--- title: OpenVPN Access Server Reviews meta_title: 'OpenVPN Access Server Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 357 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: 357 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-09' 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:** 357 ## 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 praise the **ease of use** of OpenVPN Access Server, finding it simple and effective once set up. (38 reviews) - Users find the **easy setup** of OpenVPN Access Server invaluable for quick and efficient deployment across multiple devices. (31 reviews) - Users value the **robust security** of OpenVPN Access Server, ensuring reliable and compliant remote access solutions. (28 reviews) - Users value the **easy installation** of OpenVPN Access Server, enabling quick setup and intuitive management for all users. (23 reviews) - Users appreciate the **ease of installation and use** of OpenVPN Access Server for efficient VPN management. (20 reviews) - Ease of Connection (16 reviews) - Customer Support (14 reviews) - Simple (14 reviews) - Secure Access (13 reviews) - Deployment Ease (12 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **configuration process complex** , especially without support for the latest Ubuntu and manual user management. (16 reviews) - Users find OpenVPN Access Server **expensive** , especially for small teams needing fewer than ten licenses. (15 reviews) - Users feel OpenVPN Access Server has a **lack of features** , particularly missing a user-friendly GUI and essential functionalities. (9 reviews) - Users frequently face **connectivity issues** with OpenVPN Access Server, often needing multiple attempts to connect successfully. (6 reviews) - Users find the **learning curve steep** , struggling with complex documentation and advanced feature setups in OpenVPN Access Server. (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. Modern VPN Solution that supports 365 SAML and MFA **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 18, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I wanted to avoid using RADIUS for authentication and this ticked all the boxes so I can setup authentication through 365 SSO and MFA. It works well and their support has been pretty helpful in my experience. OpenVPN Connect works great for Windows and macOS **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I wish they had a GUI client for Linux. Currently you have to use OpenVPN3 cli. Network Manager doesn't support the pop up windows for SAML authentication. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solved the problem of needing MFA and integration authentication with 365/Entra ID. This allows us to not need another on-prem server just to handle VPN authentication. ### 2. Quick and thorough support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dominique W. | System Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 18, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to setup. Works well. Easy to use client interface. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There is a slight learning curve with using a Linux OS. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Was able to migrate a server to Azure and give users access to the server using the VPN created with OpenVPN Access Server. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Awesome, great to hear, Dominique. Glad you got through the learning curve - happy things are going well. Thank you for your review and for being a customer! ### 3. Simple, elegant VPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pete M. | IT Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Ease of use. Integration is a breeze, and there is a very short learning curve for users. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There really isn't anything we don't like about OpenVPN. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security is always a main focus with our clients, and OpenVPN allows us to maintain a high security profile while making it easier for staff to log into the network. ### 4. OpenVPN software review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OPenVPN is highly customizable and Easy to use. It required some manual configuration on some deivces but overall it was ideal for our small firm **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** When it is unable to connect the errors don't provide much information. Also it does not have thin client to be able to use on any device **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed something with high security features for just our IT team since they have higer level of access then rest of the firm. Also we wanted to segregate their access as well. So we use OpenVPN for our IT team **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Solid use case for using our product, thanks for the review. I hear you on wanting more information if an error occurs, I'll send your feedback to the team here! ### 5. Openvpn Super app **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lokesh C. | Devops Lead, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Openvpn Super app for small team. No need to invest much on infra cost. Simple to use. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Need more detailed Documents along with zipping the on daily basis. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Connect My entire infra using openvpn.Which hosted in my account as no need using public for each host **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for this review, looks like 0 stars, but I think you like more than you dislike :) But I hear you on the detailed documentation, I'll forward along your feedback to our technical writers. ### 6. Very good product with an easy step-by-step deployment guide **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** The ease of sign-in and deployment using SMAL SSO make OpenVPN such an easy product for end users to provision their own VPNs with limited IT knowledge. Its ease of Azure deployment made the whole setup process a breeze. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** While it does support SAML, you still need to add the users manually (from my findings) to the OpenVPN server, it would be ideal if this pulled from the permissions on the enterprise app **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Flexible VPN with ease of end user setup for connecting to Azure servers ### 7. Wonderful VPN software from the FOSS community **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Conrad B. | Sr. Systems Administrator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** With the latest recent releases, the amount of modern integration with authentication services has been a treat. We specifically use Okta and the integration was quick and easy. Being a FOSS project and running on Linux means amazing stability and performance. With the ability to have a horizontally-scaled infrastructure and a central SQL DB makes this a great product for even larger organizations. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I will say that the free license restriction of 2 simultaneous users for smaller use cases is a bit limiting. If you had 5-10 free simultaneous users with the free license, I think you'd attract more companies into the fold and they could grow into the product naturally. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** In the age of remote workers, VPNs are a must. OpenVPN is a great product that can grow from small to large user access with tons of high end customizability. ### 8. Great solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Leona H. | Systems Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to deploy and manage, great cost savings and saved us the certificate management overhead. Multi platform support is the best thing about it, client runs on all laptop and desktop systems without any issues, UX is pleasant. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Documentation is not very easy to manage and figure out. I had to rely on trial and error due to incomprehensible and overly complex documentation. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Runs on all employee devices without any problem, server is quite robust. Security is solid and meets compliance requirements. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review, Leona! I hear you regarding the documentation, we tend to over-do it :) I'll pass along that feedback to the team, it's helpful to hear. Appreciate you pointing out the things you like, and glad you are happy using Access Server! ### 9. OPENVPN works perfectly for our business **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shane W. | Managing Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It was very easy for our tech team to set up and configure , and for the end users it works perfectly with zero problems and gives us peace of mind **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There has been nothing that I have disliked. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We need Secure access and Open VPN provides this **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Awesome to hear, appreciate the 5-stars! And you got it, you need secure remote access, we can give you secure remote access. Thanks for the review, and happy things are working well for you. ### 10. Solid choice for VPN server **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaron M. | Network administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to use and set up for required VPN connections to private subnets. MFA and user permissions were easy to set up and use. VPN profiles and the VPN client were easy to set up and use. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** User management outside of SSO is cumbersome. Making changes also sometimes didn't stick and had to refresh the page and reapply the changes a multiple times. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Secure private access to private subnet for remote workers to not expose production or devops servers to public. ### 11. Very pleasant, easy, intutive **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kamil C. | HelpDesk IT, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I really appreciate how easy and intuitive OpenVPN Access Server is to set up and manage. The user-friendly interface makes it simple to configure VPN connections, and the security features are robust, ensuring a safe and reliable connection. I also love the flexibility it offers, supporting various devices and platforms, which is great for both personal and business use. Overall, it's an excellent solution for secure remote access. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I dont't have any things in mind at the moment. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Secure remote access ### 12. Overall easy to setup and configure. Online documentation is easy to follow and helpful support! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Support was quick and direct to the point to resolve issues. Documentation is detailed. Configuration is easy to maintain. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Cannot really think of any, other than pricing was very competitive until 2024, when there was a drastic increase, thus forcing us to decrease our licences compared to what we used to have, and then incrementally increasing licenses to fill our max needs versus having extras always available. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easilly allowing users to remote into the corporate network to access items not available otherwise. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review - and appreciate the note about the detailed documentation. We do our best to get our customers whatever they need in whichever environment they need it! I hear you on the pricing, I'll pass that along to the team as feedback. Thank you! ### 13. Reliable VPN Service That My Company Is Using To Let Employees Work From Home **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ilan A. | Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** What I love most is how easy it is to use! When I’m at home and need to access my company’s internal network, it takes just a few seconds to connect. Unlike other software products we use, the licenses aren’t tied to the number of employees, but rather to the number of concurrent users. Since our employees typically work from home just one or two days a week, this approach makes much better use of our licenses. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I remember that installing and getting it to run for the first time was quite a hassle, but that was over six years ago. I’m confident they’ve made significant improvements since then. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN Access Server enables our employees to securely and efficiently access the company’s internal network, ensuring that all data is encrypted and protected. ### 14. Simplying Remote Access **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Julian W. | Techincal Director, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It works well on all platforms where as competors products are not universally compatable. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The Cost has gone up but the support and updates are also frequent and clear. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy SAML Intergration enabling Single Sign On taking workload off of administrators. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the 5-stars, great to see, Julian! I'm sorry about the issues with cost, but you're right, with our dedicated support team and continuous updates to the product, we hope you see the value. Thanks, again! ### 15. Easy to setup, very reliable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Igor G. | DevOps Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to setup, very reliable. OpenVPN clients are easy to setup too. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It works well, but requires commercial licenses. It would be nice to have an Opensource version of it. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security and access to Internal network. ### 16. Runs quickly and stably. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kai W. | IT-Leiter/Systemadministrator/Netzwerkadministrator (Selbständig), Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** After the initial setup, little work. Runs stable and fast as a VM in Microsoft's failover cluster. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing in German language. Different levels of support staff from OpenVPN. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1 headquarters and 20 construction sites with 3-10 employees each. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > I use Google Translate and apologize for any errors. Thank you very much for the review. I will pass your information with varying levels of knowledge to the support staff. Thank you very much for the review and for pointing out how fast and stable Access Server is! ### 17. A great tool **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's easy to impliment and set up. Being able to connect users to secure network remotly, quickly and easily is a time-saver and efficiant. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** If a user has a differnet device used for authentication, the user and profle has to be wiped and re-created. It would be nice to re-authenticate without having to delete users and profiles and then re-adding them again **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to add multiple users to a location(s) easly and quickly ### 18. Very stable and highly configurable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Arman T. | Principal Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It can be configured with Terraform and bash scripts **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Not easy to re-create the instances without losing existing data for a single instance. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN helps to access resources in private network without compromising security. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review, Arman. And thank you for being a customer! I appreciate your feedback on what you like best, and what you dislike. That's a very specific use case that I can send over to the team here. ### 19. OpenVPN Access Server is a good product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kevin U. | VP of Product Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** The best thing about OpenVPN access server is how easy it is to spin up a new VPN server and use the client to connect to it. We have several people using the server every day and there has been very minimal issues. The integration for an SSL certificate is also quite nice as you can install an SSL directly from the access server's portal. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I do not like the admin portal within OpenVPN, the support isn't the best, and the documentation can be out-dated. Also, the last time I checked they were not being audited for SOC2 Compliance which can be a big no-go depending on your organization. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Providing us with a secure way to connect to outside services and control internal network traffic. ### 20. Affordable, Reliable, Secure Access **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** TJ w. | Director of Engineering, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN of course is founded on OpenSource. Which means the VPN is mutli-platform and easily compatible and maintainable among many endpoints. SAML integration is great, and provides our required secured access. Its a simple streamlined VPN product. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** We have honestly never had any issues aside from the occasional security flaw we need to patch, but that is not unique to OpenVPN. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Secure Access to controlled environments, across unique network segments. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Simple, streamlined, reliable - music to my ears. Appreciate the review, and thank you for being a customer! Dropping a link to anyone interested in our SAML integration. ### 21. Effective and Seamless **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David A. | President, E-Learning, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Once it is set up, it's super easy to use, seamless, almost invisible yet effective. The customer support is excelllent. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Really nothing to dislike. As for most services, direct customer support is slightly hidden as they "encourage" the user to make use of docs, faqa, and automated assistants. But once you do get to customer support it is outstanding. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Serves nicely as a VPN. ### 22. Useful VPN solution to protect our servers **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gonzalo A. | CTO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Once set up, we didn't have to bother about it anymore **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Sometimes the 2FA does not work at the first attempt **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Protecting the servers in a VPC **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thank you for the review, Gonzalo. Love the fact that you set it up, and it's good to go. I'll bring your feedback on the 2FA to the team. ### 23. Good product **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's quite stable and we rarely had any issues with the product. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** What we don't like is that we have to maintain the VM/server by ourselves. A complete end-to-end managed solution, which is easy to integrate into our existing VPC, might be in our interests for the future. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using it to access services hosted within our VPC on GCP on client applications. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > We have a managed solution, and it may be just what you're looking for. It's our CloudConnexa managed solution. I've linked it to this response. You can reach out to our customer support team, or myself at adam.bullock@openvpn.com and I can get you connected with the team to see if that product makes more sense. Thanks! ### 24. Stable and reliable **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN Access Server runs very stable and reliably. Installation was relatively easy and allows for many settings. Customer support has not been needed so far, as it ran reliably. For us, the OpenVPN Access Server is in daily use. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Some of the settings could be simplified or formulated more understandably. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data protection is very important so that we can work outside our country. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > I use Google Translate and apologize for any grammatical errors. We are pleased that you left a review and thank you for the feedback on the settings and how we can organize them a little better. ### 25. Secure and Reliable VPN Solution with Robust Features **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** NABA RATAN P. | COO, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I really appreciate how OpenVPN Access Server offers a secure and customizable environment for VPN management. It’s user-friendly and makes it easy to handle remote connections. Plus, it’s versatile—there are plenty of configuration options, and it works well across different platforms, which is great for adapting to various organizational needs. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** While it’s a powerful tool, some of the more advanced configuration options can be pretty complex and might overwhelm users who aren’t as experienced. The cost can also add up, especially if you need a lot of concurrent connections for a large deployment. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN Access Server is helping us secure our internal resources by providing encrypted remote access, especially for our remote workforce. It ensures that our sensitive data is protected while allowing seamless access to our internal network. This has significantly reduced the risk of data breaches and improved our overall security posture ### 26. Smooth expirience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** tom r. | IT Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Works out of the box. The documentation is up to date and has good step by step how to's to get started. I installed the version for Azure and was ready to go within half an hour. The admin portal is well structured and responsive. I set up a site2site vpn and the customer support was fantastic, friendly, quick and know their stuff. The server is in daily use and the site2site integrated seemlessly into our environment. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** When logging into the portal a page mit links to connect products pops up (after login creds) and when you skip that you have to log in again. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** accessing sites (safely) that dont have a static IP ### 27. OpenVPN has been a rock solid VPN solution for us for years **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** We use OpenVPN Access Server as a self-hosted solution. It's easy to install, easy to maintain and easy to configure. While you can use the administrative GUI, we found that the CLI tools make it easier to manage large numbers of accounts - especially when you're managing accounts used for events like training classes or cyber competitions. It's very easy to script out the setup, teardown, and permissions assigned to hundreds of accounts using the CLI. My personal favorite feature is the CLI - it's saved us hours and time when working with hundreds of accounts over multiple events. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** OpenVPN Access Server doesn't really have an integrated ability to reset single user accounts. When dealing with hundreds of accounts, you will inevitably have a user lock themselves out of the interface due to failed logins. While you can set the lockout threshold to any time you'd like, it would be really nice to have a simple "unlock account" feature in the admin GUI or available through the CLI. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use OpenVPN to provide access to virtual environments used in training classes and cyber competitions. Many of our classes have 50 or more students and our cyber competitions can have hundreds of simultaneous competitors. OpenVPN ensures we maintain positive control over our environment and ensure communications are secure. ### 28. Simplicity at it's finest **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It's simple and just works. There are plenty of settings you can adjust, but by default, either choose full-tunnel or split-tunnel. Set your private network CIDRs, setup authentication, and you're good to go! **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I'm sure others offer more advanced features, but I haven't found a great need for any of them. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Access to private networks is made a breeze **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Simple and it just works - refreshing in this day and age, right? Thanks for the positive words! ### 29. OpenVPN is a rather reliable tool, which rarely has problems and has high availability, but it lacks q **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Networking | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Resilience, with two servers, it is very rare not to have two servers available. This allows for high availability, which is important when there is on-call duty in a company. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Updates are not frequent, and sometimes they are buggy. The beta periods might not be long enough. Some enterprise options are not finished, like SSO, which is very important but unavailable when connecting to the panel. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** This allows us to connect to the on-prem servers of our infrastructure, and thus avoid exposing servers to the public. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Tout d'abord, merci pour la critique. Deuxièmement, j'écris ceci avec Google Translate, donc je m'excuse pour la mauvaise traduction :) Je suis heureux que la haute disponibilité soit une fonctionnalité que vous appréciez. J'apporterai à l'équipe vos commentaires sur les versions bêta et les mises à jour de buggy. Merci! ### 30. Easy, fast and efficient **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** The ability to restrict contractor access to specific IP addresses, easy to manage and view connected users. Two factor authentication **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Web UI can be a little slower whan making configuration changes. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Restricts contractor access to specific IP addresses. Easy to use additional VPN solution with no additional hardware. Cost effective solution. ### 31. easy to deploy and manage **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** one of the few good working MFA vpn on-premise solutions **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** you cannot buy 3 or 7 licenses and need to go for 10 users bundle, which is discouraging small customers. if you have need for 5 it is extremely unfair to pay foor 10 just because there is n other way **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** VPN with MFA **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Totally hear you on this one, thanks for the feedback, and I don't blame you for knocking us down a star. I'll bring your feedback up with the team. I hope everything else is working well for you, and thanks for being a customer! ### 32. Great tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It can be used in different devices. Minimal setup required to get it working **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** One tedious task is dealing with SSL certificates and not a a clear straight forward way of doing it automatically. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Resources hidden under a private network and allowing people to access the private network. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review - I'll pass along the SSL certificates feedback to the team here. Appreciate the note about minimal setup to get it working, that's what we strive for! ### 33. Seamless Operation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Allan H. | Project Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** We chose open VPN due to various good reviews found online. We found it easy to deploy both for ourselves in house and also for our clients remote access. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** We haven't found anything to dislike yet, **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** secure network access for our clients to have remote access to their security network. ### 34. A reliable and robust VPN **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to manage, to implement and to integrate with the systems. We use it daily for our development needs. The customer support is fast and reliable. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** No big issues, actually, we use it daily for our team and all we need is present and working smoothly. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Limiting access to data and source code **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review, and glad to hear it's working well for you! Appreciate the note about customer support, they ARE fast and reliable, and really nice folks. ### 35. versatile and easy to setup. Also audit friendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Victor C. | Senior Systems Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** I like that the seat licences can be spread acros multiple servers automatically. It is also great that 2fa can be setup. Many security standards require that feature. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It is pricey. We pay abut 9 dollars a user and that's a little high. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is allowing us to have a remote workforce. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review, and I'm glad everything is to your liking...except for cost, that is. I'll pass that along to the team. And regarding audit friendly, you are totally right. Dropping a note here, we recently announced being HIPAA compliant and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, too! ### 36. Does exactly what it claims to do **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rick G. | Network Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** The software is compact, easy to setup and secure. Customer Support is very helpful when you run into an issue **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Nothing worth mentioning, the software is great **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** This software provided us a VPN that utilizes MFA and allows us to connect into our office in a secure manner. ### 37. OpenVPN does the job **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Simplicity, stability, and ease of implementation have been big for us. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** It is a low-feature VPN. There is not a lot of the bells and whistles you see with other enterprise VPNs **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN is providing a low-management IT VPN solution for us on top of our standard user VPN. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Happy to hear Access Server has been easy to implement and stable! If there are any features that you would like to see, please email me at adam.bullockATopenvpn.com and I'd be happy to pass along to the team! ### 38. OpenVPN access Server works for Small Bussines **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Active Directory integration, working clients for Mac, Windows and Linux, ease of use. Affordable **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** We have had no downsides using OpenVPN access server **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** OpenVPN Access Server is our solution for our hybrid workforce, works very solidly, with no issues, keeps employees in touch with what's happening on site. ### 39. Great project but definitely not enterprise-ready yet **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Pros: - easy to admin and use - most platforms supported - supports per-user and per-group customizations (like auth and routing), SAML and custom auth - responsive support team **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Cons: - in a cluster configuration it's impossible to customize all member servers from a single interface - admin UI switches you to a certain server and then you need to switch back to the cluster configuration; can't see all connected users (have to switch between cluster members) - you can't restrict vpn connections to certain IPs/subnets for a user or group - can't tweak vpn connections to fight against DPIs - support team is responsive but helpless - all our feature requests were ignored by their developers - no publicly available development roadmap - inability to track vpn user activities as compliance requires **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Secure access to our environments ### 40. solid product, but no longer budget-friendly **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** This paid implementation of OpenVPN is very reliable and easy-to-use. This webGUI makes OpenVPN relatively simple to get running, and makes the common settings of OpenVPN very accessible. The solution runs equally well as on-premise or in hosted environment, and downtime is negligible. The few times I have had questions for customer support, they have been answered quickly and efficiently. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The licensing cost has escalated so much over the last 5 years or so that OpenVPN Access Server is no longer a no-brainer solution for small-business VPNs. The built-in VPNs on most firewalls serve basic needs for much less, and more robust solutions with better reporting and equally flexible user access permissions are no longer wildly overpriced. I would seriously compare alternatives before implementing Access Server in a new environment. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote staff access to on-premise business application servers. ### 41. Great tool for day-to-day use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** It allows us to add an extra layer of security to all our operations. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** I believe that user management could be improved. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to establish a basic level of security for all our equipment, with minimal maintenance. ### 42. Solves remote connections issue nicely **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eugene T. | Devops engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 03, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Works out of the box, covers many use cases, support team is responsive and helpful. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** All good, there is nothing really to dislike. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Connecting team remotely to internal infrastructure. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review, Eugene! Especially glad to hear about the support team, not only that, but they're good people, too. ### 43. Good VPN solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erik W. | IT Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to set up, works as advertised, fast friendly customer support. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** A little pricey if you need 4 to 15 licenses. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Accountants need to connect to their cloud server using remote desktop. ### 44. My favourite VPN solution! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rian S. | Head of IT, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** My favourite thing about OpenVPN is how simple and quick it is to get started, plus the integrations it offers out of the box for the with such an easy setup is fantastic. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The only thing I dislike is that the server can't run on Windows. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** The biggest problem we had was using an older out of date VPN method which didn't support modern authentication and had very little features. Now with OpenVPN we have Azure authentication with MFA enforcement, tighter security rules and NAT capabilities. ### 45. We had a good experience using OpenVPN and it meets our requirements. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Ease of Use, Ease of implementation, Frequency of use **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** There is nothing specific regarding its use. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a secured VPN connection to our infra in Cloud **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Thanks for the review, and for pointing out the classic use case: the necessity of a secure way to access infrastructure in the cloud. Appreciate it! ### 46. Openvpn service finds **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Openvpn UI and dashboard user management **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Versioning and not able work with mac os that easily or sotimes looses connectivity **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it for security to dissallow the external aacess from world ### 47. easy to use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consulting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 16, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** easy to install and easy to use. we use it for our company for easy handling of vpn users **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** The documentation of installing openvpn access server by cloudformation stack on AWS looks a little bit outdated. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** secure instances **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Appreciate you being a customer, and thank you for the review! We're constantly refreshing and updating our documentation, we may have missed that one. I'll have the team take a look! Link to the documentation below. ### 48. We have been using OpenVPN for 7 years **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** Easy to install and setup. Easy to configure and maintain. Reliable. Flexible billing. **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** Unlock user is not available via the Admin GUI. **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allows our company to isolate internal infrastructure. **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > Easy and reliable, love that. And THANK YOU for being a customer for 7 years! ### 49. decent, easy ootb, pricier side **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 13, 2025 **What do you like best about OpenVPN Access Server?** decently easy to set up ootb and for users **What do you dislike about OpenVPN Access Server?** pricier than other vpn options . not much else i guess **What problems is OpenVPN Access Server solving and how is that benefiting you?** Need aus ip address for internal business practices **Official Response from Adam Bullock:** > We'll take the 4 stars, especially with your comment about it being a pricier option. I hope our steady release of features and performance upgrades helps that, even somewhat :) Thanks for the review! ### 50. 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 ## 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=3&qs=pros-and-cons§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-10+04%3A21%3A08+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=b37a91c1-5e2c-4bcc-81b2-d091512fef3f&secure%5Btoken%5D=4fa87dd02e2668f5fb62ab9fca46b902fbec818f03f7eee934e438123d4f0be7&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) - [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)