We performed a comparison between OpenVPN Access Server and Sangfor SSL VPN 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."
"OpenVPN Access Server is very stable."
"Provides privacy and cryptography for my network communication."
"The compatibility with almost any Linux operating system, and how easy it is to write scripts and generate keys for people to use and log in. I found it easy to deploy quickly."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Security is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable thing about OpenVPN Access Server is its ease of use."
"OpenVPN Access Server is cheap, and we get to use it ourselves. It is also a stable solution."
"I have set the default routes to the VPN server so that all traffic is encrypted."
"The platform is easy to use."
"It is a stable solution...The initial setup of the product is very easy."
"Sangfor SSL VPN provides secure encryption for communication."
"The most valuable feature is our ability to limit access by user, IP address, or MAC address."
"Sangfor SSL VPN is a secure and user-friendly solution."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"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."
"The interface could be a little bit better in future iterations."
"I would like to see continued advanced security implementation."
"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."
"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."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"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."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
"The technical support team takes around two months to respond to queries. It is very time-consuming."
"I think Sangfor can provide a web-based SSL VPN version."
"Sangfor SSL VPN should provide advanced protection against ransomware and better data analysis."
"In redundancy mode, when the firewall goes off, the VPN should be able to connect to the secondary firewall automatically."
"No solution is perfect, so there is room for improvement."
OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 43 reviews while Sangfor SSL VPN is ranked 16th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 5 reviews. OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4, while Sangfor SSL VPN is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor SSL VPN writes "A secure and user-friendly solution that is simple to implement and configure". 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, whereas Sangfor SSL VPN is most compared with Sangfor EasyConnect, Peplink SpeedFusion, AWS Direct Connect, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Hillstone E-Series. See our OpenVPN Access Server vs. Sangfor SSL VPN report.
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