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OpenVPN Access Server (10 Connected Devices) / Self-Hosted VPN

OpenVPN Inc. | 2.13.1

Linux/Unix, Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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4 AWS reviews

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419 reviews
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4-star reviews ( Show all reviews )

    Alex T.

Simple and solid!

  • August 19, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

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!
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.


    Alex T.

Simple and solid!

  • August 19, 2024
  • Review provided by G2

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!
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.


    Information Technology and Services

Great project but definitely not enterprise-ready yet

  • August 14, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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
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
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure access to our environments


    Information Technology and Services

Great project but definitely not enterprise-ready yet

  • August 14, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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
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
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure access to our environments


    Computer & Network Security

Easy VPN I would recommend.

  • August 13, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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.


    Computer & Network Security

Easy VPN I would recommend.

  • August 13, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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.


    Aviation & Aerospace

Best access server we tried

  • August 13, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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


    Aviation & Aerospace

Best access server we tried

  • August 13, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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


    Information Technology and Services

VPN client with many features

  • July 29, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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


    Information Technology and Services

VPN client with many features

  • July 29, 2024
  • Review verified by G2

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