--- title: OpenVPN Access Server Reviews meta_title: 'OpenVPN Access Server Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 358 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: 358 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-20' 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:** 358 ## 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 appreciate the **user-friendly interface** of OpenVPN Access Server, ensuring a smooth setup and management experience. (36 reviews) - Users appreciate the **easy setup** of OpenVPN Access Server, enabling quick functionality across multiple devices. (31 reviews) - Users appreciate the **strong security** of OpenVPN Access Server, ensuring reliable protection for sensitive data and remote productivity. (27 reviews) - Users find the **easy installation** of OpenVPN Access Server makes deploying their own VPNs hassle-free and efficient. (22 reviews) - Users highlight the **superior speed and ease of deployment** of OpenVPN Access Server for multiple VPN connections. (20 reviews) - Ease of Connection (16 reviews) - Customer Support (14 reviews) - Secure Access (13 reviews) - Simple (13 reviews) - Deployment Ease (12 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find **complex configuration** challenging, especially when routing and deploying on different systems like Azure. (16 reviews) - Users note that the **high price** can be a barrier, especially with added self-hosting and licensing costs. (15 reviews) - Users find the **lack of features** in OpenVPN Access Server limits functionality and complicates management tasks. (9 reviews) - Users experience **connection failures and outages** , which can disrupt their overall satisfaction with OpenVPN Access Server. (6 reviews) - Users experience a **challenging learning curve** with OpenVPN Access Server, complicating setup and comprehension of its features. (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. Open VPN **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abdurrahman D. | architect, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** it is always reachable from anywhere and secure **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** number of connection is too less and speed is slow **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** documentation is weak. need better documentation ### 2. OpenVPN for a small college **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** One of the easiest VPN products to set-up and use for our school. We tried a few before settling for OpenVPN. Even our senior non-tech teachers did not have problems installing the client on their machines. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Cost isn't the lowest around. But we traded cost for ease of use. Its no use paying for something super cheap but having to hire a consultant to implement it. Our internal support team was able to set this up and deploy easily by reading the instructions thoroughly. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our school subscribed to OpenVPN to provide a private and secured way to access our older intranet-based software during the pandemic. Since it worked very well during the pandemic and people already know how to use it, we thought it was best to leave it as it is to provide an extra layer of security even if the people who need to access our legacy software is on premise anyway. ### 3. Simple to set up and manage your own VPN Server **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Westley A. | IT Admin, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to set up. Server doesn't need a lot of resources. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** You do have to understand how IP addressing works and it may require changing the IP subnet of the host network to ensure connections from anywhere. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing users to access network resources from anywhere. Doesn't matter if users are in the home office or remote office, they can always access network resources in the same manner allowing consistency andease of use. ### 4. Great Remote access solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alberto L. | IT, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Great cross platform remote secure access platform. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Cost for Small Business that are security mindful. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote SAP access. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review here, Alberto! ### 5. Expensive and not so reliable **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Artem M. | DevOps, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 19, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's relatively easy and quick to configure if you don't need anything too special. Its free part is widely used so it's easy to find help on some topics. Support is great, responds quickly. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The web UI is very unlogical. It can be terribly slow at times. Some features that we would like to have are missing. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Connecting the whole company to the intranet ### 6. One of the best product I have ever used **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Program Development | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** 1. Payment options (annual, monthly, license increase/decrease option with credit points) 2. OpenVPN client is able to use (and it's really work) on any OS and mobile devices. 3. Best, Professional and very,very Fast support team 4. SSO integration (Web-SAML app) is the best auth option. 5. Pre-defined image for the most popular Cloud Providers 6. Used daily by employees... no significant service dispruption or issue **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** 1. Need the client profile or app ... Always looking for browser extension or less apps **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Connection Security between End-Point and Tristed source 2. Keep data safe during transfer (help us to avoid MITM attack ) ### 7. Simple and solid! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex T. | Senior IT Systems Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 19, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** We've been using OpenVPN connect for nearly 2 years to allow our DevOps team conneciton into AWS resource. It was quick to push out to our user base with InTune and easy to setup SAML to use Entra 365 MFA authentication. Solid and simple UI with easy to access connection logs. Having contacted support twice I was connected with the right folk immediately, no messing around with first line - straight to the devs! **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Users with slightly flakey wifi connections can get annoyed with having to re-authenticate using their MFA device. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provides secure MFA protected access to our AWS environments. ### 8. Rock solid VPN and flexible licensing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paul S. | Systems Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN Access Server is a rock solid VPN server. Deployment and mangement is easy. We're running it on multiple Linux distros in AWS and we never have issues. The flexible licensing model works well for our environment as well. