OpenVPN
by OpenVPN · Self-hosted or cloud-delivered zero trust VPN for business remote access
BenchRank score
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Overview
OpenVPN sells business VPN software in two forms: Access Server, self-hosted on your own hardware, data centre or cloud account, and CloudConnexa, a cloud-delivered service. Both route workforce, network and IoT traffic through encrypted tunnels with zero trust controls, enforcing access by identity, device and IP address. Access Server is licensed per simultaneous connection.
- Best for
- Businesses that want a self-hosted remote-access VPN priced per simultaneous connection
- Pricing
- Access Server is free for up to 2 connections, then $7 per connection per month (shown as $70/month for the sample plan when billed yearly), with custom pricing for Enterprise & IoT.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free tier runs forever with 2 connections, no card required
- Self-host on own hardware, Docker, Hyper-V, VMware or cloud
- LDAP, RADIUS, SAML SSO and TOTP MFA are listed features
- 24/7 technical support listed across all Access Server tiers
Trade-offs
- Free tier stops at 2 simultaneous connections
- Self-hosting means you run, patch and scale the server yourself
- Growth tier tops out at 2,000 connections; above that is a sales call
- SLA support and guided onboarding are Enterprise-only
How OpenVPN markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on OpenVPN’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Secure Access for Every Employee, Everywhere.”
- Angle: Security / trust-led
- Hero: 3D render
Pricing
Published plans and prices from OpenVPN’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The OpenVPN pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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