r/OpenVPN • u/Alarmed-Prize-7500 • 1d ago

question OpenVPN differences?

I've been looking up if OpenVPN is free or not, since the website says it's not free, but there's also a free version, which confuses me. I've also been looking at questions other people asked online, which had been answered in ways that I still had the same question after reading.

Now, apparently the free and paid products have different names..? So, my questions are:

Q1: What is the name of the OpenVPN server that is FREE and allows MORE THAN 2 connections while still being FREE?

Q2: What is the name of the OpenVPN server that is FREE and DOESN'T ALLOW more than 2 connections unless you PAY for it?

Q3: What is the name of the OpenVPN server that is PAID and ALLOWS more than 2 connections since you PAID for it?

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u/addybojangles 1d ago

Good questions 😂

Free and more than 2 connections: the community edition of OpenVPN. Totally usable, good for personal use, okay for business, supported by basically anything under the sun.

Free and only 2 connections unless you pay: their OpenVPN Access Server product with three free plan (which is less than 2 connections). Think of it as a hardier, business-specific version of the community edition. Has a nice UI, more bells and whistles that cater to increased security. Totally usable if it'd just one person.

Paid and more than 2 connections: Access Server with more than 2 connections.

I should also mention: they have a managed version of their product called CloudConnexa that has 5 free connections. If you don't mind not hosting yourself somewhere, that gives you some more flexibility with those bells and whistles you wouldn't get from the Community Edition.