We performed a comparison between Cisco Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Routers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"We have found the technology to be excellent. It provides a lot of services."
"The routing feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Cisco Routers are quite robust. They don't malfunction, and we've had no complaints so far."
"The performance is quite good."
"It is a stable solution."
"I haven't assessed it in that way, they provided us with excellent service. We had very few issues."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its ability to implement layer three protocols and layer two protocols like OSPS in BSS and BSC environments, with the Nexus Cisco 7000."
"The most valuable features are security and throughput."
"The performance has been good."
"The GUI is easy to use."
"The tool has impacted our company's network costs and productivity in a perfect manner and percentage-wise, I can say it is 120 percent."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"I like that it's quite flexible and addresses different issues. It's quite easy to use, and the pricing is great. We find them to be very capable switches."
"This solution is very similar to the on-premises version making it easy to use for those who know the architect."
"It's a well-rounded solution for routing."
"The interface management and the user access management is pretty good."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Performance is one area that could be improved. The stability of the devices is great, but performance-wise we find that upgrading the memory or changing the device entirely is sometimes necessary."
"The licensing structure is very convoluted, and the cost of the licenses includes a whole bunch of stuff that you'll never use."
"I would like to see support for software-defined networking."
"As we are expanding, we require more coverage."
"The solution is expensive and difficult to manage."
"Cisco Enterprise Router's price could improve, they are expensive."
"I would like to see more boundaries and better performance."
"When we buy new hardware, since we are in Latin America, we have a very long wait in terms of getting the devices."
"If MikroTik had a marketing team and support team in India then it would be much easier for us to get the product, as well as support."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Antispam and antivirus features should be included in the future."
"Improvements are needed with respect to some of the security, especially for VPN links between vendors other than Cisco."
"MikroTik needs to add some features like IPS, mail security, or antivirus, et cetera."
"The port isolation and VLAN need to be improved."
"The RAM capacity offered by the product needs to be increased, as it is one area where the tool currently has some shortcomings."
"The bulk efficiencies and the control of traffic could be a bit better."
Cisco Enterprise Routers is ranked 2nd in Routers with 101 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 5th in Routers with 18 reviews. Cisco Enterprise Routers is rated 8.6, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Enterprise Routers writes "Allows us to configure NAS through Cisco activities and to create GRE channels with different sites". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Cisco Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Juniper MX Series Routers and HPE Enterprise Routers, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Arista Networks Platform, Meraki MS Switches and Cisco Cloud Services Router. See our Cisco Enterprise Routers vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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