We compared OpenVPN Access Server and Netgate TNSR across several parameters based on our user's reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: OpenVPN Access Server is valued for its secure VPN connections, strong encryption, user-friendly interface, platform integration, scalability, and reliable support. Netgate TNSR shines in high performance, robust security, advanced security features, exceptional scalability, seamless network expansion, and adaptation capabilities.
Room For Improvement: OpenVPN Access Server can improve connection stability, user-friendliness, mobile interface, customer support, and customization flexibility. Netgate TNSR can enhance user interface design, configuration/setup, documentation/support, performance, and stability.
Pricing and ROI: OpenVPN Access Server has been praised for its reasonable and accessible setup cost, while Netgate TNSR offers competitive pricing and a straightforward setup process. Additionally, OpenVPN Access Server provides favorable licensing terms, while Netgate TNSR offers flexibility and a variety of licensing options to choose from. The ROI of OpenVPN Access Server is impressive, with users praising its reliability, efficiency, ease of use, enhanced security measures, and cost-effectiveness.
Customer Service: The customer service for OpenVPN Access Server has been praised for its prompt and helpful assistance, while Netgate TNSR is commended for their excellent support and prompt response to queries.
Comparison Results: OpenVPN Access Server receives favorable feedback for its strong encryption, easy-to-use interface, seamless integration, reliable support, and excellent scalability. Users praise its customer service and prompt assistance. While both products have similar deployment and setup timeframes, OpenVPN Access Server offers a more favorable pricing structure. Users appreciate the reliable ROI and enhanced security measures provided by OpenVPN Access Server. However, Netgate TNSR is commended for its high performance capabilities, robust security measures, exceptional scalability, and reliable customer service. Users suggest improvements in user interface design, configuration and setup processes, documentation and support resources, as well as performance and stability for Netgate TNSR.
"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."
"It can scale well."
"It is open-source and free to use."
"The best thing is that it is open source and free of cost."
"The product has strong encryption and scalability features. It provides security for private network connections."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"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 use the solution to access remote services."
"It is much easier to scale and troubleshoot compared to regular Windows-based VPN solutions or PPTP daemon."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"I think right now the GUI part of it is locked out behind the pay wall. It could use something that gives it a very basic, minimal, graphic interface for logging in, for the community version. That would probably be a good step forward."
"I want the tool to be faster. We have experienced connectivity issues while using OpenVPN and FortiClient."
"It could be faster. It could also be more stable."
"The upgrade path from older versions was more difficult than we wanted to tackle, so we ran an older version of the software for longer than I wanted. Patching, updating, and migrating to newer versions was a problem for us. That said, we were on a rather old version that I inherited yet it worked rock solid."
"The stability had room for improvement."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
Netgate TNSR is ranked 22nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 2 reviews while OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews. Netgate TNSR is rated 7.6, while OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Netgate TNSR writes "Good gateway with helpful traffic shaping and load balancing". 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". Netgate TNSR is most compared with MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Cisco Enterprise Routers, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Juniper MX Series Routers, 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.
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