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MikroTik Routers and Switches vs Netgate TNSR comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

MikroTik Routers and Switches
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
Routers (2nd), Ethernet Switches (7th)
Netgate TNSR
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Routers (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Enterprise Networking solutions, they serve different purposes. MikroTik Routers and Switches is designed for Routers and holds a mindshare of 17.9%, down 23.5% compared to last year.
Netgate TNSR, on the other hand, focuses on Virtual Routers, holds 16.5% mindshare, down 18.7% since last year.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MikroTik Routers and Switches17.9%
Cisco Enterprise Routers15.6%
Juniper MX Series Routers10.5%
Other56.0%
Routers
Virtual Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Netgate TNSR16.5%
VyOS Universal Router20.4%
6WIND Virtual Service Router (VSR)17.1%
Other46.0%
Virtual Routers
 

Featured Reviews

AnikIslam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Executive at Lakdhanavi Limited
Cost-effective protocol support and a straightforward setup with room for login enhancements
In the network operations center, I manage our client's bandwidth. We connect with our clients through BGP and OSPF based on client demands. We also manage routing protocols, policies, internal firewalls, and other details like QE bandwidth, client manage bandwidth management, PoE, PPPoE, and DNS…
JL
Principal Network Engineer at HarborPoint Networks
Achieves exceptional performance and programmability with minimal hardware requirements
Netgate TNSR is a fully-featured router that handles all the technologies that we use. It has a very familiar and intuitive command-line interface. Additionally, it includes an API, which makes it easier to use in a programmatic fashion. It has been a very cost-effective alternative to larger router vendors, and we tend to get better performance out of it for the hardware that we use, achieving over four hundred gigs of throughput with very minimal hardware. Throughput is key to us.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool is simple and reliable. The most valuable function for us is filtering. We can manage which connections users can and cannot make. This is important as our office has about 2,200 employees using the Internet. It provides benefits because it's available and simple. Our IT staff is familiar with it, making it easy to operate and manage."
"This is a great product that gives you a lot of good features at that price."
"The solution offers very good multi-routing."
"I find MikroTik Routers and Switches easy to install and maintain."
"The MikroTik Hotspot is great."
"We use MikroTik Routers for laboratory and integral solution purposes and different kinds of load balancing and network switching."
"My experience has been awesome."
"The stability is good."
"It is surprisingly high performance for very little total cost of ownership."
"The solution has good performance."
 

Cons

"The solution should improve the features of Wi-Fi 6 a little bit."
"They could improve their product if they set, for instance, a controller for wireless LAN. That would allow them to really have something more than an access point."
"It would be nice if the interface was easier to use."
"I think the documentation of specific features could probably be improved. Especially if you want to try a new feature, sometimes you must test it thoroughly before implementing it with the client because the documentation doesn't give you the full background."
"The product needs to include more power."
"When we have a problem and reach out to MikroTik support, it's not very fast. Usually, you have to speak in English, so my technicians need to have strong English skills to communicate."
"There are limitations to how many users you have simultaneously."
"It is slow, old and unfriendly."
"The scalability could improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not expensive."
"The tool has a low price."
"MikroTik's equipment is very cheap compared to Cisco and Huawei."
"The product is cheap compared to Cisco."
"There is a one-time license fee for the use of this solution and it is less expensive than Cisco products."
"When we purchase MikroTik devices, a certain level of the license is included in the price."
"The tool is cheap."
"The tool offers a one-time buying option."
"There is not a license required for this solution but the price should be less expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

How do Cisco Enterprise routers compare with Mikrotik routers and switches?
Cisco Enterprise Routers are very stable and easy to use. They offer a very solid performance and are very secure. They also have a very good, long lifespan. We feel the command configuration is ve...
Which are better - Ubiquiti UniFi switches or MikroTik routers and switches?
Ubiquiti Unifi is a great solution. For starters, it is easy to configure and implement, and doesn’t require a learning curve because it is easy to use. It is also simple to reconfigure an AP or ga...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MikroTik Routers and Switches?
MikroTik Routers and Switches are expensive, but they are the best products in terms of quality. From my knowledge, their quality is also the best.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Netgate TNSR?
On the market TNSR is the lowest cost, but don't let that throw you off. It is the best cooked product in its space. You do have to maintain your yearly licenses though, so it's a good idea to add ...
What is your primary use case for Netgate TNSR?
We use Netgate TNSR as core routers and edge routers for peering. We have multiple edge routers, and we set up peering with our service providers and other peers on those edge routers. We also have...
What advice do you have for others considering Netgate TNSR?
I would absolutely recommend Netgate TNSR. It is surprisingly high performance for very little total cost of ownership. I would rate Netgate at least a nine because their product is made very well,...
 

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Sample Customers

ABB, Boingo Wireless, JPL, HP, Allied Telesis, iPass, Mips Technologies, MicroAge, Matsushita, Telia, undp, WFP, NASA
US Army, TrustCo Bank, Arkansas State University
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