We performed a comparison between Ivanti Connect Secure 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."The solution has good performance."
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"What I like the most about Pulse Connect Secure is that it's user-friendly. It's easy to use. You just need to connect, and that's it."
"The most valuable features of the solution are reliability and uptime."
"This is a very secure and stable tool."
"It is customer-friendly. It is quite easy for our users to connect. There is also the flexibility of the features."
"I can safely say this is one of the best solutions I have seen for VPN access. It can achieve what other vendors may not be able to. This product will train you about exactly what an SSL should be. You can leverage it to do whatever you wish, the way you wish to do it. This is the solution if you want a perfectly scalable product for your enterprise that can help your mobile users and integrate with the latest technologies."
"VPN tunneling is a very valuable feature of Pulse Connect Secure. I also like that it is straightforward to use, and you can see traffic logs on it."
"The new UI that they are providing right now is very good."
"I like the host checker, which thoroughly checks the security posture of the machine before allowing access. I also like application-based access and its seamless operations."
"There is support for multi-factor authentication."
"The most valuable thing about OpenVPN Access Server is its ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is that I can access my local network remotely and avoid doing all the port forwarding and redirections, and so on."
"Provides privacy and cryptography for my network communication."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"The initial setup phase of OpenVPN Access Server was fine, and it was easy."
"You can do local subnet blocking."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The solution must be more user-friendly."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve the reporting, it is lacking in detail and should take the report automatically."
"The solution can be improved by addressing the failure to connect on public 2-step networks."
"Pulse Connect Secure could improve by having better integration with NAC solutions, such as Cisco ClearPass integration with Pulse Connect Secure. Additionally, they need better integration with Microsoft Azure AD and Azure Authenticator."
"Setup is complex. A few users had some issues with it."
"The support team of the product needs improvement. Sometimes we have issues with multiple authentications, but there is no help from the support team."
"I would like the solution to be more secure and compatible. It also needs to improve integration with other systems."
"Ivanti Connect Secure needs to have faster connections. It also needs to improve the stability."
"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."
"When there are too many concurrent users trying to connect at the same time, there may be a bit of a bottleneck."
"There could be an easier way to set up the solution. However, if you use the provided information that comes with the solution there should not be a problem."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
"If we had to create something for someone who was not necessarily tech savvy, I had to set that up on their computer, I had to write "read me's" and other things so that they could install their client and then connect to the VPN by themselves. So it was hard to set up for people who are not tech savvy."
"It is not scalable."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"If someone's key is not working, or if we had to remove someone's permission from it, or maybe an employee left the company and we had to take their key out, that seemed a little bit more complicated than it had to be."
Ivanti Connect Secure is ranked 7th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 25 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews. Ivanti Connect Secure is rated 7.6, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Ivanti Connect Secure writes "Beneficial multi-factor authentications, useful SSL VPNs, and simple initial setup". 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". Ivanti Connect Secure is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Ivanti Tunnel, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Citrix Gateway and Microsoft Azure VPN 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 KeepSolid VPN Unlimited. See our Ivanti Connect Secure vs. OpenVPN Access Server report.
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