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HPE Enterprise Routers vs Juniper MX Series Routers comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Enterprise Routers
Ranking in Routers
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Juniper MX Series Routers
Ranking in Routers
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
Carrier Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of HPE Enterprise Routers is 4.8%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Juniper MX Series Routers is 9.9%, down from 13.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Juniper MX Series Routers9.9%
HPE Enterprise Routers4.8%
Other85.3%
Routers
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Atul Torne - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Backbone Architect at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Routing has supported carrier-grade services and has needed more affordable security options
The features of Juniper MX Series Routers that I find most useful are its nice scalability, redundant power supply, and routing engines. Redundancy is maintained in the router itself, including power redundancy and routing engine redundancy. The routers run mostly all the protocols required for the managed service provider, and security-wise, they also have good features, allowing us to provide IPSec VPN services from the routers. These are the basic, mostly used features that we are utilizing. For Deep Packet Inspection, Juniper MX Series Routers have firewall filters and commands related to routing engine protection, and then packet inspection features are configured. In traffic management with Juniper MX Series Routers, I leverage the policer, shapers, and quality of service parameters for traffic management. I also use OSPF traffic engineering features and MPLS-TE; these are a few features that I employ for traffic management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Quality-wise, this product is somewhere between Huawei and Cisco."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"It has good scalability."
"It makes it easy to update the network technology and manage multiple deals, all without needing technical knowledge."
"These routers help us to provide high availability to our clusters."
"HPE routers are easier to manage than any other router I've used."
"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."
"The solution is stable."
"We use it as a central router for both 10G and 100G ports in our internet exchange backbone to connect our partners and protect our root servers and web servers."
"Juniper is at the forefront of IT technology."
"I think that the extensions are very valuable. The way you can test the configuration before applying that configuration permanently is very helpful. The rollback configuration is also very useful."
"Users are able to easily configure the whole solution via simple data."
"Since building out the MX-based infrastructure, our core network uptime has been consistently above 99.99%."
"I have found the most useful features to be layered VPNs, IPsec, VPLS, and firewall filters."
"The features of Juniper MX Series Routers that I find most useful are its nice scalability, redundant power supply, and routing engines."
 

Cons

"The price is expensive and could be made more competitive."
"They should work on lowering their prices in Brazil to stay competitive with rivals and offer customers more affordable options."
"I'd like to see more security features, like support for different types of encryptions."
"Its customer service could be better for older equipment models."
"Compatibility with other platforms could be improved."
"Better management tools are needed."
"Technical support could be better. The response could be better and faster."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is not scalable, unfortunately."
"Juniper Enterprise Routers could improve by adding a graphical user interface(GUI). They do not have one. Most of our team has to have a background or expertise in Juniper. When compared to other solutions, they have a GUI. It will be easier for new team members to get familiar with, configure, or set up the router. Additionally, adding some monitoring tools would help us."
"Better documentation to assist with implementation would be helpful."
"We'd like them to be capable of adding firewall options to the license."
"Enhancing the capacity would be a welcome improvement."
"The solution could improve by providing enhancements to built-in SDN or SDWAN."
"The security features could be better."
"One thing that the product can do better is clustering. Rather than just having two of them, it would help if there was one cluster to extend to more notes in the cluster itself."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
"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."
"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."
"The prices for Juniper MX Series Routers are reasonable."
"The solution is more expensive compared to other solutions."
"I would rate the pricing model a seven out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. It is not cheap."
"The price of this solution is better than other competitors, such as Cisco. We receive a lot of discounts which make the price less expensive and attractive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
University
7%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper MX Series Routers?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is expensive.
What needs improvement with Juniper MX Series Routers?
One area where Juniper MX Series Routers can be improved is the price point, as Juniper MX Series Routers are expensive, both the hardware and the licensing. The licensing model is something I'd fl...
What is your primary use case for Juniper MX Series Routers?
My main use case for Juniper MX Series Routers is core and edge routing for our combined utility and telecom network. We're providing power and telecommunication services across a big chunk of rura...
 

Also Known As

HP Enterprise Routers
Juniper Enterprise Routers, MX Series, Junos Address Aware
 

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Sample Customers

Transdanubian Regional Waterworks Corporation (DRV)
AARNet Pty Ltd, Allegro Networks, Atlantech Online, Availity, Baloise Insurance, Black Lotus, CATV, Blue Box
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