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Pros
"The routing service for NPLS called Layer 3-IP is fantastic.""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 valuable feature is the SNMP traps that I use to monitor the router and the availability of the network.""The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good.""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.""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.""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."

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"The solution has good performance.""It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."

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Cons
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured.""The configuration is difficult.""You can use this router in a scalable solution but it has its limitations.""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.""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.""If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between hub and spoke.""Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve by having more features. It is lacking features, such as virtualization and containerization. Additionally, there should be increased security and connectivity between routers."

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"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
  • "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."
  • "The licensing model is good with this appliance: Bring Your Own License (BYOL)."
  • "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 product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
  • "The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable."
  • "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."
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  • "There is not a license required for this solution but the price should be less expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled.
    Top Answer:The product is very cost-effective and has no requirement for additional licenses. The setup is not easy. Users need more technical expertise to configure it. This is not advisable for non-IT users.
    Top Answer:THe solution is used as a primary gateway with two lease lines of 450 Mbps total. Around 200 users are under it. There is no server or database in the environment. Users use only the internet… more »
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    Also Known As
    Cisco CSR, Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v, Cisco CSR 1000v
    TNSR
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    Overview

    The Cisco Cloud Services Router is a reliable and scalable solution for extending network layers from the head office to the cloud, maintaining connections from branch offices through the cloud environment. Its most valuable features are its integration with Amazon and Oracle Cloud, its ability to smooth migrations without changing IP, and excellent technical support. 

    The product is stable, easy to integrate with other products, and offers a fantastic routing service for NPLS called Layer 3-IP. It has helped organizations by providing higher resilience solutions, centralized troubleshooting, and easy management of services on the infrastructure side.

    TNSR is an advanced open source-based secure networking software platform with highly-scalable packet processing, manageability, and service expansion capabilities. This video provides a high-level introduction. that address a number of commonly asked new product questions - in just a couple of minutes.

    Sample Customers
    Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe
    UCLA, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, shopify
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Cisco Cloud Services Router is ranked 6th in Routers with 17 reviews while Netgate TNSR is ranked 8th in Routers with 2 reviews. Cisco Cloud Services Router is rated 8.0, while Netgate TNSR is rated 7.6. 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 Netgate TNSR writes "Good gateway with helpful traffic shaping and load balancing". Cisco Cloud Services Router is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, HPE Enterprise Routers and Huawei Enterprise Routers, whereas Netgate TNSR is most compared with MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Cisco Enterprise Routers, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Juniper MX Series Routers.

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