We performed a comparison between Cisco Enterprise Routers and Juniper MX Series Routers 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."
"They offer a variety of very good features."
"The most valuable feature is the command prompt, which is very user-friendly."
"It has provided us a more secure environment, especially the firewall. We've had multiple attempts of network intrusion which have been defeated due to the firewall rules in place."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the devices. Also, from a feature perspective, Cisco Enterprise Routers are complete."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is its ability to implement layer three protocols and layer two protocols like OSPS in BSS and BSC environments, with the Nexus Cisco 7000."
"The solution is very stable. I have not seen any downtime due to the product freezing or anything like that. It performs well and hasn't required reboots unless it's to troubleshoot with a support service provider needing configuration. It doesn't overheat and it's on 24/7."
"The operating system is good and well-made."
"The most valuable features are security and throughput."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper MX Series Routers is its exceptional policy management capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the capacity of the throughput for the firewall."
"The functionality and stability are great."
"It offers high protection and I like it."
"The solution is stable."
"On the SRX, the firewall is very easy to configure, especially when you want to filter out traffic."
"Juniper Enterprise Routers is very flexible."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The installation can be difficult, Cisco equipment is professional-grade and it requires someone with the skills and knowledge to do it."
"Performance is one area that could be improved. The stability of the devices is great, but performance-wise we find that upgrading the memory or changing the device entirely is sometimes necessary."
"Over time things have changed where Cisco has not invested in improving the orchestration and simplifying it for people who do not want to get into the details. Cisco has not gone into that focus."
"The solution's cloud management capabilities could be better."
"The main area for improvement with this product is with the price, which is currently very high compared to the rest of the market."
"The licensing structure is very convoluted, and the cost of the licenses includes a whole bunch of stuff that you'll never use."
"Some of the features could be more secure."
"Sometimes, I find it hard to learn how some features of the router work. So, these are the issues that may arise when a user might not have knowledge about the product."
"The third-level customer support coming from Juniper itself could be much better. To get assistance from Juniper, we sometimes have to wait for weeks and months. I don't really appreciate that. Their support should be faster."
"The documentation needs to be updated to reflect the changes made in the latest update."
"While it is challenging to pinpoint specific areas for enhancement, there is room for better support and updates for Ansible."
"Most IT equipment now has graphical interfaces, and there is a need for the Juniper routers to have a more intuitive web interface."
"The price of this solution should be improved."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Finding market expertise is hard."
"Enhancing the capacity would be a welcome improvement."
Cisco Enterprise Routers is ranked 2nd in Routers with 101 reviews while Juniper MX Series Routers is ranked 3rd in Routers with 33 reviews. Cisco Enterprise Routers is rated 8.6, while Juniper MX Series Routers is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Enterprise Routers writes "Allows us to configure NAS through Cisco activities and to create GRE channels with different sites". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper MX Series Routers writes "Good performance, long life span, and easy to set up". Cisco Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, HPE Enterprise Routers, OneAccess Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, whereas Juniper MX Series Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, HPE Enterprise Routers and ExtremeRouting. See our Cisco Enterprise Routers vs. Juniper MX Series Routers report.
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