We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS SSL VPN and OpenVPN Access Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"The solution's technical support is very good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use, management, and support."
"The user interface is user-friendly."
"It is very simple to use, and it allows me to get into the university's network from my home, which is very useful for me."
"The solution is very easy to work with. This is its most valuable feature. They also did a good job surrounding how you configure the devices."
"The product is great because it is easy and simple."
"I have found that Cisco IOS SSL VPN is stable."
"It is stable."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"The setup is easy."
"OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to implement."
"I like that it's easy to use, easy to download, and not hard to manage."
"The product has strong encryption and scalability features. It provides security for private network connections."
"The product’s adaptability is valuable."
"Provides privacy and cryptography for my network communication."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution's graphical user interface is not very user-friendly."
"The Secure Plus Connect product could be improved with many enhancements in any price license, especially for licensing. Cisco could simplify the licensing; it could make it easier to order and use the features."
"Sometimes the connection drops, and we don't like that. I'm not sure the reason, but sometimes it will take time to connect or it will disconnect fast."
"The pricing needs to be better."
"Multi-factor authentication in Cisco IOS SSL VPN has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"The pricing is a stumbling block to scaling our utilization of Cisco products and we would prefer to use more of them."
"Improvements could be made in terms of connectivity for applications."
"It would be nice if we could use this not just on mobile, but on laptops and desktops as well."
"OpenVPN Access Server needs to have fewer updates."
"The logs should be made easier to read."
"There was one annoying feature where we had to disable and enable the user. I cannot remember what it was exactly, but I think it was for a password lockout. It would be nice if there was a checkbox, or something, in the web interface to allow you to unlock a user whose password was locked."
"It is not scalable."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"I'd like to have more control over the users when they are accessing the network."
"The high availability deployment is not very straightforward. They can make it simpler. OpenVPN does not support some of the additional protocols that Pulse Secure and Cisco AnyConnect support. They can include support for these additional protocols."
"It would be nice with all these features, if they could send some examples of each one; just small sample scripts to look at and say, "Oh okay, I could expand on this." That would help us a lot."
Cisco IOS SSL VPN is ranked 9th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 47 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews. Cisco IOS SSL VPN is rated 8.6, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS SSL VPN writes "The solution is very stable and scalable, but it is expensive, and the configuration is complicated". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenVPN Access Server writes "An easy-to-use tool with which its users can access networks from home or external locations". Cisco IOS SSL VPN is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), Fortinet FortiClient, Zyxel VPN Client, Ivanti Connect Secure and Citrix Gateway, whereas OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange. See our Cisco IOS SSL VPN vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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