We performed a comparison between Cisco Cloud Services Router and MikroTik Routers and Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Routers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"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."
"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"The most valuable feature is the SNMP traps that I use to monitor the router and the availability of the network."
"It provides peace of mind because it is a stable product that you aren't going to lose sleep over at night wondering if it will be running or not."
"The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco Cloud Services Router are the integration with Amazon and Oracle cloud."
"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."
"I think they have very strong routers because they have multiple processors. I like its easy configuration with applications. For example, configuration with Linux, Iptables, and routing protocols."
"The deployment process of MikroTik routers and switches is very convenient since it is not command-driven and comes with a graphical user interface, making it much easier to operate."
"This solution is easy to configure and it's very flexible."
"The pricing is very reasonable. It's not too expensive."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"We've enjoyed the fact that it has very good performance."
"We make use of a script that will automatically re-route traffic when connections are slow."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the combination of value for money. They're extremely cost effective, yet they provide you with an extensive feature set of things you can do across the board. Also, they're pretty reliable, as far as equipment goes."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"There should be a system in place to help existing users make an easier transition to the newer interfaces."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between hub and spoke."
"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."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"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 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."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult. The configuration can take a lot of time."
"Improvements could be made in terms of SD-WAN capabilities and zero-touch provisioning."
"The user interface is not very good."
"They can improve the way the user interface is laid out. Their user interface is slightly geeky. There is more than one way to do the same thing in the user interface, and they need to work on that."
"There needs to be better support for this solution in India. We have no local support."
"It would be very good if these products are accessible via different kinds of shells and GUI. It will make these solutions very usable."
"There is an area of improvement. The firewall features are self-contained, but features like email scanning and voice control should be improved. This is the best routing product."
"It is slow, old and unfriendly."
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Cisco Cloud Services Router is ranked 6th in Routers with 17 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 1st in Routers with 61 reviews. Cisco Cloud Services Router is rated 8.0, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Cloud Services Router writes "Useful for smooth migrations, high availability, and simple deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Cisco Cloud Services Router is most compared with MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, HPE Enterprise Routers and Huawei Enterprise Routers, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Huawei Enterprise Routers and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Cisco Cloud Services Router vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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