten.

The solution’s deployment did not take much time.

The solution was deployed on the cloud in our organization. More than 100 people are needed for the solution's deployment and maintenance.

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

The solution is used to connect to the user's remote screen to access the network.

The solution is secure and user-friendly.

I would like more frequent updates.

The solution can be more compatible with different operating systems.

I have been using the solution for four years.

I give the stability of the solution a seven out of ten.

I give the scalability a six out of ten. The scalability of the solution relies on the operating system being used by the clients. It is easier to scale for clients who are using Windows, while it can be a bit more challenging for clients using Linux.

The initial setup is straightforward. I deployed the solution on my own in four hours. The only step is to run the executable files.

The implementation was completed in-house.

We have seen a return on investment.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

We currently have 20 users and plan to increase the usage eventually.

We have one administrator for the maintenance of the solution.

The solution is compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac, but it is most optimized for Windows.

I used the solution to deploy a tunnel to limit lateral movement in a specific network.

The solution's valuable feature is that it is open source.

They should make the solution more secure by adding some firewall functionalities.

I have used the solution for three months.

I rate the solution's stability a six and a half.

It is a scalable solution. I rate its scalability as an eight.

The solution's initial setup is of medium complexity. I deployed it to three ports to establish a tunnel between them. It took three weeks to deploy it to all the virtual machines.

I implemented the solution myself.

The solution is free of cost. 

I highly recommend the solution to those who want to learn about VPN infrastructure and its deployment. But I wouldn't recommend it to any company. I rate it as a nine, as I have learned so much from it.

I used OpenVPN Access Server for personal use for VPN access, such as browsing the internet with the Brave Internet browser.

The most valuable feature of OpenVPN is that it is open source. I can do anything with the solution, such as change, build, and collect. Additionally, it is safe to use the solution and there are frequent updates.

The stability of the solution could improve.

I have used OpenVPN Access Server within the last 12 months.

I rate the stability of the OpenVPN Access Server a nine out of ten.

I am using the solution only for myself.

I have not contacted vendor support. I solve issues myself.

Setting up the OpenVPN Access Server is a straightforward process that can be completed within minutes. As someone knowledgeable in technology, certain tasks come easily to me, whereas others may find them challenging. However, I found the implementation process to be effortless.

I use the command line interface to install the solution with a few commands.

I did the deployment of the OpenVPN Access Server myself.

OpenVPN is an open-source solution. If the solution is used for personal use it is free. For non-personal use, the solution can be expensive.

The solution works well if you have a good internet connection. If the connection is not stable it is not the fault of the solution.

I would advise others to use this solution, it works well.

I rate OpenVPN Access Server a nine out of ten.

We are a solution provider and the OpenVPN Access Server was one of the products that we used for our customers. It is used to create remote desktop connections into the cloud network, where people who are working from home can share resources with people in the office. When people are working in an office then they have a local network, and OpenVPN expands the network for use externally.

We are no longer using this solution because of complaints raised by our customers about security vulnerabilities. The server is now shut down.

This server allows you to connect to a network that does not have any public IP addresses. You first dial-up the OpenVPN to get onto the network, then directly use the private IP for the local device. Once the connection is made, we can do development work, maintenance, or whatever is required.

The most valuable feature is the remote connection capability.

It is easy to use.

There is support for multi-factor authentication.

We would like to be able to access the parts of the network that belong to other virtual LANs, which is not currently possible. For example, if an organization has different VLANs for sales, developers, and production, then we can only connect and view one of these segments. If you can access sales then you will have visibility of that particular subnet and not be able to see the developer VLAN resources.

The security needs to be improved because it was a complaint that our customers had. I'm not sure exactly what the specific issue is, other than they told us that it was not compliant with their organizational policies.

It is not possible to scale this solution horizontally, which is something that should be improved. They could allow multiple instances to run in different zones, synchronizing with each using a round-robin scheduler.

It would be great if they added intrusion prevention and detection (IPS/IDS) features. If they had these then there would be less need to use other products, such as firewalls. It would allow everything to run under one umbrella with centralized control.

We were using OpenVPN for about one year and we migrated away from it about three months ago.

Horizontally, this solution is definitely not scalable. Vertically, it is possible but there will be some downtime. Scaling requires that we stop the server, upscale it, select a different instance, and then restart it. The downtime is approximately five minutes.

I have been in contact with technical support and the experience was good. They have knowledgeable people.

We have migrated to Fortinet because of security vulnerabilities.

The initial setup is easy. Once we go to the marketplace for the license, we can install and start using it. This involves selecting an image, then selecting a VM, and deploying on that. You then install the certificate and create the users. Creating users is also easy to do.

 One person is enough for this task and it will take between 15 and 30 minutes to deploy.

Our in-house team deploys OpenVPN for our customers. After the deployment is complete, users will log in, download their profile, and then they can connect.

Before migrating to Fortinet, we looked at other vendors including Cisco. We found that based on the sizing we needed, the pricing of Cisco AnyConnect was not as competitive.

Personally, I have not found any differences between these products that affect what I need to do.

Personally, I like this product and our decision to shut down the server is in response to decisions made by our customers. I have not found any issues with it, myself.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

This was a test bed in which to use a virtualized Citrix server to be connected with the downtown Tacoma site. We needed that to be able to not only access the local network over there, but also to use thin clients there to virtualize the work stations on our test location.

It allows us to actually use the Citrix server, just that simple.

A valuable feature for us is its ability to see the new Citrix server as a local server within the company.

And it allows us to test abroad. We have a couple other sites that we want to try to get people to remote into. Having that feature really helped.

The user interface that we had to implement. I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP.

Also, I would be more happy with the idea of licensing to have a reduced price with longer, grouped, annual fees. We have a lot of other software that does the same thing. It's a little higher price if you're going with a shorter stint, but there's a reduction in price for three- and five-year contracts.

It's been more of a hardware issue with us. The VPN has been working fine, but on our side, where our test bed is, we've just been trying to get it fine-tuned. But, no, OpenVPN hasn't had any problems.

Not yet. 

It's been pretty good. We only had one question when we were first implementing it. My crew and I were answered very quickly. The technical support was responsive.

We didn't have a previous solution. We had done a little research and we went with OpenVPN as the first option. It wasn't that we went through several before it.

It was pretty straightforward. We've seen terrible things with Citrix, so nothing compared to that.

I would say the product's pricing is a good value. I would recommend to other companies to implement it. I've seen other software, in tandem with the service, to be very expensive.

We were attempting to do a closed VPN between the two sites, but it really doesn't work with the local IPs that we wanted people's Citrix agents to be able to get in. We wanted it to emulate the IP of it being local because eventually we were going to move the Citrix server to the Tacoma site.

Do your homework, and make sure that your test site where you're going to be setting this up has a good, solid connection with your ISP. That was the issue we ran into. We actually had to get our ISP out here to fix the modem that we were having issues with.