We performed a comparison between Juniper Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Routers and Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Juniper Enterprise Routers has the winning edge in this comparison because it is more stable and scalable and because it has better service and support categories.
"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."
"The flexibility of the MPLS configuration is very good."
"I would say it is very user-friendly."
"The functionality and stability are great."
"Juniper Enterprise Routers has a CLR and it's more reliable and faster than others."
"On the SRX, the firewall is very easy to configure, especially when you want to filter out traffic."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. We never had any issues."
"I have found the most useful features to be layered VPNs, IPsec, VPLS, and firewall filters."
"The most valuable feature is the standard routing protocol."
"MikroTik offers full enterprise capabilities at a very reasonable price."
"The MikroTik Hotspot is great."
"The most valuable feature is the price because it's highly cost-effective concerning the functionalities provided within the box. The solution is stable. The solution is scalable. The initial setup is straightforward. I would recommend the solution because it provides value for money."
"This solution is easy to configure and it's very flexible."
"We make use of a script that will automatically re-route traffic when connections are slow."
"It is a stable solution. I have been using the solution for a while, and I don't face any outages or trouble while using the solution."
"It's great for small businesses or home offices."
"This equipment is resilient and available at a good price."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Better documentation to assist with implementation would be helpful."
"In terms of improvement, I would like for it to effectively protect against the broadcast storms, multicast storms, and DDoS attacks."
"It is not scalable, unfortunately."
"The solution needs to offer SDN features."
"The web interface can be improved."
"The price of this solution should be improved."
"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."
"If you are setting up a site-to-site VPN between a Juniper and Cisco device then you may encounter some issues."
"Technical support could be better. They don't have good support like Cisco. It can also be more stable and scalable."
"They can improve the way the user interface is laid out. Their user interface is slightly geeky. There is more than one way to do the same thing in the user interface, and they need to work on that."
"They lack the extended warranty for the equipment. They only provide a warranty for one year as compared to the other vendors who offer a warranty for three years, five years, and lifetime, etc."
"I would like to have the option of having multiple logins."
"It is slow, old and unfriendly."
"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."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches needs to improve stability."
"A central management platform would be great."
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Juniper MX Series Routers is ranked 3rd in Routers with 33 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 1st in Routers with 62 reviews. Juniper MX Series Routers is rated 8.8, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Juniper MX Series Routers writes "Good performance, long life span, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Juniper MX Series Routers is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Huawei Enterprise Routers, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, HPE Enterprise Routers and ExtremeRouting, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Juniper MX Series Routers vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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