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There is nothing about OpenVPN AS that we dislike. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN AS is the perfect solution for us to access our numerous servers located in multiple VPC's. ### 9. OpenVPN is part of our infra life **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Advait P. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 16, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** We use OpenVPN to connect to our servers and applications which are hosted on the AWS cloud. It provides us with a broad umbrella where we put all of our cloud instances and also other automation securely. The one thing I like about using and managing OpenVPN is the simple UI and easy-to-follow steps. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The Admin UI could be more in-depth and fancy. I am an admin and there is nothing complicated to manage or maintain. It satisfies my purpose and goals. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We had a need where we wanted to manage all of our servers hosted in the cloud and other automation under a very secure environment. We came across OpenVPN and configured it on our production environment. It's been close to 5-6 years now and there have been zero issues or even thoughts to worry about it. It provides a secure tunnel for us to SSH into the EC2 instances. We use Jenkins jobs, python scripts, and what not but it works well with all of our infra. As an Admin, it is very easier for me to manage thew user groups and their permissions. Just a few clicks and done. ### 10. Best solution for a Self hosted VPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Revanth D. | Security Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 01, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Especially after COVID, the scenario of work from home , using OpenVPN is such a easy thing, no unnecessary complications , you can just implement it fast, and it also integrates with your exisitng infra. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing much , while my job mostly used command prompt and its always fast enough to configure and start working. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Job requires connecting to multiple teams , sometimes at different locations while tradition VPN solutions are there, we usually create own tunnels for different projects for which openvpn will be really useful. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review, Revanth - and for pointing out that it integrates with existing infrastructure. That's something we pride ourselves on here at OpenVPN. We actually have a TON of integrations :) ### 11. Best experience using openvpn **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** zulhusni s. | sysadmin, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I have been using OpenVPN for approximately 1 year, installation is very easy and use is also user friendly. Regarding security, this product is very capable and reliable when working far from the head office and the monthly cost is also cheap in my opinion. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There is nothing disappointing about OpenVPN **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Make work access more secure and safe from anywhere and anytime **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Appreciate the review, Zulhusni - thanks for being a customer of ours! ### 12. OpenVPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** We found OpenVPN to be a reliable and scalable VPN solution with good security features. The user interface is web based and easy to use. We found the split tunneling feature very useful not having to route all traffic back through our network. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The initial setup and configuration can still be complex and the licensing costs can add up. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has provided a secure method for our employees to access company resources and data from outside the network. ### 13. Quick to configure and stable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stefan C. | Senior DevOps Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Implementation of our OpenVPN instances has been really easy, all the required features have been present to allow quick integration with our other platforms. All our staff to quickly gain access to resources they need securely. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Some features require the cli to configure but its well documentated and the support team are really fast to provide additional information when needed. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provides secure access for remote users to our vpn's by integrating into our idp. ### 14. Easy to use Secure Functional **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aurelien S. | CTO, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Intuitive web interface for managing users, servers, and groups End-to-end encryption with powerful algorithms like AES-256 Two-factor authentication for enhanced security Protection against DNS and IP leaks **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Although the web interface is intuitive, the initial setup can be complex for users not familiar with VPNs and networks. The documentation is comprehensive, but it can be difficult to follow for beginners. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Protection against hackers and prying eyes: OpenVPN encrypts your internet traffic, making it unreadable to anyone trying to intercept it. Online anonymity: OpenVPN masks your IP address, allowing you to browse the internet anonymously and bypass geographical restrictions. Protection against DNS and IP leaks: OpenVPN prevents DNS and IP leaks, ensuring that your location and online activity remain confidential. ### 15. Very useful for database security **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mario D. | Director / Co-fundador, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It helps us to have a secure access to our database. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's expensive, wish there was a less expensive option. