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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs HPE Enterprise Routers comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

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
7th
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
8th
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 June 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 5.0%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Enterprise Routers is 5.2%, up from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco Cloud Services Router5.0%
HPE Enterprise Routers5.2%
Other89.8%
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

"It offers exactly we need."
"This solution is scalable."
"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 artificial intelligence assessment models."
"I now have ease of flexibility, ease of use, and most importantly, convenience."
"It handles stress very well. We have not reached a point of needing to worry about its capabilities."
"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."
"In summary, this is a good product and I recommend it."
"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."
"HPE routers are easier to manage than any other router I've used."
"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."
"It is more durable than other products in the market."
"It has good scalability."
"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."
 

Cons

"You can use this router in a scalable solution but it has its limitations."
"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."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between the hub and spoke."
"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."
"I would like to see better security, where there are more access controls and data confidentiality."
"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."
"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."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"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."
"The price is expensive and could be made more competitive."
"Technical support could be better. The response could be better and faster."
"Its customer service could be better for older equipment models."
"Better management tools are needed."
"The solution is expensive."
"I'd like to see more security features, like support for different types of encryptions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable."
"We would prefer to go through the vendor instead of AWS, as we have a relationship with the vendor and can get discounts directly from them. Going through the vendor, it is much cheaper for us. Though, we would still keep it hosted on AWS."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router is an expensive product. My company pays for the product yearly, and the price reaches roughly $800,000. Though Cisco Cloud Services Router is expensive and its competitors offer better pricing, when it comes to support, it's unbeatable."
"The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace."
"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"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."
"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
12%
Performing Arts
10%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
 

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)
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco Cloud Services Router vs. HPE Enterprise Routers and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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