We performed a comparison between OpenVPN Access Server and SonicWall Netextender 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."
"It was very easy to set up users."
"I have found the stability to be good."
"I like that it's free."
"It allows us to give access to our office network in a safe and secure way to users, no matter which computing platform they use. "
"OpenVPN Access Server is a simple and easy-to-use solution that I can use myself without anybody's help."
"A valuable feature for us is its ability to see the new Citrix server as a local server within the company. And it allows us to test abroad."
"Two-factor authentication allows us to not force frequent password changes."
"Security is the most valuable feature."
"One of the most valuable features of SonicWall Netextender is the integration of VPN accounts with Microsoft Identity Management, which enables us to enforce secure access through Microsoft Intune and conditional access policies. This helps ensure that only authorized individuals are able to access the VPN, rather than anyone with knowledge of a password."
"I found nothing of value in this solution."
"The solution provides high availability."
"Employees can have access to the network from home."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"It allows us to work remotely."
"The most valuable feature for the Netextender is the ease with which we can integrate it with SAML."
"The product has two-factor authentication."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"I'd like the solution to have more access points and more speed."
"They should make the solution more secure by adding some firewall functionalities."
"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."
"They may have this already, but it would be nice to be able to get more notifications if a site drops unexpectedly."
"The connections could be faster and more stable."
"There is always room for more security features."
"Working on a faster connection might be a good idea for the product's next release."
"I would like to see a simpler interface, so that we can make the connection between the local network using the LAN IP."
"There must be a multi-factor authentication enabled or integrated by default with it in order to be integrated with NetExtender."
"The solution takes up a lot of bandwidth."
"They need to rewrite the software to make it a usable product."
"The product does not work well."
"The only concern I do have is with the zero trust, and the solution is not coping with the newer technologies as much as it needs to do on that particular factor."
"The initial setup of SonicWall Netextender is straightforward. The only issue we encountered was with relocating the VPN appliance. If we needed to move it from an on-premise to an on-cloud architecture, we had to start over and redeploy it from scratch. Unfortunately, it is not portable and any changes to its physical location often result in the need for a fresh deployment to ensure everything functions properly."
"SonicWall can be difficult for some people, but I don't find it difficult. Some companies provide a VPN client for free, but you have to pay for NetExtender."
"The Netextender application itself doesn't really look pretty, however, we can still use it. We don't care what it looks like. That said, if they did a cosmetic update, that would be fine."
OpenVPN Access Server is ranked 1st in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 44 reviews while SonicWall Netextender is ranked 14th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 11 reviews. OpenVPN Access Server is rated 8.4, while SonicWall Netextender is rated 6.0. 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 SonicWall Netextender writes "An affordable and stable solution that is easy to use and provides two-factor authentication". OpenVPN Access Server is most compared with Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway, Check Point Remote Access VPN and Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, whereas SonicWall Netextender is most compared with SonicWall Mobile Connect, SonicWall Connect Tunnel, Fortinet FortiClient, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway. See our OpenVPN Access Server vs. SonicWall Netextender report.
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