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It reduces the risks of unwanted access to our db. ### 16. Simple to use and admin **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Theodore H. | Lead Development Operations, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Simple to use, good docs, cheap to run as well **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing really, GUI could be more robust and have troubleshooting tools built in **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** White-list access to external resources ### 17. VPN client with many features **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 29, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Compared to other VPN clients I have used this has so many more features like connection stats and connecting via url **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** When I first started using it I struggled a little to understand how exactly to use it. I didn;t feel it was intuitive **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps you to connect to your Virtual private Cloud(or server) using VPN (Virtual private network). I personally used to establish client to site connection my aws vpc ### 18. Easy to setup and train the isers **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sagar V. | Principal Manager - Information Security & Data Privacy, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Interoperability, security, and minimum disruption while patching **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Downside can be it's limitation to add licenses to exisiting one **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping us to implement restricted access to sensitive information ### 19. Simple. Stable. No complaints. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matt F. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Ease of standing it up and general stability. Authentication integrates well with our SSO and the user portal is easy for users to navigate to get the right agent and profile to get connected to the VPN. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Having to manually manage its updates, etc. But that's why this is the more economical choice. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a simple, inexpensive way to keep our people secure on unsecured networks. OpenVPN Access Server was quick and easy to stand up and worked seamlessly so we didn't have to spend a lot of time supporting users who were trying to use it. ### 20. Good solution but getting more expensive **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Donny M. | President, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 29, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Ease to deploy and setup end client software. We like that you can combine a license to achieve volume discount and apply across multiple access servers (e.g. buy a 50 user license for 2 different deployments where you fluctuate between 15 and 30 users on each server). You get license usage alerts to know when you're nearing capacity and can easily adjust the concurrent user count each month as needs change. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The pricies have increased in recent years without any new features or value add. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote worker access to on-premise assets (e.g. server shared folders) while maintaining user permissions. ### 21. Straightforward to set up, rock solid stability **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It just works. Once we had it set up, have not had any down time or issues. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The new licensing model is missing a key feature that would make it work for us. So we continue to use the old licensing model. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows us to securely restrict access to our various networks. ### 22. insights on OpenVPN Access Server **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN Access Server is a robust and flexible VPN solution designed to provide secure and private access to your network resources over the internet. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Need auto update currently i have to do manually update **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Employees working remotely can securely access company resources, including intranet websites, file servers, and other internal applications. ### 23. Easy turn-key VPN solution for SMBs **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** * Secure solution that is tested and used world-wide. * Very easy to use, manage, and update. * Simple integration with SAML/OAuth, or you can run with local users. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing comes to mind, except I had to roll my own SSL cert renewal solution, but that wasn't too hard, and is well documented. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Other products run tens of thousands per year. OpenVPN AS costs a few bucks a month, based on max users actively using it that month. ### 24. Easy VPN I would recommend. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to use, secure. Great UI. Setup is was painless **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Logging in every day is a pain. It could cache the authentication at least for a week. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** This solves the issue of accessing our dev and test servers. Secures our environment. ### 25. I have had a Great Experience with OpenVPN Access Server **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rafael R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I like the easy installation and well written documentation when you need support. also I love the flexibility in licensing allow me to do more with the same set of licenses. I give technical support to different customers that runs multiple branches and are connected through openvpn without a foss. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Can't tell something I dislike, I have been working for more than 10 years with its Access Server **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** remote access for customer employees that need access to the main office systems. ### 26. Great VPN product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Martin B. | IT Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN Access Server is easy to deploy and implement, has great customer support and it can be used with different OS. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** To be honest, there is nothing we dislike about it. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows people to connect from different OS smoothly. ### 27. Easy to set up to allow access to internal networks or VMs **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to configure, easy for end users to connect to network or VMs as necessary **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing I that comes to mind, maybe just the price per license **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing us to give access to our internal network and VMs ### 28. Best access server we tried **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** the easy deployment process is one of the things we appreciate **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I think you need to redesign the web interface, maybe add filters on searching **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** The main problem that OVPN AS resolves is the access to our data ### 29. Simple and effective **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fabrizio P. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Simplicity! After having downloaded the appliance you could be ready to deploy your accesses in a couple of hours. Very simple and very well documented. The customer support is also very effective. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The administration gui could be improved with some useful features accessible only from command line. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Open VPN access server is our preferred solution to give home to office access to our workforce ### 30. best tool for the office for secure connection **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** easily accissible and perfect stability. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** nothing, everything has worked perfectly in last couple years **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** since the pandemic, most employees have been working from home, so perfect tool for secure access to our infra ### 31. Maximizing security and flexibility with OpenVPN **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maroun M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 03, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN has significantly improved our network security and remote work capabilities. It's easy to use, supports all our devices, and keeps our data safe. OpenVPN has been essential for maintaining secure, seamless connections for our team, wherever they are. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Configuration options, while powerful, can be overwhelming, requiring some time to fully master. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN Access Server lets our team work remotely without risking our data. It makes our work flexible and keeps our information safe. ### 32. We are very happy with OpenVPN **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ahmet U. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 06, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to setup, easy to use, we install, setup and forget it. It's always on and we secure all of our development and reporting servers. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** $9 per user if you have 10 ore more clients. $7 per user if you have less than 10 clients. Minimum connections is 5 clients. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We need secure connection to our development and reporting services. OpenVPN makes the life easier for us to manage this secure access. ### 33. Very good product! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** - The appliance is very reliable: never had a single bug (except when I make a configuration mistake) - Easy to set up - Can be updated easily - Responsive customer support **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Difficulty updating the OS below however: I had to restore the VM several times due to bugs, and as a result, I preferred to set up an appliance from scratch again. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allow my clients to securely connect to their workstations I would say that as an evolution, there should be a solution to limit client access to certain IPs... but maybe that's a structural limitation of the VPN?! ### 34. OpenVPN Access Server - Startup environment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eric S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 29, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** We've been using OpenVPN Access Server with 2FA for about 3 years now and it's been working flawlessly. Easy to setup, easy to maintain and end-user friendly. What else to ask for? **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** As a startup, we are more sensitive to price. A startup discount would be appreciated. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote secure connection to our internal services. Mandatory 2 factor authentication for remote access. Synchronization with on-prem Active Directory. ### 35. A simple yet solid non-cloud solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Antti S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 04, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Setup and maintenance are easy enough. License management and license model are features I like the most. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Some trivial changes require restarting access server software. This causes all clients to lose connectivity and require a new login. For connections like SSH this is an inconvenience. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provides an easy to maintain an manage solution for providing access to company internal network. ### 36. VPN Simplified **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pawel G. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 29, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Extremely fast and easy to get setup. We use OpenVPN across our infra running in multiple locations. It's nothing but solid, we've never had a problem. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Definitely having to install a new version each time an update happens. It does also jump from free to pretty expensive quickly for smaller companies. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Providing secure access into our infrastructure. ### 37. Easy to Deploy VPN Solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Renewables & Environment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I have used OpenVPN at two startups I worked at and personally. My teams use the VPN daily. They offer a free license with all features for up to two concurrent users making it easy to evaluate before committing. It offers key features like SAML auth and advanced VPN configurations. It also is very easy to deploy via AWS or GCP marketplace or just installing via a package manager. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's not cheap once you need more that 2 concurrent users. I wish they would offer another tier that was cheaper. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Access private cloud VPCSs ### 38. security, stability and performance in 1 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Using an on premiss access server for many years now. It works fine, is stable and performant, and brings security to the home office users. It integrates fine with Active Directory, and client configurations are versatile to implement. Some of us have a 24/7 permanent connection from home office to the headquaters. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I miss a site-to-site ssl tunnel option which I would like to configure from my home Zyxel Flex500 router **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It creates a full secure tunnel to the headquaters. Users can connect to internal sites, IT admins can enter management vlans, ... ### 39. Unlocking Secure Connections **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Swatantra T. | Software Quality Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Its user-friendly interface. Easy to configure. Provides secure connections. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The cost is high for the advanced features. It is time-consuming to keep up to date this server. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides a secure connection within the team or organization. It helps us to protect privacy by encrypting the internet traffic. ### 40. Very good connectivity **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Everything is good . I like the vpn . I will definitely recommended. