--- title: OpenVPN Access Server Reviews meta_title: 'OpenVPN Access Server Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 357 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how OpenVPN Access Server works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 357 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: Network Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/network-security --- # OpenVPN Access Server Reviews **Vendor:** OpenVPN **Category:** [Business VPN Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/business-vpn) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 357 ## About OpenVPN Access Server OpenVPN Access Server is a full-featured SSL self-hosted VPN software solution that integrates OpenVPN server capabilities, enterprise management capabilities, simplified OpenVPN Connect UI, and OpenVPN Client software packages that accommodate Windows, MAC, and Linux, mobile OS (Android and iOS) environments. OpenVPN Access Server supports a wide range of configurations, including secure and granular remote access to internal network and/ or private cloud network resources and applications with fine-grained access control. ## OpenVPN Access Server Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users praise the **ease of use** of OpenVPN Access Server, finding it simple and effective once set up. (38 reviews) - Users find the **easy setup** of OpenVPN Access Server invaluable for quick and efficient deployment across multiple devices. (31 reviews) - Users value the **robust security** of OpenVPN Access Server, ensuring reliable and compliant remote access solutions. (28 reviews) - Users value the **easy installation** of OpenVPN Access Server, enabling quick setup and intuitive management for all users. (23 reviews) - Users appreciate the **ease of installation and use** of OpenVPN Access Server for efficient VPN management. (20 reviews) - Ease of Connection (16 reviews) - Customer Support (14 reviews) - Simple (14 reviews) - Secure Access (13 reviews) - Deployment Ease (12 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **configuration process complex** , especially without support for the latest Ubuntu and manual user management. (16 reviews) - Users find OpenVPN Access Server **expensive** , especially for small teams needing fewer than ten licenses. (15 reviews) - Users feel OpenVPN Access Server has a **lack of features** , particularly missing a user-friendly GUI and essential functionalities. (9 reviews) - Users frequently face **connectivity issues** with OpenVPN Access Server, often needing multiple attempts to connect successfully. (6 reviews) - Users find the **learning curve steep** , struggling with complex documentation and advanced feature setups in OpenVPN Access Server. (5 reviews) - Limited Features (5 reviews) - Poor Documentation (5 reviews) - Slow Speed (5 reviews) - Users report that the **support services are poor** , impacting their overall experience with OpenVPN Access Server. (4 reviews) - Complex Setup (3 reviews) ## OpenVPN Access Server Reviews ### 1. OpenVPN allows easy, secure VPN connections to remote and cloud servers **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Seth R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 02, 2020 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Very easy to configure and implement, excellent security features, very easy to use and reliable. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Managing multiple connection configurations can be a little bit cumbersome to get setup in the software, but once you complete the configuration, it becomes extremely simple to use - just set it and forget it! **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a secure method to connect to our remote servers and to Amazon Web Services cloud servers. OpenVPN provided those capabilities wonderfully, and all for free! ### 2. Crazy and high-performing protocol but client absolutely needs to be reviewed, both on Windows and Linux **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Domenico A. | Senior System automation engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN server is a high-performance and highly secure stack that is constantly updated to deploy various types of VPNs with full control and management of all available security options to pass only the configuration files to the end users. What needs to be reviewed as soon as possible is the Windows client and the Linux shell, which lack any graphic design, lack clarity on the available security options, and are not very secure in terms of managing saved sessions. Until they are updated, OpenVPN will be half crippled and half a marathon runner. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** As I have already said, the clients need to be completely revised because they do not allow easy identification of the options to choose, and considering that they often end up in the hands of end users on PCs or laptops who only need to connect without having IT and networking knowledge, it is necessary to make the GUIs much more user-friendly and less complex, as well as more secure for people who may not clearly understand what type of files and sessions they are operating with, given that often behind a VPN server runs the backbone and servers of an entire organization. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provide and obtain access to Linux resources, primarily Load balancers and related Ubuntu Server nodes, in a secure manner (clients always demand higher and at the same time reliable security standards, especially after the VORACLE bug that led to the exploitation of thousands of VPN servers), performant and fast through tuning that allows processing VPN packets via Hardware on custom firewall appliances like pfSense or similar. ### 3. OpenVPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John-Austin G. | Product Manager, Consumer Experience, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2020 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is a solution that I use in my office as well as at home. OpenVPN allows me to treat myself with my private VPN server from a device of my choice. Thanks to OpenVPN, I can safely use open hotspot networks and also use the safe Internet during my travels. An additional advantage is the fact that OpenVPN has a user-friendly web interface for managing the server. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The only thing I don't like is that the free license is only available for 2 devices. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN is one of the best VPN protocols currently available on the market. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** With OpenVPN, I can safely treat my company's server in the chosen location. ### 4. OpenVPN Reliable Solid and Safe. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lisandro V. | Administrador de empresa, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is a completely reliable software, I can make VPN connections in a simple and easy way. In addition, it is very profitable, it is very economical compared to other vpn solutions. I have used OpenVPN in our company and the result is always positive, the quality of security is very high and provides stability in all its connections. I can use OpenVPN even on my mobile device, that way I have access to the corporate network from any of my electronic devices. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I don't like its interface very much, since it is very simple. I wish it was a little more intuitive. The update process is very poor, it is difficult to determine the name of the version to use with wget when updates are available. Everything else is excellent and works very well. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** The cost of OpenVPN is quite cheap, I recommend it to any company that has security problems. It also has a free license that allows you to connect to 2 devices at the same time. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN offers us access to most electronic devices, from laptops to phones, that's why we have access to our network no matter what electronic device we are using. We use OpenVPN to block unauthorized access to the company's database. Also, we can now access blocked websites in our country. In addition, it keeps our data and operations online completely safe. ### 5. I hope it gains the fame it deserves and increasingly becomes a standard among producers. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carmelo B. | IT Security officer (SecOps), Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN, understood both as the set of protocols and as the cross-platform client/server application available for free, deserves the utmost success in the world of networking and security. The era of IKE configurations, authentications through complex chains of certificates, the era of long NAT and firewall settings and rules has ended thanks to OpenVPN, which in a Linux environment has allowed me to set up several site-to-site VPN servers for encrypted communication between some VoIP endpoints with support for OVPN configuration files. These files greatly simplify the life of the SecOps team and network and system administrators who no longer have to spend entire days, weeks, or months manually configuring the correct VPN parameters, client by client. I hope it will be supported by default by more and more manufacturers of PCs, routers, firewalls, phones, and IoT devices. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The Linux client should be reviewed because, despite GTK or the graphics engine being installed, it has no option to be run in GUI mode but only from the command line, which makes it much more difficult for less experienced users who use Linux solely for security and stability purposes, due to their lack of familiarity with the command line. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have created about 18 site-to-site VPNs between Azure and AWS, my HQ and AWS, my HQ and Azure, and my HQ towards the HQs of other clients who have chosen us for the provision of important and/or business-critical services that therefore require total privacy and confidentiality of the data transiting to the WAN or to and from our headquarters. Time saved: about 4 hours per VPN server, approximately 80 hours in total. ### 6. OpenVPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Darren P. | Services Delivery Manager & Desktop Application Migration Consultant , Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I have been using this program for more than three years, although it has shown me to be incoherent on some occasions, I have to say that it has complied with everything set out, offers excellent servers to be free, with stable and excellent speed to navigate, protect your data and stay anonymous to prevent theft of information, an excellent program for anyone.   **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Connection weakness, it does not provide support, the program does not notice if it is disconnected from the server, it can connect to an unwanted server, the speed may decrease, it does not provide additional security. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Connectivity, server diversity in different countries, free, user-friendliness and installation, network security, identity protection, stable speed, anonymity guaranteed.  **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can have a secure connection to my server, so I'm no longer worried about using free WiFi in public areas. ### 7. A tool that can be setted up easily. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emily Valentina S. | QA Tester, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's very easy to set up when you get used to it. The option to save credentials is great, because I don't have to write them every time that I want to connect the VPN. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Sometimes it gets disconnected by itself and it's a bit annoying, because it seems that the server is down and it takes some time to connect it again when you restart it. Also, when you are logged with the same user in 2 devices at same time, the connection speed is slower in one of the two devices. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** When you're configuring the VPN, you should save logs in a different folder that it's not in the program archive and then change the route from OpenVPN options. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's possible to set one IP provided by the company, so the clients can filter that IP from the rest of traffic on their pages. ### 8. OpenVPN - My favorite VPN protocol **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Niklas S. | Consultant/Software Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 20, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to set up point-to-point tunnels from other OpenVPN routers to other OpenVPN routers, cross-platform compatibility with apples, windows, androids and Linux devices, lots of assistance and GUI is very easy for window users to use as long as they can remember to open it in the correct corner of the tray and click connect first before attempting to open other network resources such as remote desk. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The interface is easy without any actual use in addition to choosing a server and turning it on. Would you like to see a bandwidth monitor, server CPU use **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** I recommend using OpenVPN on the fact that it is a solution available for free on different platforms. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It was positive because it met the demands for which it was intended, is effective and of quality, and I suggest it because it is a helpful instrument in terms of the safety of private and business data. ### 9. VPN everywhere with every device **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mattia D. | Product Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2020 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** You can access the company VPN using any device (laptop, smartphone, tablet, ...) **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to use but extremely poor in options **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Remember to try this software with your mobile devices. You won't regret! **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I'm travelling for work, I can access the company VPN easily using the mobile connectivity. It makes my job easier! ### 10. OpenVPN - Robust VPN protocol with many possibilities **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarah H. | Network Control Support Specialist , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is primarily a free solution for creating an open source virtual private network. This allows you to create encrypted "point-to-point" or "server-client"; channels between devices. With it, you can establish a connection for non-NATO devices or a firewall that does not require changing settings. Securing data streams is guaranteed by the OpenSSL library, which enables all available encryption algorithms. Another significant advantage of OpenVPN is that it is compatible with most of the operating systems and devices used. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Creating your own server can be problematic for users who have no experience with server management. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** I recommend using OpenVPN to all users looking for a secure VPN protocol. