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OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey vs VNS3 comparison

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Categories and Ranking

OpenVPN Community Edition -...
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
SSL VPN (5th)
VNS3
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
AWS Marketplace (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey and VNS3 aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is designed for SSL VPN and holds a mindshare of 3.0%.
VNS3, on the other hand, focuses on AWS Marketplace, holds 0.3% mindshare, down 0.3% since last year.
SSL VPN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey3.0%
Ivanti Connect Secure13.4%
Citrix Gateway12.0%
Other71.6%
SSL VPN
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VNS30.3%
SettleMint DALP0.4%
Arcus Cloud with single node0.3%
Other99.0%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

Abhishek Saini - PeerSpot reviewer
Professional Services Engineer at Next7 IT
Standardized remote access has boosted secure client support and improved team coordination
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is very flexible, but there are features that would significantly improve day-to-day operations, especially in MSPs. The biggest improvement I would see is better centralized management, easier routing and network virtualization, more advanced built-in monitoring and reporting, simplified certificate lifecycle management, and stronger integrations with identity providers. One thing we often wish for is something similar to enterprise VPN dashboards where we can instantly see who is connected, which routes are active, failed authentication attempts, and tunnel health. Overall, the core VPN engine itself is solid, but most frustrations are really around management, visibility, scalability, and operational convenience rather than the tunnel functionality itself. The biggest friction point with OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is usually around configuration complexity and troubleshooting, especially in more complex client networks. I encounter issues whenever there are routing and subnet issues, DNS resolution problems, certificates and client configuration management challenges, limited centralized management in the community edition, or documentation dependency.
FA
Analytics Engineer at acquisition.ai
Centralized networking has secured multi-cloud data pipelines and improves analytics reliability
VNS3 could improve in terms of ease of setup, as while it is powerful, initial configuration for complex multi-cloud topologies can still feel quite technical and requires strong networking knowledge. Another potential improvement would be to tighten native integration with modern data stack tools; Airflow, dbt, and cloud data warehouses can benefit from more out-of-the-box connectivity templates. Additionally, the user interface and observability experience could be more modern and intuitive, especially for quickly diagnosing network flows without diving deep into logs. A pain point regarding needed improvements is that troubleshooting can still feel quite network engineering heavy. For data teams in my organization, we often want more pipeline-level visibility, such as directly seeing which ETL jobs or data flows are impacted when a tunnel or route changes. I would also appreciate more automation around policy setup, such as having auto-generated secure network templates for common data architectures such as AWS to Snowflake or on-premises to BigQuery, which would significantly reduce setup time.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Overall, we use OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey to protect internal infrastructure, support secure remote work, reduce public exposure, and improve access governance."
"OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey has made a remarkable compute saving from the perspective when we need secure communication to connect to the AWS cloud tenant and is a quick, efficient solution rather than looking forward to any other solution."
"The flexibility of OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey positively impacts my experience because being able to access all my files and other applications on any device, even when I am away from home, makes it certainly valuable."
"OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey has positively impacted my organization by satisfying my use cases because all four of us are working from different places and logging in from different IPs, which could be suspicious."
"OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey has been a reliable solution for secure remote connectivity, working well for organizations looking for a cost-effective VPN solution."
"Regarding outcomes such as improved productivity, I can say that using OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey, we enhance our development experience and our security experience significantly."
"OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is the best in class client VPN solution that one can opt for."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability and user-friendly UI."
"People should try VNS3 as we have not faced any issues with this product and I recommend it to others."
"VNS3 has positively impacted my organization by centralizing management and reducing operations overhead in terms of manpower and cost."
 

Cons

"The biggest friction point with OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is usually around configuration complexity and troubleshooting, especially in more complex client networks."
"I would like to see an improvement in OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey by adding a feature that shows user activity after connecting to the VPN."
"I would like to get less updates from the solution."
"OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey can be improved by looking forward to recommendations regarding compute sizing, which is necessary."
"The product's initial setup phase is not straightforward, making it an area where improvements are required."
"OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey can be improved with easier setup, a built-in web dashboard, better user management, and strong reporting."
"OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey can be improved in overall performance, that is, speed, especially when we are talking about the transmission of a large amount of data."
"I find the initial setup and configuration process of OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey very challenging for our organization, as it takes time to load, especially for beginners without an experienced admin."
"VNS3 could improve in terms of ease of setup, as while it is powerful, initial configuration for complex multi-cloud topologies can still feel quite technical and requires strong networking knowledge."
"VNS3 could benefit from additional features such as the ability to share files through a pre-signed URL, which would be useful for team members to collaborate."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
23%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
28%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Healthcare Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?
I would like to see an improvement in OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey by adding a feature that shows user activity after connecting to the VPN. Currently, OpenVPN Community Edition -...
What advice do you have for others considering OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?
I purchased OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey through the AWS Marketplace. My advice for others looking into using OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is that if you really ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is completely free. There is no pricing, no setup cost, and no licensing. OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is not mainly an AI-based pla...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VNS3?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VNS3 are reasonable at the current price.
What needs improvement with VNS3?
VNS3 could benefit from additional features such as the ability to share files through a pre-signed URL, which would be useful for team members to collaborate. Implementing pre-signed URL functiona...
What is your primary use case for VNS3?
VNS3 is primarily used for backup and storage purposes, allowing us to maintain our daily logs and store them there. For compliance requirements, we archive files and other storage on VNS3. When we...
 

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