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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs Huawei Enterprise Routers comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

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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
Huawei Enterprise Routers
Ranking in Routers
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
WAN Edge (16th)
 

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 Huawei Enterprise Routers is 8.4%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huawei Enterprise Routers8.4%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.4%
Other87.2%
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.
EP
Network Engineer at Technical University of Crete
Reliable border connectivity with responsive support but there's room for more intuitive documentation
The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate. There are some errors and misleading information. The general appearance of the company site is also not user-friendly for downloading firmware. Firmware updates should be more straightforward. More security features would be appreciated, however, they should be easy to understand and implement.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"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 deployment was pretty quick, so the AWS Marketplace options are very helpful."
"It connects all the accounts with the weaknesses, and this is what we were looking for, and it also connects with the on-premise side."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router is a stable solution and we have not had any issues."
"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."
"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."
"This solution is scalable."
"When we started, the connection was amazing for the 100G between the switches and the co-switch. What the students typically use for school is a maximum is 40 so they now have faster technology."
"The product’s technical support team is responsive."
"My recommendation is that you use Huawei Routers; they are good, and they don't have any problems."
"The product has valuable support services."
"Based on my experience of about four years, I think that Huawei Enterprise Routers are pretty stable."
"Overall we have found the solution to be satisfactory."
"We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS."
"The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine."
 

Cons

"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 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."
"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."
"Technical support could be better. I am missing a single pane of glass, where I can see all the connections, etc."
"The AWS version seems to be a lot less reliable, and we had a lot of issues with the initial configuration."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"There should be a system in place to help existing users make an easier transition to the newer interfaces."
"They should include features like IPS for security and response."
"The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate."
"The stability ended up not being what we hoped, therefore, we reverted back to Cisco routers, which are much more stable."
"The internet service for enterprise bundle should be improved."
"The internet speed reduces throughout the day. The tool is not stable."
"I have an issue with Huawei; when we can't solve a project problem, support will say, "Oh, this will be from next year, we don't want to create support, for example, Huawei Router.""
"If Huawei can use its own OEM processor, it could be a good step up for future use in the network devices."
"We found that working with technical support was difficult due to a language barrier, and this needs to be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy. It was almost a one-click process to purchase CSR."
"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."
"We never buy the product on the AWS Marketplace. We only download it. We always use BYOL. We never buy the license in the AWS Marketplace, because it's very expensive."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"The pricing is fine, though it might have been cheaper going through a partner or doing a direct buy."
"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable."
"This solution is kind of expensive."
"Huawei offers a cheaper enterprise router solution than Cisco."
"The tool's licensing is yearly."
"The solution is cheap compared to Cisco."
"The product is inexpensive, but there is an extra cost for replacement of the device."
"There are additional licensing costs. I am aware of additional licenses and which services are added to the router."
"These routers are not too expensive."
"The price of the solution is fair."
"There is no licence for this solution, but the solution could be cheaper."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Performing Arts
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
 

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 Business13
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The product is very cheap and offers a huge discount as they are trying to enter the market. However, you have to pay extra for some services and support.
What needs improvement with Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate. There are some errors and misleading information. The general appearance of the company site is also not user-friendly for downloadin...
What is your primary use case for Huawei Enterprise Routers?
Huawei Enterprise Routers are used as our main border routers to connect us to our ISP.
 

Also Known As

Cisco CSR, Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v, Cisco CSR 1000v
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Sample Customers

Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe
Bus Online, VisionChina Media Inc. (VisionChina), China Network Television (CNTV), Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, ABC, BovenIJ hospital
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