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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 August 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.8%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Enterprise Routers is 5.1%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.8%
HPE Enterprise Routers5.1%
Other90.1%
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

"The routing service for NPLS called Layer 3-IP is fantastic."
"Cisco's technical support is pretty good - they have a professional support center to handle any problems and will send out an expert to help you resolve any issues."
"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."
"In summary, this is a good product and I recommend it."
"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 product is fantastic."
"The deployment was pretty quick, so the AWS Marketplace options are very helpful."
"It has good scalability."
"HPE routers are easier to manage than any other router I've used."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"These routers help us to provide high availability to our clusters."
"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."
"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."
 

Cons

"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."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between the hub and spoke."
"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 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."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"Over the past couple of years, I've noticed that the Cisco CLIs and web-based interfaces have changed. As such, there is a bit of a learning curve for people."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"There should be a system in place to help existing users make an easier transition to the newer interfaces."
"They should work on lowering their prices in Brazil to stay competitive with rivals and offer customers more affordable options."
"Better management tools are needed."
"Its customer service could be better for older equipment models."
"I'd like to see more security features, like support for different types of encryptions."
"Compatibility with other platforms could be improved."
"The price is expensive and could be made more competitive."
"Technical support could be better. The response could be better and faster."
"The solution is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"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."
"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."
"The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace."
"Purchasing the product on the AWS Marketplace was very simplistic. Our organization was trying to centralize our billing costs, and simplicity was best."
"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
11%
University
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
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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