This is what makes AlmstVPN different it packaged as Preference Panel, so you do not have to use yet another application to configure your tunnels.

It employs launched to control tunnels, so you do not have to have yet another application running while tunneling, it uses creative network configuration techniques to provide almost VPN like access to remote services, so you can keep using real IP addresses and port numbers while accessing service on other side of your tunnels.

It provides simple way to mount remote volumes via SSH tunnel, and it can import tunnel definitions from SSH Tunnel Manager and SSH Keychain.