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, no other competitor beats Cisco Cloud Services Router.
Information Technology Infrastructure Manager at Alwefaq Transportation Solutions
Real User
Aug 2, 2022
The yearly subscription is causing some issues with our budget. They should reduce costs for some customers. When we review budgets, management asks if there are subscription discounts because we want to reduce pricing on the IT side. Management indicates that pricing is a bit high but we haven't done comparison pricing at this point.
You do need to pay a licensing fee to use the solution. You can do a yearly or three-year subscription. The product itself is quite expensive. It would be ideal if they offered the product at a cheaper price.
IT Director at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Dec 11, 2018
The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable. Right now, at 10MB or 20MB, it makes a lot of sense. However, at 100MB, it doesn't scale well and the price goes up significantly. We found purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was a good, easy experience. We chose to go through the AWS Marketplace for easy of purchasing.
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Project Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Dec 11, 2018
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. 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.
The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace. Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy; click a button and you have it. Our organization saw it was in Cisco's documentation, and that is how we set it up.
Cloud Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Dec 11, 2018
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.
Senior Cloud Engineer at Pentagon Federal Credit Union
Real User
Dec 5, 2018
They could make it a little cheaper. It is a lot of money. It's almost $25,000 USD a year if I buy directly from AWS Marketplace, and we need at least two of them. 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 purchasing process through the AWS Marketplace is simple and easy. All I had to do was click a button, and it got the evaluation started. Then, when the evaluation was about to end, I received emails. It was directly billed to my router account. I didn't actually do anything at that point. We went through the AWS Marketplace because when this whole project started I was searching for options. I had used Cisco CSR in the past, but I was still searching for something cheaper. With the AWS marketplace, I just searched for VPN solutions and IPsec, and Cisco CSR received a couple of the top hits. So, it was just click a button and easy to deploy from the AWS Marketplace.
Purchasing the product on the AWS Marketplace was very simplistic. Our organization was trying to centralize our billing costs, and simplicity was best. The pricing is fine, though it might have been cheaper going through a partner or doing a direct buy.
Cloud Developer Product Director at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Dec 4, 2018
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.
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...
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, no other competitor beats Cisco Cloud Services Router.
The yearly subscription is causing some issues with our budget. They should reduce costs for some customers. When we review budgets, management asks if there are subscription discounts because we want to reduce pricing on the IT side. Management indicates that pricing is a bit high but we haven't done comparison pricing at this point.
This solution is kind of expensive.
You do need to pay a licensing fee to use the solution. You can do a yearly or three-year subscription. The product itself is quite expensive. It would be ideal if they offered the product at a cheaper price.
The pricing is good for what it offers.
The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable. Right now, at 10MB or 20MB, it makes a lot of sense. However, at 100MB, it doesn't scale well and the price goes up significantly. We found purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was a good, easy experience. We chose to go through the AWS Marketplace for easy of purchasing.
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. 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.
The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace. Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy; click a button and you have it. Our organization saw it was in Cisco's documentation, and that is how we set it up.
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.
They could make it a little cheaper. It is a lot of money. It's almost $25,000 USD a year if I buy directly from AWS Marketplace, and we need at least two of them. 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 purchasing process through the AWS Marketplace is simple and easy. All I had to do was click a button, and it got the evaluation started. Then, when the evaluation was about to end, I received emails. It was directly billed to my router account. I didn't actually do anything at that point. We went through the AWS Marketplace because when this whole project started I was searching for options. I had used Cisco CSR in the past, but I was still searching for something cheaper. With the AWS marketplace, I just searched for VPN solutions and IPsec, and Cisco CSR received a couple of the top hits. So, it was just click a button and easy to deploy from the AWS Marketplace.
Purchasing the product on the AWS Marketplace was very simplistic. Our organization was trying to centralize our billing costs, and simplicity was best. The pricing is fine, though it might have been cheaper going through a partner or doing a direct buy.
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.