We performed a comparison between Cisco Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Routers and Switches based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below
Comparison Results: MikroTik Routers and Switches comes out on top in this comparison. It is robust and easy to use. In addition, MikroTik Routers and Switches are considered significantly less expensive compared to Cisco Enterprise Routers. One area where Cisco Enterprise Routers did come out on top was in the Support category.
"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."
"I recommend Cisco Routers because of its stability, support, and availability. Cisco gives premium support, and they offer a solid product."
"The routing feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The main reason for using Cisco Routers is for the proprietor routing protocol that it has."
"It's a sound solution, so it's very easy to solve problems without a support contract, as mainly the problems we have related to the equipment can be solved by doing a Google search."
"Flexibility is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"I think Cisco Enterprise Routers are excellent."
"The performance is good."
"Cisco provides most of the needed features in all the routers."
"MikroTik routers are very user-friendly and easy to manage"
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You can typically set them up in about 30 minutes."
"It's very user-friendly."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches are stable"
"I use the tool to block external attempts."
"What I like best about MikroTik Routers and Switches is its easy handling. The product also has a significantly good interface."
"They are stable."
"MikroTik offers full enterprise capabilities at a very reasonable price."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The initial setup can be a little bit difficult."
"The cost is the biggest drawback of Cisco products. They say you'll never get fired for buying Cisco, but it's going to cost you."
"The solution is not easy to manage for people that do not have the experience."
"Many things about this solution are problematic including setup, configuration, performance, upgrades and support."
"The UI could be more user-friendly."
"The solution's cloud management capabilities could be better."
"It would be better if Cisco had a User Interface (UI) that we could configure from a web browser. Right now, we only have a Graphical User Interface (GUI). I would like to see a new UI with a dashboard for configuration in the next release."
"This solution is scalable but it does need some improvements."
"The product needs to include more power."
"It would be very good if these products are accessible via different kinds of shells and GUI. It will make these solutions very usable."
"The solution needs to improve its security firewalls and mirror that of, for example, Sophos, or FortiGate."
"I don't like the product's performance."
"The solution does suffer from freezing and corruption issues."
"Wireless throughput has not kept up with the competition."
"Improvements could be made in terms of SD-WAN capabilities and zero-touch provisioning."
"A central management platform would be great."
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Cisco Enterprise Routers is ranked 2nd in Routers with 101 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 1st in Routers with 62 reviews. Cisco Enterprise Routers is rated 8.6, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. 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 Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Cisco Enterprise Routers is most compared with Huawei Enterprise Routers, Juniper MX Series Routers, HPE Enterprise Routers, OneAccess Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers and Juniper MX Series Routers. See our Cisco Enterprise Routers vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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Mikrotik, as Cisco is not for everyone ... While this popular OS-based router, is simple, it is not for all applications.
When one wants complex results, MK is useful. it is an assistant to ADMs who do not have much knowledge.
But not everything is simple or can be solved with a single team. The particularity of its Agile and intuitive interface makes MK lose in the middle to high segment.
Cisco has years of experience, one may or may not agree with its pricing and especially licensing policy, but its products are made to last, its IOS, is powerful in many areas.
One turns on a Cisco and if the initial configuration is optimal, it does not turn off that router anymore.
MK is a team that must be seen, controlling and above all optimizing. The reasons for choosing one and the other are simple, money, knowledge and, above all, projection.
Cisco can be planned and completed, but it is not for everyone. MK plans to buy and update the HW sooner or later. His continuous releases are tedious but necessary. Cisco in the Enterprise range is clearly superior, as is Juniper or Huawei.