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN allows me to connect to my private server, so I can securely access the network anywhere. ### 11. OpenVPN for networks protection **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Felicia M. | Project Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 29, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is allows me to tunnel any IP network using UDP or TCP port. One of the main things that I like about it is that it is equipped with a 256-AES-CBC encryption for maximizing our network security and keep our internal communication safe. This tool is great to tunnel networks through firewalls connections without having to use/change any firewall rules. Setting up the network is somehow easy and flexibility but with some experience anyone can get a very high connection speed and a great performance. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Customer support are not responsive. It takes a lot of communication and time to fix a problem with them. It is always better to look for one of the professional support forum with people who have experience with OpenVPN. They are really helpful. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN is a convenient open source system that can maximize any network security. It is widely available and there are many available tutorials online how to use it and get the most our of it in protecting networks. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN provides us with a great and secured internal network with a a very high connection speed that is compatible with both windows and Mac applications. ### 12. Flexible open source VPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christropher F. | Software developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I like Openvpn because it is an open source and flexible software that supports using different type of devices and operating systems like windows, android and IOS) all together. The two-factor authentication is a great option to maximize the network security. Openvpn is very useful in creating a secure network tunnel that is IP protected. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Requires prior knowledge and experience to be able to do make the right configurations. It is also important to keep backups from all the working configuration files. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN offers a secure network that is flexible and well protected. It might require watching some tutorials but once you know how to do the right configurations, it works great. I definitely recommend it **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Openvpn is very useful to use while developing our authentication modules because of its strong encryption system. It also offers a great system to establish a virtual private network that is safe and well protected. ### 13. OpenVPN - Free VPN solution available for everyone. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kristian T. | Product Designer, Design, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is a multi-platform solution (compatible with most popular systems and mobile devices), valued by users around the world, VPN server, which allows you to set up a connection between the host and a local computer encrypted with the use of OpenSSL library, supporting authentication with keys, as well as certificates, username and password, and, in a version for Windows, additional cards. Additional advantages of the application are support for NAT machines, dynamic IP addresses, high scalability, and load balancing mechanism. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** - A free license allows you to connect a limited number of devices. - Setting up a private server can be difficult for new users. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN, I recommend a user who is planning to create a private VPN. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Thanks to OpenVPN, I can safely use public networks in a chosen place in the world and bypass the regional blockade. ### 14. Great for Work! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex M. | Disputes and Claims Coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is very to use for our staff. Our staff uses this specifically to access sites that are inaccessible by the public without having a VPN account on our enterprise OpenVPN account. This is an amazing service to have. It really helps with security flaws and breaches since almost any backend only works locally. The cost of use is also very effective for our company and totally worth it and cheap! **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** To be completely HONEST, I don't really dislike anything about OpenVPN. If anything, although this is a very small complaint, the price can be a little high? That's just being picky I suppose. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN is a very good way to secure your unsecured network if needed. I would recommend this to a company who is having security problems with people attempting to breach your system or if you want to have it as a safety precaution before it happens. It's a very smart thing to do either way! **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're able to finally have a secure network for our staff to connect to without the fear of being vulnerable to attacks or even worse, BEING hacked. ### 15. Fast & Secure VPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adam S. | IT Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It is a reliable, fast and Secure VPN tool. It is a great tool for me, it works very well. Also, I like that I can use the same account on my mobile, ipad and PC. Very suitable for different operating systems and easy to setup with no issues. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Didn't face any issues so far while using Open VPN. It is a straight forward software. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Highly Recommended. I highly rely on OpenVPN is an effective tool that I rely on because it is safe and secure to use while connecting to important database and maintaining a secure network. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Open VPN is an effective tool that I rely on because it is safe and secure to use while connecting to important database related to our IT department. ### 16. OpenVPN, a wonderful service that has details to repair. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 04, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN allows you to surf the internet as if you were located at a specific geographical point, allowing you to enjoy the freedoms offered by this place. A particularity of OpenVPN is that it offers its service to companies so that its workers can work as if they were in the preferred site of this company. It is a service with an affordable price for anyone who wants to use it. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Occasionally, OpenVPN has sudden disconnections, which, in many cases, suddenly expels its users from the website they are working on. Sometimes I have had to test websites that can only be opened by residents of the UK, and when disconnecting OpenVPN I have been expelled from them, interrupting my work and sometimes preventing me from re-entering the site. It was these disconnections for no apparent reason that made us switch to Open VPN for Amazon Web Services, the latter offers a VPS service that is much more stable. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** I recommend that anyone who wants to use OpenVPN is to prepare to experience occasional disconnections from the service which could interfere with their work. If you don't mind this detail then this VPN is for you. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** At the time, OpenVPN helped us to perform tests and any other kind of work on web pages that required an IP address that did not belong to the United States. However, due to its multiple disconnections we had to replace this with Amazon Web Services. ### 17. Great open source software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel C. | Application Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is an easy software with open source software, which allows you to create encrypted virtual tunnels for secure communication and data transfer. This allows me to easily, quickly and securely connect to their work and home network. It has useful application for Android, tailored to the needs of the user or administrator. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** People who are not ready, it's a little hard to understand why I have to explain the use of the new employees. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** I have never seen such advanced services like OpenVPN offers. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** This allows me to remotely access my work network, to control access to the data of the employee and to protect clients' data. ### 18. Helped save my job! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Religious Institutions | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 18, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Because of using the openVpn, I am able to remotely access our company server from anywhere in the world. Since I have a primarily administrative job, but also do a bit of traveling, this has allowed me to stay connected. I also recently had to move out of state for family, but was able to keep my job since I had the access to files.. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I sometimes miss updates and have to connect with a tech team to help fix that. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** This has allowed multiple staff to work from home (during acclimate weather) or on the road when needed. So nothing gets missed or delayed due to other circumstances. In my line of work, that's pretty important for our clients. ### 19. An ехсеllеnt solutіon to ассеss wіndows іn othеr сountrіеs **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Reginald W. | Marketing Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** A fundаmеntаl сhаrасtеrіstіс of thіs softwаrе іs іts аdарtаbіlіty аnd еаsе of usе, but thе most іmрortаnt thіng іs thе rеsults іt рrovіdеs. Wіth just асtіvаtе іt oреns а wіndow to thе world, аn еndlеss аmount of сontеnt thаt gеogrарhісаl bаrrіеrs сould not ассеss. Whеn I sеаrсh for rеfеrеnсеs for аdvеrtіsіng саmраіgns, іt іs nесеssаry to hаvе thе most oрtіons аnd OреnVPN gіvеs you thе oрtіon to sеаrсh thе world wіthout rеstrісtіons. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I dіslіkе thаt I hаvе suсh а long раssword аnd thаt thеrе doеsn't sееm to bе аn obvіous oрtіon for hаvіng thе раssword storеd іn thе systеm. I sаvе thе раssword іn MS Word аnd thеn hаvе to сoрy раstе іt to сonnесt. Sееms lіkе а wаstе of tіmе. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Connесtіng to іntеrnаl systеms loсаtеd іn vаrіous раrts of thе world wіthout thе nееd for а Publіс-fасіng Intеrnеt сonnесtіon **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I hаvе to work from homе somе tіmе, аnd аll my rеsourсеs аrе рrеsеnt from thе offісе LAN nеtwork. Usіng dynаmіс DNS аnd LAN рееr to рееr сonnесtіon now I саn ассеss аll thе іnformаtіon from my offісе nеtwork. It solvеs lots of my рroblеm, thе bеst іs іt іs а frее solutіon аnd I саn сonfіgurе іt аll by mysеlf. ### 20. Opensource, fast, reliable and configurable VPN software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Oleksandr T. | Product Owner, E-Learning, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Stable and reliable performance. In the config file of a specific server, you can specify a lot of necessary options. Simple switching between servers via GUI. Other VPN services usually provide OpenVPN config-files for their servers. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It is necessary to prescribe in the config files the option to protect against DNS leaks, in other VPN services this is usually already taken into account by default. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** If you need to quickly install and use a VPN and you have an average knowledge of IT, then this solution is for you. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have several development teams in different countries, one of which blocks the web resources of the other. The software we develop under the strict NDA and the security service limits contact with the outside world. Therefore, we need security in communications and encryption when visiting other web resources. Therefore, in our case, Vpn has become a panacea for all security problems. ### 21. All in all a really good VPN service. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John Kristian A. | CTO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 09, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Simple management. VYOS implementation is GREAT. Running it as VM works perfectly. Been using it for both private pvn, enterprise vpn and connecting to vpn trough other countries for several years and I love how easy it is. Mobile support is also really great. There are also a huge benefit that it's open source and community good support is also nice to have. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Windows client is sketchy. Doesn't reconnect as it should. Drops out from time to time. It those things can be fixed, the product would be absolutely perfect. But it's not a big issue. Reconnecting after sleep mode would be nice. Reconnecting after drop out would be REALLY nice. There are still some effort that can be made on the different clients. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** There are not much else I would reccomend. I've tried several others, like checkpoint mobile and Cisco and it's not better than openvpn. OpenVPN is faster, easier and has more features. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Per now using it instead of MS Direct access. Easy for outside clients to connect if you want that, since you have a downloadable client. It allows me to fix problems for my users and controll my infrastructure when I'm out traveling, and that is the thing I appreciate most. ### 22. A solid, secure VPN solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex H. | Senior Director, Systems Operations, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** - The OpenVPN Access Server AMI is a great out of the box VPN solution for your AWS VPC. - We were able to easily connect to our Active Directory in AWS to the OpenVPN Access Server and enable 2-factor requirements via Google Authenticator. - Supports PAM, RADIUS, and LDAP. - This solution replaced our clients deprecated PPTP solution. OpenVPN is consistently rated among the most secure VPN solutions which is why we went with it. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** License management on the openvpn.net could be improved in one regard: allowing users to deactivate and move a license between servers. As you spin up an instance you may need to reconfigure our move your license to a newer server and that requires involving OpenVPN Support to reissue your license. This can take a few hours before they respond but typically they are pretty fast so not a huge negative for us. