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OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey vs Squid Proxy Cache Server comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

OpenVPN Community Edition -...
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
SSL VPN (5th)
Squid Proxy Cache Server
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Manmohan Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at Hitachi Systems India Private Limited
Secure cloud migrations have accelerated as our teams access critical workloads remotely
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey can be improved by looking forward to recommendations regarding compute sizing, which is necessary. I have seen multiple third-party solutions demanding configurations based on compute and memory aspects. However, what I have learned from OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey is that it comes with minimal configuration, but I am always stringent about how many client VPN connections it can handle. There has to be some bifurcation regarding this. I have not experienced any access lag so far or any performance issues. I do not see any problems with the configurations or recommendations provided by OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey for 100 or 200 users simultaneously, but I still foresee a need for some recommendations from OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey regarding the number of user connections it can handle given certain configurations.
FedirPlotnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Engineer at Globant
Secure traffic has reduced costs and caching now speeds up global development workflows
In my opinion, the best features Squid Proxy Cache Server offers are that it is open-source, well-known, well-documented, has great performance, and has many plugins and features embedded, including the security capabilities. You can limit traffic, reduce traffic, scan traffic, and create whitelisting of websites or blacklisting of websites, such as mature content or whatever is not allowed in your company or project needs. Additionally, there are different models to authenticate through Squid Proxy Cache Server with a database and create solutions bound to the username. You can actually grant access for a specific user by their specific credentials. Squid Proxy Cache Server has positively impacted my organization by reducing the cost of internet providing traffic, speeding up the connection, and speeding up the loading for the developers. For another project, one of the products was built on Squid Proxy Cache Server fully. Traffic was reduced by approximately thirty to forty percent when comparing caching and without caching through Squid Proxy Cache Server, so it dramatically reduced the cost.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
26%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
30%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey can be improved, but not really because I think it already does the job excellently. Nothing comes to mind regarding needed improvements.
What advice do you have for others considering OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?
OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey works as intended, so there is not much else to add regarding the features. My advice to others looking into using OpenVPN Community Edition - powered...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenVPN Community Edition - powered by TurnKey?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, it is free, so there are no issues.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Squid Proxy Cache Server?
The setup cost for us with Squid Proxy Cache Server was only the matter of the deployment and resources which were used for running Squid Proxy Cache Server. We did not have any issues with licensi...
What needs improvement with Squid Proxy Cache Server?
Squid Proxy Cache Server can be improved if the community works more and if this software is used more widely, so it will get more features from the market demands. The best approach is to use it m...
What is your primary use case for Squid Proxy Cache Server?
One of the main use cases for Squid Proxy Cache Server is as a proxy server with caching capabilities for a software development company to secure the traffic, speed up the upload, and reduce the t...
 

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