Our primary use case for OpenVPN is remote connectivity for clients in the mining exploration industry, specifically for winter road and ice road access.
OpenVPN Access Server / Self-Hosted VPN (BYOL)
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OpenVPN does the job
What do you like best about the product?
Simplicity, stability, and ease of implementation have been big for us.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is a low-feature VPN. There is not a lot of the bells and whistles you see with other enterprise VPNs
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN is providing a low-management IT VPN solution for us on top of our standard user VPN.
Remote connectivity solution with client familiarity and OS integration for winter road access
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of OpenVPN are its ease of use, client familiarity, end-user familiarity, operating system integration, and price points. The scalability is a bonus since it allows running on any hardware. It's part of our client stack for all of our clients' VPNs and is a de facto standard for an endpoint VPN solution.
What needs improvement?
OpenVPN could improve in centralized management and enhance the GUI configuration steps. Although it's straightforward, if I don't know what I am doing, ease of use and configuration might be challenging. I would rate ease of configuration around a five or six out of ten.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have had experience with OpenVPN for several years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of OpenVPN is very good. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate it an eight.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would give OpenVPN a six out of ten for scalability, as it's usually a single user or single device.
How are customer service and support?
I have not dealt with support or customer service, however, the documentation is good, and I would rate it a seven out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have not switched from another solution as OpenVPN is part of the default stack with most of our routers.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for OpenVPN is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
It's a one-person job for implementation, and all of our technicians can deploy it.
What was our ROI?
There is not much to mention in terms of return on investment, other than providing standard VPN connectivity.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing is excellent as the pricing is free.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We are slowly replacing it with WireGuard solutions.
What other advice do I have?
OpenVPN could improve the GUI and configuration steps. Overall, it's a straightforward deployment, however, it would be challenging for someone without technical knowledge. I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Best solution for a Self hosted VPN
What do you like best about the product?
Especially after COVID, the scenario of work from home , using OpenVPN is such a easy thing, no unnecessary complications , you can just implement it fast, and it also integrates with your exisitng infra.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing much , while my job mostly used command prompt and its always fast enough to configure and start working.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Job requires connecting to multiple teams , sometimes at different locations while tradition VPN solutions are there, we usually create own tunnels for different projects for which openvpn will be really useful.
OpenVPN access Server works for Small Bussines
What do you like best about the product?
Active Directory integration, working clients for Mac, Windows and Linux, ease of use. Affordable
What do you dislike about the product?
We have had no downsides using OpenVPN access server
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OpenVPN Access Server is our solution for our hybrid workforce, works very solidly, with no issues, keeps employees in touch with what's happening on site.
Easy to connect and use
What do you like best about the product?
It's blazing fast and easy to use. I like the interface.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the application does not open.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm able to access my company website without issues and we use vpn for work.
Simple and solid!
What do you like best about the product?
We've been using OpenVPN connect for nearly 2 years to allow our DevOps team conneciton into AWS resource.
It was quick to push out to our user base with InTune and easy to setup SAML to use Entra 365 MFA authentication. Solid and simple UI with easy to access connection logs.
Having contacted support twice I was connected with the right folk immediately, no messing around with first line - straight to the devs!
It was quick to push out to our user base with InTune and easy to setup SAML to use Entra 365 MFA authentication. Solid and simple UI with easy to access connection logs.
Having contacted support twice I was connected with the right folk immediately, no messing around with first line - straight to the devs!
What do you dislike about the product?
Users with slightly flakey wifi connections can get annoyed with having to re-authenticate using their MFA device.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Provides secure MFA protected access to our AWS environments.
Easy to set up to allow access to internal networks or VMs
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to configure, easy for end users to connect to network or VMs as necessary
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing I that comes to mind, maybe just the price per license
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allowing us to give access to our internal network and VMs
Secure your access for internal resources using Open VPN
What do you like best about the product?
Security ,Cost-Effectiveness ,Ease of Use &Compliance
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing as of now. It does give trouble connecting though which is temperorary
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are a SaaS Global Company & we wanted to use a VPN connection for our employees internally. We did evaluate couple of tools in the space mainly Cisco & Open VPN. Costs and maintainance of OpenVPN is far lower than cisco. It has all the features that an ISO aduit would require. Trust worthy tool & support is excellent
Great project but definitely not enterprise-ready yet
What do you like best about the product?
Pros:
- easy to admin and use
- most platforms supported
- supports per-user and per-group customizations (like auth and routing), SAML and custom auth
- responsive support team
- easy to admin and use
- most platforms supported
- supports per-user and per-group customizations (like auth and routing), SAML and custom auth
- responsive support team
What do you dislike about the product?
Cons:
- in a cluster configuration it's impossible to customize all member servers from a single interface - admin UI switches you to a certain server and then you need to switch back to the cluster configuration; can't see all connected users (have to switch between cluster members)
- you can't restrict vpn connections to certain IPs/subnets for a user or group
- can't tweak vpn connections to fight against DPIs
- support team is responsive but helpless - all our feature requests were ignored by their developers
- no publicly available development roadmap
- inability to track vpn user activities as compliance requires
- in a cluster configuration it's impossible to customize all member servers from a single interface - admin UI switches you to a certain server and then you need to switch back to the cluster configuration; can't see all connected users (have to switch between cluster members)
- you can't restrict vpn connections to certain IPs/subnets for a user or group
- can't tweak vpn connections to fight against DPIs
- support team is responsive but helpless - all our feature requests were ignored by their developers
- no publicly available development roadmap
- inability to track vpn user activities as compliance requires
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure access to our environments
Functional VPN service
What do you like best about the product?
It is a cost-effective service to provide VPN capabilities to a small business.
What do you dislike about the product?
The group and user administration part is not as intuitive and simple as I would like it to be.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Remote access for third parties. An economical way to keep it separate from remote access for corporate users.
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