
OpenVPN Access Server (50 Connected Devices) / Self-Hosted VPN
OpenVPN Inc. | 2.13.1Linux/Unix, Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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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.
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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
Easy VPN I would recommend.
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, secure. Great UI. Setup is was painless
What do you dislike about the product?
Logging in every day is a pain. It could cache the authentication at least for a week.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This solves the issue of accessing our dev and test servers. Secures our environment.
Best access server we tried
What do you like best about the product?
the easy deployment process is one of the things we appreciate
What do you dislike about the product?
I think you need to redesign the web interface, maybe add filters on searching
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main problem that OVPN AS resolves is the access to our data
VPN client with many features
What do you like best about the product?
Compared to other VPN clients I have used this has so many more features like connection stats and connecting via url
What do you dislike about the product?
When I first started using it I struggled a little to understand how exactly to use it. I didn;t feel it was intuitive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps you to connect to your Virtual private Cloud(or server) using VPN (Virtual private network). I personally used to establish client to site connection my aws vpc
Действительно легко реализовать
What do you like best about the product?
OpenVPN Access Server was easily deployed in a cloud environment. User configuration, integration with the authentication system, and the ease that customers have in using the connection client are great benefits of this solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
При масштабировании использования решения его стоимость/выгода начинает вызывать споры по сравнению с другими более сложными решениями.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
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Stable VPN solution
What do you like best about the product?
What I appreciate the most about OpenVPN Access Server is its remarkable stability. We implemented a self-hosted server in our company over four years ago, and we have encountered no issues thus far. It operates swiftly and reliably.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I like least in my experience with OpenVPN server is the web interface for creating access groups. While the interface allows you to create multiple groups with different routes to various networks, it does not allow you to name those routes. Consequently, over time, administration becomes quite challenging, as one cannot remember which network range corresponds to each.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In our company, we use AWS as our cloud provider, and within AWS, we have multiple private networks with numerous servers and applications. Thanks to the use of OpenVPN, our employees can access these resources privately and securely.
Good cloud vpn access software
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to configure , allow me to manage access to my AWS ec2s
What do you dislike about the product?
Not working when using Fortinet client.
User management interface.
User management interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Acssess management to AWS EC2 instances
Great experience, a bit expensive
What do you like best about the product?
The easy-to-use dashboard and management
What do you dislike about the product?
The price is too high and no middle classes are available
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure connection to our systems
Open source safest virtual private network
What do you like best about the product?
its an open-source tool
It helps us to securely access our internal services, k8, DBs etc
Its relatives faster
It makes our system secured as it sends data through TCP and UDP
It also supports IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
It is supported by many types of devices like desktop , mobiles of Mac, android , windows, ios, Linux etc
It helps us to securely access our internal services, k8, DBs etc
Its relatives faster
It makes our system secured as it sends data through TCP and UDP
It also supports IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
It is supported by many types of devices like desktop , mobiles of Mac, android , windows, ios, Linux etc
What do you dislike about the product?
Configuration is not that easy.
Doesnt always run well on mobiles
Doesnt always run well on mobiles
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us to securely access our internal services, k8, DBs etc
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