AWS VPN vs. OpenVPN Access Server

AWS VPN

OpenVPN Access Server

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
AWS VPN	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	AWS 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	Score 8.6 out of 10	N/A	OpenVPN 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…	$9 per month per connection

Pricing

AWS VPN

OpenVPN 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 VPN	OpenVPN Access Server
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More connections reduces cost per connection, as does going with an annual plan versus a monthly price.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	AWS VPN	OpenVPN Access Server
Considered Both Products	AWS VPN GN Ganapathy Nadar CloudOps Associate Chose AWS VPN 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 … Incentivized Helpful?	OpenVPN Access Server Luiz Eduardo Garcia System Administrator Chose OpenVPN Access Server OpenVPN Access Server is very affordable in comparission of others. Plus, they make client installations so complex. OpenVPN client is very easy to deploy, even remotly. Incentivized Helpful? Matt Bergevin IT Program manager Chose OpenVPN Access Server 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose OpenVPN Access Server We found OpenVPN to be more cost-effective vs Azure. In addition, it was easier to install, deploy, and manage. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

AWS VPN

OpenVPN Access Server

Virtual Private Network

Comparison of Virtual Private Network features of Product A and Product B
	AWS VPN 9.6 Ratings 8% above category average	OpenVPN Access Server 8.4 Ratings 6% below category average
AES 256-bit Encryption	10.00 Ratings	8.50 Ratings
Kill Switch	10.00 Ratings	9.50 Ratings
Multi-Platform Support	8.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Split Tunneling	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
IP Address Masking	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Multiple Server Locations	10.00 Ratings	7.00 Ratings
Automatic Wi-Fi Protection	10.00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Simultaneous Connections	8.00 Ratings	9.50 Ratings
Customer Support Services	10.00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
No-Logs Policy	00 Ratings	8.50 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	AWS VPN	OpenVPN Access Server
Small Businesses	Norton 360 Score 7.3 out of 10	Norton 360 Score 7.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.1 out of 10	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.1 out of 10	Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.1 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	AWS VPN	OpenVPN Access Server
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	AWS VPN	OpenVPN Access Server
Likelihood to Recommend	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. GN Ganapathy Nadar CloudOps Associate Read full review	OpenVPN is great for anyone who needs to access internal company resources while away from the office. For us, it's useful for our office staff if they need to work from home for a day or are at a work conference. I can see where it would not be helpful if you didn't store much on your intranet, but we do, so it's very helpful. Incentivized Matt Bergevin IT Program manager Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Speed of logging in. Lengthy session times. Ease of troubleshooting. Incentivized Matt Bergevin IT Program manager Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	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. GN Ganapathy Nadar CloudOps Associate Read full review	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. Incentivized Luiz Eduardo Garcia System Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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 GN Ganapathy Nadar CloudOps Associate Read full review	OpenVPN Access Server is very affordable in comparission of others. Plus, they make client installations so complex. OpenVPN client is very easy to deploy, even remotly Incentivized Luiz Eduardo Garcia System Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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