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NordLayer vs OpenVPN Access Server comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

NordLayer
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
21st
Ranking in ZTNA
20th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Secure Web Gateways (SWG) (33rd), Network Access Control (NAC) (22nd), Internet Security (15th), ZTNA as a Service (24th), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) (32nd), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (23rd)
OpenVPN Access Server
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
1st
Ranking in ZTNA
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of NordLayer is 2.2%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenVPN Access Server is 9.1%, down from 14.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenVPN Access Server9.1%
NordLayer2.2%
Other88.7%
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Featured Reviews

Christophe Derdeyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner delaware Singapore at delaware Singapore
A convenient and easy tool with an incredibly high number of dialing points
The solution is convenient and easy. It has an incredibly high number of dialing points for pretty much every single country in the world. It has a few additional security features. It has a function that prevents unsecured access if my connection were to drop for any reason. It’s something I like. It has threat protection features. It can protect my web connection and files against malicious downloads and trackers.
AS
Network operation center engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Secure remote access has protected critical data and now simplifies role-based user management
An area for improvement is the pricing model. The concurrent user licenses get expensive pretty quickly as your organization grows, so more flexible pricing options would be a huge plus. Another area is configurational disconnect. While the admin web UI handles about 90% of what you need, the moment you have to do deep, advanced routing customization, you still have to drop back to the command line interface to make those changes. It would be great to see those deeper configurations completely integrated into the web portal. Lastly, it would be awesome to see native support for newer, lighter protocols through WireGuard built straight into the platform alongside standard OpenVPN for better performance efficiency.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is convenient and easy."
"I like that it's easy to use, easy to download, and not hard to manage."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to implement."
"It is open source and therefore affordable for small projects."
"For us, it's important that OpenVPN Access Server is cheap and that we get to use it ourselves."
"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."
"Overall, my best feature of OpenVPN Access Server is the user management, which is very nice because OpenVPN can be quite painful and not very visible."
"OpenVPN Access Server has positively impacted our organization by providing a high, reliable, stable environment, especially for remote work."
"The best features OpenVPN Access Server offers is whitelisting members in my company who have joined recently; it is really easy to use, and it is really easy to set up OpenVPN Access Server as an internal app."
 

Cons

"The tool is not perfectly stable."
"The connections could be faster and more stable."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"My impression of the connection speed using OpenVPN Access Server is that, compared to other VPN solutions, OpenVPN Access Server is a little bit slow, but it is very safe and always connects."
"It could include a configuration wizard so that users who do not follow instructions well can configure a connection."
"The product is fully customized through configuration files, which is all achieved through manual data entry."
"The main area for OpenVPN Access Server improvement is its pricing model, as the concurrent user license gets expensive quickly as the organization grows, so more flexible pricing options would be a huge plus for AVIARC."
"One improvement I would like to see in OpenVPN is better adaptability in certain geographical areas."
"This solution should improve the connection speed and the user interface. The stability of this solution should be improved as well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is an open-source solution, so we don't pay for anything."
"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."
"The solution is free of cost."
"The solution was free of charge."
"The product offers yearly as well as monthly subscription plans. It has moderate pricing."
"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."
"Begin with the community version and upgrade to paid one if the need arises."
"I don't need to pay for its license since it is an open-source tool."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business45
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise25
 

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What needs improvement with OpenVPN Access Server?
There are definitely areas for improvement. A broader network level access faces challenges, and the clustering configuration seems insufficient, posing a single point of failure. Moreover, patch m...
 

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