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OpenVPN Connect

OpenVPN Connect provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Self-Hosted
  • Cloudron
3.8
Good15 reviews
762likes
11comments
0news articles

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Properties

  1.  Security-focused
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Online Anonymity
  2.  Cisco AnyConnect
  3.  OpenVPN
  4.  No Logs
  5.  Encrypted VPN
  6.  Voice Chat
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  No Tracking
  9.  No registration required
  10.  Private repositories
  11.  OS deployment
  12. KeePass icon  Keepass integration

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Comment summary: OpenVPN Connect receives mixed reviews: some users appreciate its ease of use, cross-platform capability, and ability to bypass restrictions like the Great Firewall, while others find it difficult to use, especially on Windows Server 2008, and criticize its lack of user-friendly documentation. Although praised for its open-source status and widespread support among VPN clients, concerns include a lack of effective kill-switch and support for WireGuard. Issues with installation and hidden costs diminish its appeal.
Top Positive Comment
Andrei O.
2

Used by many VPN clients (apps and routers alike) underhood, it has been the standard for many years as the de facto protocol for VPN, an alternative that is promising faster speeds and better performance but is currently new is WireGuard.

Top Negative Comment
RemovedUser
4

This piece of software is the least user-friendly one you can get for Windows platform. Unless you are majored in computer science you will 100% fail to make it work. The so called "manuals" are basicly a specifications, list of features without any step by step instruction of how to make it work. It seems that this extreme un-userfriendliness and the links to the product are hidden from their website is done on purpose, to push everyone to buy their uncompetitive commercial version of the product (which also requires your CVV code before you even install the product, which is at least suspicious)

save your time and ignore OpenVPN

Review by a new / low-activity user.
Korwin
0

The application is declared open source, and there are even repositories on github and gitlab. But neither there nor there is it possible to leave bug reports or wishes for the development of the application, just as compiled binaries are not provided. In addition, the application does not support working with the wireguard protocol, that is, it is useless for me.

BubbleTea
0

The software is great, and the UI is pleasant. When a VPN provider gives you their own crappy client, you can just use this one instead.

The only downside is that it doesn't have a kill-switch. I mean it technically does, but it doesn't work in practice.

Guest
0

It is installed on all mobile devices - laptops, and Android and iOS-phones. One click, and I can have in any public wifi network a secure tunnel to my homenetwork, thereby surfing the net protected by my firewall and kept ad-free by PiHole.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
inducto
-3

It takes creating an online profile to use it - this makes the whole idea of anonymization obsolete

Wolfram Schmidt
-1

It's open source. It's cross platform and it's easy to use/configure

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What is OpenVPN Connect?

OpenVPN Connect is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. Starting with the fundamental premise that complexity is the enemy of security, OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other VPN technologies that is well-targeted for the SME and enterprise markets.

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OpenVPN Connect information

  • Developed by

    US flagOpenVPN Inc.
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $60 and $1250 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.8 (15 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    55 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 11 comments and reviews about OpenVPN Connect, and it has gotten 762 likes

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