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing is dislike. I hope it is very good **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I provide proxy and external layer . It is useful to safe browsing on the internet. ### 41. Easy to connect and use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Architecture & Planning | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's blazing fast and easy to use. I like the interface. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Sometimes the application does not open. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm able to access my company website without issues and we use vpn for work. ### 42. a friendly vpn app for the company **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shaked S. | it specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2023 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** we use OpenVPN for users in the company to accessing the resources of the company in a secure way. it works really well and easy to install and work with. I use it a few times a weeks. it has a nice integration with DUO. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The downside mostly is thst after a new updated version of the app comes out, you have to reinstall it, somtimes the older versions stop workig **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN makes our resources access more secure so not anyone can reach it from anywere. We can manage who can access what easily. **Official Response from Kyryl Tumanov:** > Hi Shaked, Thank you for your feedback. ### 43. Best VPN service provider **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bilal A. | Technical Architect, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2023 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** We are using it with initially 10 users but we have increased it to 20 users. Happy with overall services along encryption. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There is a slowness when we connected to openVPN... they need to fix this problem otherwise even if we have high speed internet we are not able to access the online application seemlessly. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has resolved our security issues while we are accessing our certain application whose exposure to public domain is not safe. So we use OpenVPN to resolve this problem. **Official Response from Kyryl Tumanov:** > Hi Bilal, Thank you for your feedback. Starting from 2.12 Access Server supports DCO (Data Channel Offload), which improves Access Server performance by processing data in the kernel. You can read about DCO here: https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resources/openvpn-dco-access-server/ In case of any questions, our support will be happy to help. ### 44. Worked very well and met the needs of our business **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Setup was easy and deploying was very easy as well. This worked well when other VPN options did not. The price was also good as well. We were using about 20 concurrent licenses, and the server we used was specced pretty low and we never had an issue. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There wasn't really anything that we would change about it. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our other VPN was not functioning. ### 45. Works as Needed **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cinnamon M. | Technical Service Representative, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 07, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN keeps our company connected without any major issues and provides a straightforward way for our users to connect. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Downtime and support options. Downtime is expected and thankfully OpenVPN is often up and running again the same day if the issue isn't user error. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use OpenVPN for our remote employees to securely access the company network which is usually a flawless connection. ### 46. Good cloud vpn access software **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** אייל . | VP R&D, Telecommunications, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 29, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to configure , allow me to manage access to my AWS ec2s **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Not working when using Fortinet client. User management interface. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Acssess management to AWS EC2 instances ### 47. Easy to use, and just works. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Theodore H. | Business Analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It works, and havent had any downtime with their tech. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing tbh, maybe a better admin gui but its fine. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote Access from whitelisted addresses ### 48. Good enough VPN access and management **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It has the option to configure 2FA, easy to manage and implement **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Its very difficult to reset the 2FA of a user who lost their phone **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to set up a new VPN without having to pay for that additional service in AWS and GCP and it is much more easier to configure ### 49. Really ease to implement **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexandre S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 04, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** О OpenVPN Access Server was easily deployed in a cloud environment. User configuration, integration with the authentication system and the ease that customers have in using the connection client are great benefits of this solution. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** When scaling the use of the solution, its cost/benefit begins to be debatable in relation to other more complex solutions. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows for quick implementation ### 50. Best of The Best in terms of Classic VPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fulberti E. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Simple and straight forward, also world wide support **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Price, cost is preatty huge for an on-premise solution **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote acces to company resources ## 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=4§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-20+19%3A01%3A13+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=8661abbe-a20a-4211-ad79-416d085f8348&secure%5Btoken%5D=995c8e2fa20c353f8ed9ffd73245dc2069d4f898e438955926f1e01b50620178&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) - [AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloud-development-kit-aws-cdk/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)