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simple way to connect to our AWS VPC with 2-factor authentication tied to our Active Directory. ### 23. A Grеаt VPN for mаny usеs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Florence R. | Project Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I lovе thаt OреnVPN tаkеs thе сomрlехіty out of еstаblіshіng rеmotе сonnесtіons аnd mаkеs thіngs suреr-еаsy, rеlіаblе, аnd а brееzе to troublеshoot. I like that now it is not necessary to run complex programs in order to connect to a remote computer via an encrypted connection. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Not аll my ехреrіеnсеs аrе swееt or grаtе. Thе fіrst сonnесtіon I mаdе wаs not rеасhаblе аnd hаvе to try othеr рoрulаtеd сonnесtіons for slow sрееd. But most likely it was set up in my company. So, in general, the service is very simple and works without failures. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Bеіng oреn sourсе, іt’s сonstаntly bеіng іmрrovеd, рlus іt’s сomраtіblе wіth most рlаtforms аnd vеry аdарtіvе to VPN softwаrе сlіеnts. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Whеn I nееd to work out of thе offісе аnd stіll ассеss thе dаtа wаrеhousе I usе thіs tool. It аllows mе to bе morе flехіblе іn my work loсаtіon. ### 24. Powerful VPN tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John W. | IT administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Open source that is easy to configure for anyone with just basic IT knowledge. It is a great solution for traffic tunneling and building secured networks using OpenVPN server. The UI is simple to navigate through and managing servers is easy. OpenVPN is can be used for many purposes in the IT field **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The customer support service is very slow in responding back. Not enough tutorials available online for beginners.. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN is great opensource tool that help in building secured networks that can be remotely accessed from anywhere. I highly recommended for anyone working in the IT field. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Building secure networks that can be accessed remotely by our IT department. ### 25. Oреn sourсе аnd vеry еаsy to usе **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alan C. | Quality Assurance Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Thіs рroduсt hаs а rеаlly аwеsomе futurе аnd lots of usеrs usіng so еаsy to gеt hеlр. Thе сodе іs oреnsourсе аnd еаsy to usе, аnyonе саn сhаngе аll thеy nееd. I usеd іt for рееr to рееr сonnесtіon аnd іt іs fаst. Plugіns аvаіlаblе, іf you wаnt to hіdе your іdеntіty, I trіеd somе tіmе but іt іs not my сuр of tеа. I рrеfеr tor ovеr oреnvрn for thіs рurрosе. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Rеаlly nееd to know аlot аbout nеtworkіng аnd whаt your nееds аrе to сonfіgurе thе sеrvеr sіdе. Confіgurеd іnсorrесtly thіs сould lеаd to mаjor sесurіty іssuеs. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Works wеll. Hаd no рroblеms usіng. Alwаys rеlіаblе реrformаnсе **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ovеrаll аftеr workіng through thе sеtuр аnd сonfіgurаtіon oрtіons thе dаy to dаy usе іs sеаmlеss аnd strаіght forwаrd. Onсе you gеt ovеr thе lеаrnіng сurvе thіs іs а grеаt sеlf hostеd vрn sеrvісе. ### 26. OpenVPN - Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexandre V. | Sales Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is easy to configure a solution for tunneling our traffic to the OpenVPN server. The main advantage of OpenVPN is the fact that it is a very safe and free OpenVPN solution, compatible with most platforms available on the market, so we can also cover the protection of mobile devices that we use. OpenVPN is a very easy solution in the configuration allows you to install an interface that will help, managing the server created for us, so surely the installation of the server will cope with the people interested in IT. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** - The free license has a limited number of devices that can connect to the server. - Setting up a server with a terminal can be difficult for beginners. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** If you want to create a VPN server that will enable you to browse the Internet safely, you should consider using the OpenVPN protocol for this purpose, especially since it has gained the trust of many VPN service providers. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Thanks to using OpenVPN I can safely connect to the company database without worrying about data leakage. ### 27. One of the best VPN clients on the market **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Glenn R. | Software Technical Support, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 08, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is a great VPN tool. A lot of operating systems natively support VPN, however try to set one up and you will notice the limitations. OpenVPN is incredibly easy to setup and use. We use this tool to allow users to access the same network. Connecting is a breeze and there are no bugs. The software is also very secure. Importing certificates is also easy and with literally ever other VPN tool out there this is not the case at all. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** When you first install it through a web browser, you will be asked to login. I have found that for some reason this screen just hangs and does nothing. Not sure what that is about but it does not effect the functioning of the software. T **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Stable and easy to use VPN client **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN is used to allow users to access our internal network without being directly connected. ### 28. NEVER RECEIVED COMPENSATION - MISLEADING **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David J. | Systems Architect, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** When it comes to VPNs, simplicity is king. I downloaded the client, entered the VPN url, and hit connect! After entering my username/password, I was in and that was it. You can't get any simpler than that. NEVER RECEIVED COMPENSATION - MISLEADING **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** While simplicity is definitely king, sometimes there are a few options you wish you would have! Because I can't let local traffic stay local, I ended up having to remote to servers that I could normally access directly. NEVER RECEIVED COMPENSATION - MISLEADING **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Great enterprise class VPN that keeps it simple for end users, but a little lacking for power users that want to get their hands dirty. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** This allowed me to connect to work and an institution from home so I had access to a variety of useful literature and documents. ### 29. Inexpensive and reliable solution **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Oleg S. | Director, IT Operations, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN AS is inexpensive comparing to most of other vpn solutions. It is easy to setup and maintain. It worked without any troubles for 10+ years in different setups. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Antiquated licensing system that does not work well in cloud environment. We have to manually reset license every time we start instance from scratch after updates. As result we have two sets of instances running and two bought two sets of licenses. There is no builtin support for Okta, Onelogin etc. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN is a mature product that does both server and client sides right. If you do not need integration with Okta or similar services OpenVPN is a better solution than all other cheaper alternatives and I tried many of them. It is also easier to maintain and use than more expensive products. