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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS VPN

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAWS Virtual Private Network solutions establish secure connections between on-premises networks, remote offices, client devices, and the AWS global network. AWS VPN is comprised of two services: AWS Site-to-Site VPN and AWS Client VPN. Together, they deliver what the vendor describes as a highly-available, managed, and elastic cloud VPN solution to protect network traffic.N/A

    OpenVPN Access Server

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AOpenVPN headquartered in Pleasanton allows users to create secure access to a private network in the cloud or on-premise with Access Server. Access Server is available to deploy directly on various cloud platforms like Amazon AWS, Google GCP, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, and also available as ready-to-deploy virtual appliances for Microsoft HyperV and VMWare ESXi. Alternately, OpenVPN Access Server Virtual Appliance is a full-featured secure network tunneling VPN virtual appliance solution…

    $27

    per month 3 connections (minimum)

    Pricing
    AWS VPNOpenVPN Access Server
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    3-99 Connections
    $9
    per month per connection
    2,000 Connections
    $3,100.00
    per month per connection
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS VPNOpenVPN Access Server
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMore connections reduces cost per connection, as does going with an annual plan versus a monthly price.
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    Features
    AWS VPNOpenVPN Access Server
    Virtual Private Network
    Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of AWS VPN and OpenVPN Access Server
    Feature
    AWS VPN
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    OpenVPN Access Server
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    6% below category average
    AES 256-bit Encryption10.01 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Kill Switch10.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Multi-Platform Support8.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Split Tunneling10.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    IP Address Masking10.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Multiple Server Locations10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Automatic Wi-Fi Protection10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Simultaneous Connections8.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Customer Support Services10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    No-Logs Policy00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AWS VPNOpenVPN Access Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AWS VPNOpenVPN Access Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    AWS VPN are most suited when we have some of our workload in AWS Network. If have so and want to have connectivity to on-prem this is the best in the field.
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    OpenVPN
    If you looking for a reliable, light weight and secure VPN server, than OpenVPN Access Server is the one. Easy to install and manage, OpenVPN will provide secure remote connections, with a very good integration with almost all LDAP directories, for user management. With my experience, I don't see any scenario that OpenVPN won't be able to handle.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    OpenVPN
    • Speed of logging in.
    • Lengthy session times.
    • Ease of troubleshooting.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    OpenVPN
    • some times error logs are not clear
    • Configuring 3rd party apps can sometimes be problematic
    • Limited functionality for iPhone users, but I believe that is due to an apple issue.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    We have used it with many diffeewrent networks and we never faced any issue configuring it also the performance of AWS VPN is already great with stable bandwidth the egress data transfer charges from on prem to cloud is also NIL makes it best for me.
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    OpenVPN
    Whatever console or firewall you are running OpenVPN Access Server, it's configuration is very easy to do. You can create multiple tunnels, with different pourposes and authetication methods. It also has a quick and easy view of the connections opened, with possible actions, such as a very efficient kill switch and reconnect options.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    We have most of our setup in AWS, we selected AWS VPN because it easliy gets integrate with our setup and provide seamless connectivity with our on-prem ecosystem. Compared to the alternative such Azure VPN Gateway and OpenVPN, AWS VPN offers simpler deployement and high availability and native integratioin with other AWS service like CloudWatch, Transit Gateway and other services
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    OpenVPN
    OpenVPN had a better UI and usability for our team. It was more straightforward, had better SAML integration, and allowed our team to be on the VPN and on our network in seconds. We had some issues getting Nord to work for our use cases, and have run into pretty much zero issues with OpenVPN.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    OpenVPN
    • Only 2 free users, it would be nice if they would expand to 5.
    • Easy way to establish a VPN backbone between two locations
    • Great for work at home or BCP events.
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