We performed a comparison between OpenVPN Access Server and Perimeter 81 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access."
"The most valuable thing about OpenVPN Access Server is its ease of use."
"The solution is secure and user-friendly."
"Two-factor authentication allows us to not force frequent password changes."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The most valuable features of the OpenVPN Access Server are the ease of use and integration with different platforms, such as Android and Windows. I can use the solution on my desktop and mobile devices. Additionally, the solution is secure."
"It allows our employees to work remotely across Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms."
"The stability is very reliable in my experience."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"The benefits are really built into the underlying protocol, however, Perimeter81 makes these available in a user-friendly way."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"Logging back into Perimeter 81 is relatively user-friendly as I just need to re-type my Windows credentials in to access the VPN."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"I would like to see a GUI or Web UI to manage users. Today these features are in the Pro Edition or are done by scripts."
"It requires some experience of Linux server configuration to set it up."
"The security needs to be improved because it was a complaint that our customers had."
"There is always room for more security features."
"There could be an easier way to set up the solution. However, if you use the provided information that comes with the solution there should not be a problem."
"OpenVPN does not have the ability to selectively terminate connections."
"It would be nice with all these features, if they could send some examples of each one; just small sample scripts to look at and say, "Oh okay, I could expand on this." That would help us a lot."
"I would like to see continued advanced security implementation."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"In order to have to bypass the login using the website, a good feature for Perimeter 81 to have is a login instance in the Perimeter 81 application. I'm using a Mac and we don't have that functionality."
"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."
"What would be useful would be a notification/warning that a session is due to timeout after exceeding the default connection limit."
"A Google Chrome extension would be handy instead of logging into the app."
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
"One of the more negative experiences using Perimeter 81 is the fact that I am logged off after a pre-determined amount of time which cuts off access to some of my company's resources."
OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 8th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 22 reviews. OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of OpenVPN Access Server writes "An easy-to-use tool with which its users can access networks from home or external locations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Check Point Remote Access VPN, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Menlo Security Remote Browser Isolation. See our OpenVPN Access Server vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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