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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
6th
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 December 2025, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.0%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Enterprise Routers is 5.0%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
HPE Enterprise Routers5.0%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.0%
Other91.0%
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

"It allowed us to create a more secure VPN than we would have been able to do without it."
"The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good."
"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."
"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"It is definitely scalable. It can handle a lot more traffic and group work compared to any other products that I've evaluated. It could easily scale a lot more than what I'm doing right now."
"It handles stress very well. We have not reached a point of needing to worry about its capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence assessment models."
"Overall, it is a solid product and a good router."
"It has good scalability."
"These routers help us to provide high availability to our clusters."
"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."
"It is more durable than other products in the market."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"Extensive support for cellular range for Wi-Fi technologies"
 

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."
"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 would like the ability to moderate between devices on-premise to off-premise. This would be a vast improvement."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between hub and spoke."
"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 some deployment examples and guides specific to AWS VPCs and how to separate your subnets. Then, how they tie-in with the Internet gateway and any NAT services that we are running on our VPC. This would be extremely helpful."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"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."
"They should work on lowering their prices in Brazil to stay competitive with rivals and offer customers more affordable options."
"I'd like to see more security features, like support for different types of encryptions."
"Compatibility with other platforms could be improved."
"Better management tools are needed."
"Its customer service could be better for older equipment models."
"Technical support could be better."
"The solution is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy. It was almost a one-click process to purchase CSR."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"The pricing is fine, though it might have been cheaper going through a partner or doing a direct buy."
"The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy; click a button and you have it."
"The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace."
"The licensing model is good with this appliance: Bring Your Own License (BYOL)."
"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Computer Software Company
30%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Real Estate/Law Firm
5%
 

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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