🔒 Closed Softether vs open vpn

[dorian2kx]

Can someone please explain the difference between the two and which one is the better one to use?

 

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OpenVPN vs SoftEther – Comparison
We have reached the most important part of this article – comparison between the two most popular pieces of software which is used for VPN. One thing is certain – each of the two has certain advantages and disadvantages which are worth mentioning but the ultimate victory goes definitely to SoftEther – and here is a short list of differences to prove that.

• OpenVPN is much older than SoftEther VPN – the former was made in 2002 by OpenVPN Technologies, Inc. while the latter is made in 2013 and has a fairly newer approach. As previously mentioned, SoftEther was actually not made by a company but as a project at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.
• The number of supported VPN protocols is much higher with SoftEther VPN. The VPN protocol supported by OpenVPN is just theirs while SoftEther supports EtherIP, Microsoft SSTP, L2TP/Ipsec and many others.
• The throughput speed of the two is maybe the most important difference – while OpenVPN barely reaches 100Mbps, SoftEther can go up to 900Mbps and even higher. Therefore, if you consider speed to be the most important factor when it comes to choosing the software, SoftEther is the definite winner in this interesting competition.
• There are more platforms which support OpenVPN than SoftEther VPN and this is one important thing where OpenVPN wins. Although both are supported by major platforms such as Windows, Mac and Linux, OpenVPN is also supported by NetBSD and QNX. It is a low probability that you own one of those platforms – but hey, show some respect.

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[dorian2kx]

Thank you for the explanation