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use OpenVPN AS to provide access to internal resources on AWS to developers. ### 30. Great VPN experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Johnathan B. | Network Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It just works! I love how easy it is to access my server and get VPN access going on any device, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. It's easy to install and configure, and I never have any problems with it. Configuring and updating my own server is super simple. In my experience, I've always had some difficulty setting up hardware VPN appliances, but OpenVPN was no-nonsense. I also love that because it's server-based, I have the ability to virtualize the appliance and take advantage of all the benefits that gives me. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There's nothing really I dislike. I'm very content with the way OpenVPN works for my company. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Offering VPN access on a wide range of devices from smartphones to laptops. We have access back into our network no matter what device we are using. ### 31. Open VPN - Create your own VPN now **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adrian K. | Freelance, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN provides us with a set of mechanisms that allows us to build a secure VPN network - it authorizes, authenticates, encrypts and ensures the integrity of the transmitted data. In addition, it protects the server (hub) against DoS attacks and the virtual network against the injection of foreign data. + good support in Linux, Windows and Mac, as well as the ability to advertise single routes. + OpenVPN offers two types of tunnels, which we use depending on specific needs: tun/tap **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** - Problem with using on some mobile devices - Limited free license for 2 devices (license for at least 10 births can be purchased) - The interface could be more friendly. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** If you want to create your own secure vpn, you should consider trying openvpn because it has a free license allowing you to connect to 2 devices at the same time. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Thanks to OpenVPN I can safely use the Internet on all devices without worrying about data leakage. ### 32. More security and digital privacy **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel M. | IT Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Today companies are looking for more security and digital privacy, OpenVPN is an open source encryption protocol that provides both, is powerful and flexible and is compatible with Linux, Windows and Apple, I use it to connect remotely to my company's network and configure users and accesses. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Sometimes it becomes a bit slow and is a bit technical and complex for novice users. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** It is a free service but complicated to use without prior knowledge, in a company is very useful because it offers options to configure and modify the code, but for domestic use I recommend paying for a simpler vpn service. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN helps me control the connections and data access in my organization, we have modified it to fit our needs and it has improved the monitoring of remote workers remarkably. ### 33. An interesting solution with a large user base **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Andrey Z. | Супервайзер, Wholesale, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I really like that the system is open. There are also clients for different operating systems. This is a professional solution and you can choose the server where it will be convenient for you (from Microsoft, Amazon or, for example, Google). Support works well. They told me how to more deeply customize connections to different servers, which allowed me to get the best VPN among competitors. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Initial difficult setup. I had to communicate with support several times and then read many articles on the subject forums to get the best result. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Spend time on the forums or contact support for more flexible configuration. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our connection is always secure. We are also anonymous on the Internet. ### 34. OpenVPN- simple VPN solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Krishan R. | Senior Cloud Operations Engineer , Information Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 22, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Open VPN is Free & Open Source Easy to configure from both Server & client end. Light weight client software available for most OSs. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Sometimes the connection gets slow due to openVPN **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're hiding our Cloud Architecture from public. Was able to remove public IP addresses from our virtual machines in the cloud. ### 35. It is not like other VPN services but something more complex **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joey L. | HR Representative, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is a very interesting software, it is not like other VPN services but something more complex, it allows me to connect remotely to my company's network securely through tunnels with SSL encryption, it also allows me to configure proxies and network access restrictions to remote workers. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There is nothing that bothers me about this software, it's very functional and secure, and it's open source and free. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** It can be modified without problems because it adapts to the needs of the programmer. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows me to work from home with access to my company's servers and information, in our company there are many employees who work remotely and with this software we can create tunnels with limited access to the necessary data. ### 36. Secure, easy and scalable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John G. | Managing Partner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 26, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN offers users a very simple and secure VPN option that is both economical and quick to install. Users are able to easily install it on their client devices. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The update process is very poor. It is very hard to determine the name of the version to use with 'wget' when updates are available. There is no single place to look. Adding users to security groups in AD does not easily translate to VPN access rights. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Before using OpenVPN be sure you understand limitations around group membership and extra requirements that are not as easily implemented. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We typically find customers who have open RDP ports to their network and we can quickly secure that by using OpenVPN. ### 37. Easy to use secure VPN solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew H. | Special Constable, Law Enforcement, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 03, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I use VPN to access my network from a range of different client platforms. The ability to also host the access server from any number of platforms gives me resilience in my setup. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Open VPN is not natively supported on certain clients and on others such as Mac you have to install a third party client. The logging mechanism also sometime does not help in debugging failed connections. