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Google Cloud VPN vs Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud VPN
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
20th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of Google Cloud VPN is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is 5.1%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway5.1%
Google Cloud VPN1.1%
Other93.8%
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
 

Featured Reviews

Prashast Tripathi - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineer at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees
Customizes networks with flexible configurations and high reliability
Google Cloud VPN offers a lot of flexibility to customize, supporting dual track IPv4 and IPv6, and v6-only configurations. It supports dynamic routing, and the SLA is a key factor with a 99.999% reliability. The Cloud VPN tunnel supports up to 250,000 packets per second for both ingress and egress traffic.
MatsHagberg Olsson2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at EQ2 Technology
Designs subnets with high security while navigating evolving integration processes
The primary function of Azure VPN Gateway allows for designing subnets from existing networks, whether they are physical or virtual networks within Azure or other cloud instances. You can configure these networks using IP numbers and connect them using certificates or SaaS strings. It also requires Entra ID for privileged access groups, resulting in high security.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of Google Cloud VPN are its speed, connectivity, and reliability."
"The most valuable feature of the product is its compatibility with almost every network."
"The most valuable features of Google Cloud VPN are its speed, connectivity, and reliability."
"Google Cloud VPN offers a lot of flexibility to customize, supporting dual track IPv4 and IPv6, and v6-only configurations."
"Any time we had an issue with connecting the OpenVPN to a user, we just to them on the group's VPN and connected our VPN."
"Google Cloud VPN is a reliable and easy-to-use solution."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"I like the stability, HA, and performance of the product."
"One of the most valuable features is its support for various protocols, including BGP, which helps in making more secure connections."
"The product has valuable virtual machines, viability options, and enhanced VPN services, enabling the option to use it in different zones."
"It is scalable and depends on your chosen network bandwidth."
"The solution is very quick to connect."
"Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway has positively impacted my organization by providing us with more network security."
"It works perfectly for me. It is very user-friendly in terms of the configuration and the setup process."
 

Cons

"The logging needs improvement."
"The price for Google solutions could be cheaper. In general, I would rate it a seven."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement. Additionally, cost-efficiency enhancements or service integrations could add further value."
"The customer service and support from Google are not top-notch yet are available."
"The customer service and support from Google are not top-notch yet are available. I would rate them around 7.5 to eight out of ten."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"I would like for them to improve the troubleshooting features. We have some problems with traffic and I can't identify where the problem is coming from. I have to open a ticket with support until it gets resolved. Microsoft doesn't offer enough tools to resolve the issue."
"The price of the solution should be more affordable"
"Their technical support could be better. If you don't have a support contract, it takes longer."
"The solution must provide metrics to monitor the inbound and outbound traffic easily."
"Make it completely routable, for example, if I have a gateway, I should be able to connect to whatever network I want on either side of the gateway, and the gateway should figure out which packet goes where."
"Microsoft's support is rated at four due to issues such as speed of response and coordination difficulties."
"In the next release, Microsoft should add an option to schedule upgrades."
"The monitoring part needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product pricing is high."
"It is fairly priced."
"It's not super cheap, but it's also not unrealistically priced."
"I pay the licensing charges associated with the tool on an hourly basis. The tool is affordable."
"The solution is subscription-based and very cheap."
"Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway is the cheapest way for us to connect to our cloud infrastructure. Other solutions, such as ExpressRoute are very expensive."
"The software has good pricing compared to other vendors."
"It's saved us money compared to getting a third-party appliance."
"It's an expensive product"
"Its price is reasonable for new technology."
"The costs are quite high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud VPN?
The price for Google solutions could be cheaper. In general, I would rate it a seven.
What needs improvement with Google Cloud VPN?
The troubleshooting guides need to be updated. We see errors but there's no proper documentation for resolving them. If Google can improve their resources on common problems and solutions, it would...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud VPN?
We set a VPC boundary for all our storage with Google Cloud VPN. For all our compute, everything goes into those VPC boundaries.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway?
In Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, there aren't too many areas for improvement, but the configuration part might be a little tricky. It took some time to get things to work, but once figured out, it b...
What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway?
We work with Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and the VPN firewalls. We have our local physical firewall infrastructure from Cisco and other companies, but we can't compare those with the virtual networ...
 

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MS Azure VPN Gateway
 

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