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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs Juniper MX Series Routers comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 9, 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
Juniper MX Series Routers
Ranking in Routers
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.5%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Juniper MX Series Routers is 13.4%, up from 12.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Juniper MX Series Routers13.4%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.5%
Other82.1%
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.
Patrick Anaku - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Roke Telkom
Performance excels with reliable uptime and robust features
The best features of Juniper MX Series Routers include their performance, which is quite good for us in terms of hardware performance. The Junos OS, the software, is stable, and we don't have many issues with the Juniper system itself. They have numerous features that allow us to deliver services, be it Layer 2 connectivity to customers, Layer 3 connectivity, data center connectivity, or even security features. Hardware performance has been a top-notch reason why we chose Juniper in the beginning, especially the MX series, which performs well in terms of network uptime and we don't encounter many failures. We have had a bad experience here and there with the ACX series, and their network performance is not so great compared to MX, so we have mostly done away with the ACX and only use MX at some of the core sites. I have seen a return on investment from the solution. Initially, we deployed MX80s on the network, and since our company has been in operation since 2006, from that point we used MX80s until around 2016 when we upgraded most of them to MX204s. From our experience, once we buy an MX204, we don't have issues with it; we have never had to replace an MX204 on the network. Once we deploy it, it works until we decide to upgrade the capacity. The return on investment is significant, as once we buy it, we have no worries about performance.

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."
"This solution is scalable."
"It seems pretty stable. We have never had any issues with it."
"The most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence assessment models."
"What's best about Cisco Cloud Services Router is the support. It's excellent, and so far, no significant challenges. Another valuable feature of the product is easy integration with other products."
"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 integrates well with the other products we're using. We have it with multiple windows like Palo Alto, Arista and it easily integrated with them."
"Users are able to easily configure the whole solution via simple data."
"I would say it is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper MX Series Routers is its exceptional policy management capabilities."
"The full Internet DGP is a valuable feature."
"The solution's main features are its security and ease of use."
"The most valuable feature is the standard routing protocol."
"We are able to easily build chassis with Juniper MX Series Routers."
"The most valuable feature is reliability."
 

Cons

"Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve the GUI."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"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 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 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."
"Technical support could be better. I am missing a single pane of glass, where I can see all the connections, etc."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"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."
"In terms of improvement, I would like for it to effectively protect against the broadcast storms, multicast storms, and DDoS attacks."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The solution could improve reliability and it needs more functions."
"The only thing that might need improvement would be the occasional downtime."
"We'd appreciate it if they had a better GUI. It would be more flexible for the customers that way."
"It is not scalable, unfortunately."
"The solution could improve by providing better training to allow more sales of the solution in the market."
"Juniper have addressed issues with the MX204, but it still has a limited number of interfaces. Ideally, it should support up to twenty or twenty-four interfaces to better serve smaller service providers. Additionally, the MX304 doesn't support subscriber management, also known as BNG, which I believe should be included."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable."
"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 price is a little high, more than what we wanted to pay. This is one area where we would like to understanding how the price could be brought down a bit more."
"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."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy. It was almost a one-click process to purchase CSR."
"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"The pricing of Juniper MX Series Routers is okay compared to other technologies."
"I would rate it around a three. While I'm not deeply involved in pricing discussions, I believe it is comparatively more affordable than Cisco."
"There is a license for this solution and the price is very competitive. The cost is less expensive than some competitors, such as Cisco. There are additional costs for support licenses."
"$300 to $400 is the hardware cost and for licensing cost, it may be around, for support and all, $100 per year."
"I would rate the pricing model a seven out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. It is not cheap."
"We have to pay for the device and licensing. The support service requires additional costs."
"The prices for Juniper MX Series Routers are reasonable."
"The solution is more expensive compared to other solutions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Manufacturing Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

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 Business19
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Juniper MX Series Routers?
The areas of Juniper MX Series Routers that have room for improvement include the port count; for instance, the MX204 has only four 40G or 100G ports, which is quite limited. While I know there are...
What is your primary use case for Juniper MX Series Routers?
I work with an internet service provider in Uganda and have experience working with Juniper MX Series Routers, as we use Mikrotik, Juniper, and Cisco routers on our infrastructure. We have a mix of...
What advice do you have for others considering Juniper MX Series Routers?
The solution is deployed in our organization as hardware and it is on-prem, as we run on on-prem solutions. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Juniper MX Series Routers a nine.
 

Also Known As

Cisco CSR, Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v, Cisco CSR 1000v
Juniper Enterprise Routers, MX Series, Junos Address Aware
 

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Sample Customers

Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe
AARNet Pty Ltd, Allegro Networks, Atlantech Online, Availity, Baloise Insurance, Black Lotus, CATV, Blue Box
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