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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs Huawei Enterprise Routers comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Cloud Services Router
Ranking in Routers
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Huawei Enterprise Routers
Ranking in Routers
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
WAN Edge (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.0%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei Enterprise Routers is 13.2%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Huawei Enterprise Routers13.2%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.0%
Other82.8%
Routers
 

Featured Reviews

VENKATESHREDDY - PeerSpot reviewer
Manageable, provides excellent support, and easily integrates with other products
One central area for improvement in Cisco is its product line offering. Cisco has ISE and other products, such as DNS Center and other components. Instead of small to medium-sized customers purchasing devices and maintaining the devices, it would be great if customers could have subscriptions. A CAPEX/OPEX model instead of that Cisco code, where the pricing model is subscription-based, would give much better flexibility for the customers. The pricing and model for Cisco Cloud Services Router and other Cisco products could be improved. One good example of what I want to be added to the Cisco Cloud Services Router in its next version is for it to be more of a plug-and-play product. For example, Juniper has developed QR codes, so if you need to plug in a device, you scan from your phone and connect to the internet. That's it. You can provision the device remotely through the cloud orchestrator, so I want to see a similar function or feature in Cisco Cloud Services Router.
Muhammad Amir Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls
The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine.  We have encountered issues while integrating the product with Enterprise Management Systems. Huawei platform is good for Huawei but we face issues when we integrate it with other models.  I have been working with the product for one and a…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"This solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco Cloud Services Router is it can make your migrations smooth. For example, if you want to migrate to the cloud, but you don't want to change the IP. You can extend your VLAN from on-premise to the cloud without having to change the IP."
"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"What's best about Cisco Cloud Services Router is the support. It's excellent, and so far, no significant challenges. Another valuable feature of the product is easy integration with other products."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco Cloud Services Router are the integration with Amazon and Oracle cloud."
"AWS has a reference architecture to enable the Cisco routers in high availability and Transit VPC. This is a very powerful router and can enable us to use Transit VPC in AWS, and this is a very powerful feature that we use."
"It seems pretty stable. We have never had any issues with it."
"The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good."
"The product has valuable support services."
"The setup is simple."
"I have been able to connect the solution to many platforms such as Windows, Apple, and Android."
"Overall we have found the solution to be satisfactory."
"The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine."
"The product is easy to improve and deploy in terms of configuration for engineers and technical executives."
"Internet access is a good feature."
"I use the product to connect to various access points to extend my network."
 

Cons

"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"I would like the ability to moderate between devices on-premise to off-premise. This would be a vast improvement."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"There should be a system in place to help existing users make an easier transition to the newer interfaces."
"You can use this router in a scalable solution but it has its limitations."
"It does the job, but it's not cloud native. It could be even better, like having a single pane of glass and being less expensive."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between hub and spoke."
"The ease of use within the AWS environment needs to improve. Sometimes, it is very esoteric in how you use it. Therefore, you have to learn to use it, then you are able to."
"The only problem I see is configuration loss."
"Essentially, they need to open their licensing model such that when a customer buys a device, they have a full view of all of the available licenses for it."
"In my country we don't have Huawei technology, we only have Huawei routers for ISP. There is no agent for Huawei in Egypt."
"There is not much of a technical team for Huawei available in Pakistan as compared to Cisco with respect to very complex networks."
"We have found we have to restart the routers or reconfigured them a lot of the time, this issue should improve. The quality of the hardware needs to be more durable."
"The internet service for enterprise bundle should be improved."
"The product’s performance could be better."
"Huawei Enterprise Routers can improve by enhancing their security. The software architecture and the operating system that runs on their router and the security capability are not as strong when compared to Cisco."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing model is good with this appliance: Bring Your Own License (BYOL)."
"Purchasing it through the AWS Marketplace was very simple. We went through the AWS Marketplace because it was the easiest way to get the product up and running very quickly."
"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router is an expensive product. My company pays for the product yearly, and the price reaches roughly $800,000. Though Cisco Cloud Services Router is expensive and its competitors offer better pricing, when it comes to support, it's unbeatable."
"Purchasing the product on the AWS Marketplace was very simplistic. Our organization was trying to centralize our billing costs, and simplicity was best."
"You do need to pay a licensing fee to use the solution. You can do a yearly or three-year subscription. The product itself is quite expensive. It would be ideal if they offered the product at a cheaper price."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"The product is expensive."
"The product is inexpensive, but there is an extra cost for replacement of the device."
"The price is reasonable compared to Cisco's."
"The tool's licensing is yearly."
"The price of the solution is fair."
"Huawei offers a cheaper enterprise router solution than Cisco."
"The solution is cheap compared to Cisco."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
University
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The solution provides support for 5G connectivity.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The product is very cheap and offers a huge discount as they are trying to enter the market. However, you have to pay extra for some services and support.
What needs improvement with Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate. There are some errors and misleading information. The general appearance of the company site is also not user-friendly for downloadin...
 

Also Known As

Cisco CSR, Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v, Cisco CSR 1000v
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Sample Customers

Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe
Bus Online, VisionChina Media Inc. (VisionChina), China Network Television (CNTV), Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, ABC, BovenIJ hospital
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