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CloudConnexa vs OpenVPN Access Server comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 14, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

CloudConnexa
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
33rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
ZTNA as a Service (21st)
OpenVPN Access Server
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of CloudConnexa is 1.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenVPN Access Server is 13.9%, down from 14.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpenVPN Access Server13.9%
CloudConnexa1.7%
Other84.4%
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
 

Featured Reviews

YM
IT Specialist at Dreams of Success Initiative Uganda
Secure access has reduced attacks and improves control over remote users and sensitive resources
The best features that CloudConnexa offers include internet security, which helps us filter out content and block inappropriate sites across various categories, as well as threat defense that protects us against malware, phishing, and many other risks. Risk monitoring enables us to track web threats organization-wide and block any malicious attacks. With high visibility, we can access logs and track both allowed and blocked traffic flows, along with DNS logs to view the statistics of our domain queries and log streaming, among many others. The risk monitoring and visibility features of CloudConnexa enable us to check on threats, allowing us to track how many threats we have encountered and improve our security. It also shows how many website visits we get, how many illegal sites are trying to access our services, how many illegal devices are attempting access, and track any hackers. It simplifies our work and improves our security by blocking all those sites that we suspect are involved in malicious activities. I would like to add that secure access in CloudConnexa hides apps and networks from the internet, allowing access only through its platform. The built-in security, which includes IDS for intrusion detection and prevention along with content filtering, helps us avoid online attacks.
Girraj Godia - PeerSpot reviewer
Devops Engineer at Emergent
Has improved internal app access by allowing secure user onboarding and simplified network whitelisting
The plan for OpenVPN Access Server could be improved. When adding new people, better plans for startups would be beneficial. I'm working in a startup and sometimes people think we should take the enterprise plan or not. If there was a dedicated plan for startups, it would be really helpful. For instance, providing store credit for OpenVPN Access Server through a startup program, similar to YC's program which gives credit to new startups. UI-wise, OpenVPN Access Server is easy to manage, but the overall overview dashboard in the admin portal could be improved. Currently, you have to go through dropdowns to find where to add users or whitelist IPs. Creating an onboarding dashboard where an admin person can find these things easily would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"CloudConnexa positively impacts our organization first by enhancing our online security, resulting in fewer attacks from hackers."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"OpenVPN Access Server provides remote secure access."
"The best features OpenVPN Access Server offers is whitelisting members in my company who have joined recently; it is really easy to use, and it is really easy to set up OpenVPN Access Server as an internal app."
"​It allows us to give access to our office network in a safe and secure way to users, no matter which computing platform they use. ​"
"OpenVPN Access Server is a simple and easy-to-use solution that I can use myself without anybody's help."
"The most valuable feature of OpenVPN is that it is open source. I can do anything with the solution, such as change, build, and collect. Additionally, it is safe to use the solution and there are frequent updates."
"It is open-source and free to use."
"I have set the default routes to the VPN server so that all traffic is encrypted."
 

Cons

"Regarding pricing, it is a little high for us, while the setup cost is fair."
"It would be nice with all these features, if they could send some examples of each one; just small sample scripts to look at and say, "Oh okay, I could expand on this." That would help us a lot."
"The plan for OpenVPN Access Server could be improved. When adding new people, better plans for startups would be beneficial."
"Open VPN Access Server could be more user-friendly."
"The solution should provide a faster connection, and its security could be improved."
"I think right now the GUI part of it is locked out behind the pay wall. It could use something that gives it a very basic, minimal, graphic interface for logging in, for the community version. That would probably be a good step forward."
"When there are too many concurrent users trying to connect at the same time, there may be a bit of a bottleneck."
"The upgrade path from older versions was more difficult than we wanted to tackle, so we ran an older version of the software for longer than I wanted. Patching, updating, and migrating to newer versions was a problem for us. That said, we were on a rather old version that I inherited yet it worked rock solid."
"Working on a faster connection might be a good idea for the product's next release."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Begin with the community version and upgrade to paid one if the need arises."
"The product offers yearly as well as monthly subscription plans. It has moderate pricing."
"The Pro Edition has a reasonable price per user."
"I don't need to pay for its license since it is an open-source tool."
"I would say the product's pricing is a good value. I would recommend to other companies to implement it. I've seen other software, in tandem with the service, to be very expensive."
"One of the valuable features of OpenVPN is that it is free for a single user."
"It is free, you buy support."
"OpenVPN Access Server is a cheap corporate solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
52%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Computer Software Company
6%
Retailer
5%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise14
 

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OpenVPN Access Server is a simple and easy-to-use solution that I can use myself without anybody's help.
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Sample Customers

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Verizon, Amazon, Disney, HP, Microsoft, IBM, Samsung
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