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have the ability to work remotely and access resources on the main network when out and about as well as secure my communications channels when on third party Wi-fi etc which gives me security and protection. ### 38. Affordable, easy to setup VPN solution for SMB **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Ease of setup and ease of install are the best features. Also it's nice to be able to tie security permissions to specific active directory groups. very easy to install updates and manage on a server. one of our least troubleshot applications across the organization. also being provided simple rpms and packages further allows for ease of use. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** confusing website layout and lack of insight into the vpn connection experience. would be good to have a verbose setting on the client to see any potential connection issues. also phone or chat support to get direct response would be awesome to get immediate response. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** They offer non-profit and educational discount if you ask. Other open-source VPN's out there don't have the feature set or support available compared to OpenVPN. If you look at the competitors like WireGuard or NordVPN, that lack in one or both of the places that OpenVPN excels. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** affordable vpn that is easy to setup and manage. even our help desk and student assistants that joined can easily manage users, troubleshoot issues. this saves us in labor time and labor costs so our information systems team can focus on other initiatibves that impact the company's bottom line rather than troubleshooting vpn issues or worrying about costs. ### 39. Extra Protection with OpenVPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniella M. | Software Developer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** A great tool that keeps my network secure and safe. I can rely on OpenVPN to create a secure network. I like it because it works with windows and linux. A user friendly interface that is easy to use and navigate through. Also, I like the availability of the end-to-end encryption. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing at all. It meets my needs and I didn't face any technical issue before. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** I highly recommend using OpenVPN because of the availability of great features that keeps my network safe. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** The extra protection provided by OpenVPN helps me to keep my data safe and secure from hackers. ### 40. OpenSource solution - minimal costs **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ray N. | IT Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 19, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Open-source - low minimal cost to deploying system. Support standard industry security features and works with wide range of clients. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** User management and generating user certificates requires more time. A little more complex for my non- Linux - Helpdesk Admins to manage system and troubleshoot. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Great for company's with Linux admins or company's with limited budget. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use this to secure user VPN connections to HQ and other locations enabling users to work remotely. ### 41. Low effort and highly reliable client to VPC VPN **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeremy F. | Me, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** The availability of client software for all operating systems and mobile devices means my customers can connect regardless of their setup. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I’ve not had any bad experience with OpenVPN. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use OpenVPN to support a legacy 3 tier application running on AWS. My customers run the windows client locally and connect to the databases and other services over the VPN. ### 42. Solid basic low cost solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ryan C. | IT Operations Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN has provided us with a solid low cost VPN option giving our user the "in office" experience they are looking for when they are working remotely. We are a small company with a small IT staff. Rolling out OpenVPN to our users was simple and painless. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I would like if it the GUI was able to do everything you can do in the command line interface. For those of us weak in Linux working with the command line can be a challenge. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** The OpenVPN virtual appliance allows us to give users an "in office" experience when they are working remotely. ### 43. Simple and powerful VPN without the hassle **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dan R. | Director, IT Operations, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Ease of deployment, ease of maintenance, simple to on-board new users. Administration of the system is straightforward. Incredibly responsive support. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** In a cloud environment where you bring your own license, a small change to the underlying instance (stopping and starting the host machine) requires a new activation key. Thankfully, their support is incredibly responsive, however, would be lovely not to require this step. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** A two user license is available for free. I would encourage anyone considering this product for use in production to give it a look. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simple and secure remote access. Bastion host for cloud environments. ### 44. Protects data transfers and communications. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Frederik G. | Analista de desarrollo de negocio, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is an open source software and not a VPN provider, with this software you can create encrypted virtual private network tunnels, passes completely firewalls, is very easy to use, the encryption is excellent (TSL/SSL) and protects data transfers and communications. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN does not offer a user support service which makes it difficult to solve problems even though it has a large global support community and that helps a lot. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** It is a software with high levels of security and encryption, is free and easy to use. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having a powerful 256-bit encryption helps me to keep my connections anonymous and secure, and provides webrtc protection. ### 45. A simple and secure VPN product **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN has been simple to deploy and use in our environment. We use it as a second option for remote connection in case our other system is unavailable for any reason. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There is not much to dislike, perhaps reporting could be a bit more robust, but for our small deployment, it isn't an issue. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** * Secondary connection in case other technologies fail * Cross-Platform support of remote connectivity - Apple does not work with Microsoft Direct Access * Allowing Macintosh users to work remotely * Allowing remote IT Management ### 46. Best software to create VPN tunnels. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Henry P. | IT Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN is the best software to create VPN tunnels, is easy to modify because it is open source and is very secure and reliable, I also like to be able to access my network from my mobile or any other device. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It does not accept some proxies and is quite difficult for novices to understand. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** OpenVPN is highly recommended to work remotely, very secure and open source so it can be modified without problems, it is also free and relatively easy to use. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN helps protect us from hacker intrusion and gives us access to our network remotely and work from home. ### 47. Very segure an easy to use. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Juan I. | Executive Broker, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 27, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Open VPN is a great VPN (Virtual Private Network) server that runs on Windows and Linux, is very popular for its security, for being an open source and because it is really very easy to use. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Not all proxies in the world are compatible although most and sometimes latencies can be very high. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** Open VPN is a free software even more secure than other expensive services, is very easy to use and works with almost any proxy. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have very sensitive data on our computers and thanks to OpenVPN and its encryption we can navigate and communicate securely through the web. ### 48. The free VPN software for people with knowledge **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Judith C. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2018 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN it's a free software that works really good. It's efficient, secure, and the clients can be of any operative system, all are compatible. You can tune totally your configuration and there are lots of possibilities. It's good for people that wants to create a customized VPN tunnel. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's really hard to start with OpenVPN, there are much options and isn't easy to get it up. The desktop application of mac don't work properly. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** It's the best alternative to use in a company with linux servers. It's compatible with all operative systems. Once it's installed in the clients, it runs in background without doing any further work. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use to connect to the work computers in a safe way. With OpenVPN we can create a private tunnel from our laptops to the firewall server of our company and keep connected to work computers in a safe way. ### 49. Excellent, flexible solution for our Azure environment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Josh W. | Systems Administrator, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** The documentation & excellent technical support. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Occasionally I have to disconnect the VPN client and reconnect it. This happens maybe 1 time per day or every other day. It could just be my system though. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** I would strongly recommend reviewing the relevant documentation before setting up the Open VPN Access Server. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have secured our Azure environment by requiring users & admins to connect by VPN to manage our servers and other business critical resources. ### 50. Meets most peoples needs **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 28, 2019 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** The features are mostly all there and quick to setup and maintain. I like controls I can use within the system and the flexibility. The price is the main selling point. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The Setup for this is going to be hard for main sys admins out there. The level of networking knowledge required to get it working correctly might be hard for many. The two factor authentication implementation is poor. This should be much more configurable, and self servicing for users. LDAP/Active Directory authentication could be better. I would like to see a profile for each user that signs on so 2FA can get reset or custom settings can be applied. follow the Sonicwall SRA/SMA model here would be preferred for more power and flexibility. **Recommendations to others considering OpenVPN Access Server:** You should have basic linux and networking knowledge before working with this in production. Play with it all you want otherwise. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Just VPN connectivity for internal users. I will occasionally configure a VPN for a consultant/customer that only allows them access to certain systems. ## OpenVPN Access Server Discussions - [Vpn require](https://www.g2.com/discussions/32731-vpn-require) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [Why should I use OpenVPN Access Sever?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/openvpn-access-server-features) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [Why does OpenVPN use UDP and TCP?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/udp-and-tcp) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [If OpenVPN is open source, isn't the code free to use?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/openvpn-open-source-code) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How much does it cost to use your VPN software/Access Sever?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/pricing-ddf8d406-721f-4595-8129-749a986c36f0) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View OpenVPN Access Server pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/openvpn-access-server/reviews?page=6§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-13+01%3A38%3A45+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=f02818b5-4809-4579-a3fc-f41937474213&secure%5Btoken%5D=c0b24b48feffd934de85f5a03792a5ddea401244e95d1c3a6b1c0439af2aa323&format=llm_user) ## OpenVPN Access Server Integrations - [ActiveDirectory Domain Controller for Windows 2016](https://www.g2.com/products/activedirectory-domain-controller-for-windows-2016/reviews) - [Android](https://www.g2.com/products/android/reviews) - [Azure Active Directory Domain Services](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-active-directory-domain-services/reviews) - [BlackArch](https://www.g2.com/products/blackarch/reviews) - [CheckPoint](https://www.g2.com/products/checkpoint/reviews) - [Google Workspace](https://www.g2.com/products/google-workspace/reviews) - [JumpCloud](https://www.g2.com/products/jumpcloud/reviews) - [Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) DNS](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-oci-dns/reviews) ## OpenVPN Access Server Features **Usage** - Multi-Device Usage - Multiple Concurrent Connections - Protocol Choices - Unlimited Bandwidth - No Log Storage - Varied Server Locations - Unlimited Server Switches **Miscellaneous** - Live Customer Support - Open Source Code - Multiple Payment Methods ## Top OpenVPN Access Server Alternatives - [Netgate pfSense](https://www.g2.com/products/netgate-pfsense/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (318 reviews) - [Tailscale](https://www.g2.com/products/tailscale/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (31 reviews) - [Absolute Secure Access](https://www.g2.com/products/absolute-secure-access/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (224 reviews)