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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs HPE Enterprise Routers comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Enterprise Routers
Ranking in Routers
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.4%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Enterprise Routers is 4.8%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.4%
HPE Enterprise Routers4.8%
Other90.8%
Routers
 

Featured Reviews

VENKATESHREDDY - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate IT Director at Diligent Global
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.
Chi-Zhang - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and President at Summit GAM
Has excellent scalability and is cost-effective compared to its competitors
The solution is reasonably priced and easy to configure. By collaborating with Aruba, they have integrated more products to streamline the porting process. Our project team comprises two or three network engineers for regular maintenance and troubleshooting. The workload is not heavy. I rate the solution as an eight and recommend it to network engineers and solution providers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I now have ease of flexibility, ease of use, and most importantly, convenience."
"It seems pretty stable. We have never had any issues with it."
"It offers exactly we need."
"As an end user, I would recommend Cisco because it is stable, has good performance, resiliency, high availability, quick setup, a friendly environment, and friendly interfaces that are easy to deploy and manage."
"The most valuable feature is the SNMP traps that I use to monitor the router and the availability of the network."
"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"It provides us with highly secure, reliable, and easy-to-manage 3G/4G LTE WAN cellular and wireless LAN connectivity for mobile environments."
"When the customer buys Cisco, they receive security and the capabilities to do many thing with networking, like routing and installation of networks."
"It has good scalability."
"The deployment is easy, the web-based management is great, its ISR is good, we found the product to be stable, it has good scalability, and its pricing is fair."
"It is more durable than other products in the market."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"Quality-wise, this product is somewhere between Huawei and Cisco."
"The most valuable feature would be the support for cellular range for Wi-Fi technologies, there is extensive support available."
"It makes it easy to update the network technology and manage multiple deals, all without needing technical knowledge."
"HPE routers are easier to manage than any other router I've used."
 

Cons

"They have an online registration that happens after they pick up block months. If they could decrease to yearly or something, sometimes the device is not cell phone accessible. That becomes an issue or challenge for us. If that can be improved, that would be really great."
"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."
"The configuration is difficult."
"A CAPEX/OPEX model, 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."
"There should be a system in place to help existing users make an easier transition to the newer interfaces."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"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."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve by having more features. It is lacking features, such as virtualization and containerization. Additionally, there should be increased security and connectivity between routers."
"I'd like to see more security features, like support for different types of encryptions."
"Its customer service could be better for older equipment models."
"The solution is expensive."
"Better management tools are needed."
"Compatibility with other platforms could be improved."
"They should work on lowering their prices in Brazil to stay competitive with rivals and offer customers more affordable options."
"Technical support could be better. The response could be better and faster."
"The price is expensive and could be made more competitive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Purchasing the product on the AWS Marketplace was very simplistic. Our organization was trying to centralize our billing costs, and simplicity was best."
"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."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"The price is a little high, more than what we wanted to pay. This is one area where we would like to understanding how the price could be brought down a bit more."
"The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy; click a button and you have it."
"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Performing Arts
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
University
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 Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

Also Known As

Cisco CSR, Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v, Cisco CSR 1000v
HP Enterprise Routers
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe
Transdanubian Regional Waterworks Corporation (DRV)
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