Cisco Meraki MX vs. OpenVPN Access Server
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Cisco Meraki MX | Score9.1 out of 10 | N/A | Cisco Meraki MX Firewalls is a combined UTM and Software-Defined WAN solution. Meraki is managed via the cloud, and provides core firewall services, including site-to-site VPN, plus network monitoring. | $595 per appliance |
 OpenVPN Access Server | Score7 out of 10 | N/A | OpenVPN headquartered in Pleasanton allows users to create secure access to a private network in the cloud or on-premise with Access Server. Access Server is available to deploy directly on various cloud platforms like Amazon AWS, Google GCP, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, and also available as ready-to-deploy virtual appliances for Microsoft HyperV and VMWare ESXi. Alternately, OpenVPN Access Server Virtual Appliance is a full-featured secure network tunneling VPN virtual appliance solution… | $70 per month 5 connections (minimum) |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.3 | 8.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.0 | - |
| Usability | 9.5 | - |
| Availability | 9.1 | - |
| Performance | 9.1 | - |
| Support Rating | 8.9 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 7.0 | - |
| Product Scalability | 9.2 | - |