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CloudConnexa vs OpenVPN Access Server comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

CloudConnexa
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
ZTNA as a Service (18th)
OpenVPN Access Server
Ranking in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
ZTNA (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Enterprise Infrastructure VPN category, the mindshare of CloudConnexa is 2.0%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenVPN Access Server is 9.1%, down from 14.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenVPN Access Server9.1%
CloudConnexa2.0%
Other88.9%
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
 

Featured Reviews

BS
Infrastructure Team Lead at Scalecomputing
Remote work has become simpler and cost-saving but reliability still needs consistent improvement
CloudConnexa can be improved, particularly because they have many features, but they do have stability issues. I see many times where the stability is not good, and I have seen a few outages with a huge ETA for those outages. It takes a while for them to give a proper ETA, and they often come up with workarounds that I need to run for a long time to address stability. For the log stream, they have a facility to forward logs, but they do not have a good dashboard to filter those logs in their dashboard itself, which for troubleshooting often contains meaningless information. The support is good, and they respond immediately, but the stability issues and the engineering work need to be improved. Stability and logging are the main areas that need improvement.
AS
Network operation center engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Secure remote access has protected critical data and now simplifies role-based user management
An area for improvement is the pricing model. The concurrent user licenses get expensive pretty quickly as your organization grows, so more flexible pricing options would be a huge plus. Another area is configurational disconnect. While the admin web UI handles about 90% of what you need, the moment you have to do deep, advanced routing customization, you still have to drop back to the command line interface to make those changes. It would be great to see those deeper configurations completely integrated into the web portal. Lastly, it would be awesome to see native support for newer, lighter protocols through WireGuard built straight into the platform alongside standard OpenVPN for better performance efficiency.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CloudConnexa has positively impacted my organization by providing greater security while accessing sensitive files and enabling a hybrid work culture for our teams so that they can connect and work from their homes while accessing the office."
"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very positive. The pricing is straightforward; it is the most affordable solution available."
"There is support for multi-factor authentication."
"<p>OpenVPN Access Server has positively impacted my organization by allowing access to our private services, enhancing security, and enabling remote work from anywhere, as I just need to connect to the VPN to have encrypted traffic to our private resources.</p>"
"​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. ​"
"The price point is fantastic since it is free."
"The most valuable feature is that I can access my local network remotely and avoid doing all the port forwarding and redirections, and so on."
"The main benefits that I have seen from using OpenVPN Access Server are that it is simple, easy, and secure."
"For us, it's important that OpenVPN Access Server is cheap and that we get to use it ourselves."
"We use the solution to access remote services."
 

Cons

"CloudConnexa can be improved, particularly because they have many features, but they do have stability issues."
"The reason I chose an eight out of ten is that although updates are available, it does not show to auto-update, and I feel that a sensitive application such as this should always be updated to the latest version."
"If someone's key is not working, or if we had to remove someone's permission from it, or maybe an employee left the company and we had to take their key out, that seemed a little bit more complicated than it had to be."
"The stability of the solution could improve."
"The product’s connectivity is very slow. It could be faster."
"From the user experience perspective, OpenVPN Access Server should be more user-friendly in the East Africa market where I am located."
"I want the tool to be faster. We have experienced connectivity issues while using OpenVPN and FortiClient."
"There are tasks that require logging onto the server to run commands, which is not intuitive through the UI."
"I rate the price for OpenVPN as overpriced at the moment."
"We occasionally have internet issues which affect stability."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"One of the valuable features of OpenVPN is that it is free for a single user."
"It is an open-source solution, so we don't pay for anything."
"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."
"The price point is fantastic since it is free."
"OpenVPN Access Server is free and open source."
"The product offers yearly as well as monthly subscription plans. It has moderate pricing."
"Begin with the community version and upgrade to paid one if the need arises."
"The Pro Edition has a reasonable price per user."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
30%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Marketing Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business45
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise25
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudConnexa?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very positive. The pricing is straightforward; it is the most affordable solution available. The setup is also simple, and we can do it imme...
What needs improvement with CloudConnexa?
I think CloudConnexa is a pretty good app overall, and I do not feel any issues with it as it is. However, I would love to see improvements to the UI to make it more coherent with the OS UI, and pe...
What is your primary use case for CloudConnexa?
My main use case for CloudConnexa is for VPN and network authentication to our office while using the OpenVPN app, and I use CloudConnexa in order to log in and authenticate into our VPN and networ...
How does Fortinet FortiClient compare with Open VPN Access Server?
Fortinet FortiClient is a feature-rich solution that is easy to use and deploy without sacrificing safety and security. It has a very fast connection rate and has a built-in VPN. With this solution...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenVPN Access Server?
The pricing and setup costs for OpenVPN Access Server are on the high side since licenses are not user-dependent but based on the number of connections established. With two free simultaneous conne...
What needs improvement with OpenVPN Access Server?
There are definitely areas for improvement. A broader network level access faces challenges, and the clustering configuration seems insufficient, posing a single point of failure. Moreover, patch m...
 

Also Known As

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OpenVPN
 

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Sample Customers

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Verizon, Amazon, Disney, HP, Microsoft, IBM, Samsung
Find out what your peers are saying about CloudConnexa vs. OpenVPN Access Server and other solutions. Updated: September 2026.
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