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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
9th
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
7th
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 August 2025, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 3.4%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Enterprise Routers is 4.6%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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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.
Chi-Zhang - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"The routing service for NPLS called Layer 3-IP is fantastic."
"It allowed us to create a more secure VPN than we would have been able to do without it."
"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 seems pretty stable. We have never had any issues with it."
"The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good."
"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"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 valuable feature is the SNMP traps that I use to monitor the router and the availability of the network."
"It is more durable than other products in the market."
"It makes it easy to update the network technology and manage multiple deals, all without needing technical knowledge."
"Extensive support for cellular range for Wi-Fi technologies"
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"These routers help us to provide high availability to our clusters."
"It has good scalability."
"HPE routers are easier to manage than any other router I've used."
 

Cons

"Technical support could be better. I am missing a single pane of glass, where I can see all the connections, etc."
"It could grow or adapt to changes in the cloud. For example, cloud does not support autoscaling. When people want to grow, they have to do manual activities."
"I would like the ability to moderate between devices on-premise to off-premise. This would be a vast improvement."
"The configuration is difficult."
"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."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"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."
"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."
"Better management tools are needed."
"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."
"Compatibility with other platforms could be improved."
"Technical support could be better."
"They should work on lowering their prices in Brazil to stay competitive with rivals and offer customers more affordable options."
"The solution is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"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."
"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."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"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."
"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

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What do you like most about HPE Enterprise Routers?
It makes it easy to update the network technology and manage multiple deals, all without needing technical knowledge.
What needs improvement with HPE Enterprise Routers?
They should work on lowering their prices in Brazil to stay competitive with rivals and offer customers more affordable options.
 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

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