We performed a comparison between Cisco Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch 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."
"Stable and scalable routers."
"The operating system is good and well-made."
"I am satisfied with the tool overall. Although I haven't used all of its features yet, it's been great for providing internet access to both customers, and employees within the company."
"The solution has been highly secure."
"It is a good router that is available with advanced technology."
"The most valuable features of Cisco Enterprise Routers are the routing tables, and backup solutions available for local sites, and you can use it as a router gateway or simple IPS. They have simple firewalls, that we can use rules to filter traffic."
"Cisco provides most of the needed features in all the routers."
"They have a good lifespan and they are easily managed."
"It's a well-rounded solution for routing."
"It is easy to set up."
"The beauty of MikroTik is that you have flexibility with the routing parts."
"The performance has been good."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The tool has impacted our company's network costs and productivity in a perfect manner and percentage-wise, I can say it is 120 percent."
"The most valuable feature is that it has better throughput than its competitors."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It would be better if Cisco Enterprise Routers were more secure."
"They are pretty expensive devices."
"The installation can be difficult, Cisco equipment is professional-grade and it requires someone with the skills and knowledge to do it."
"I would like to see more boundaries and better performance."
"The price could be better."
"Cisco has a lot of problems with the graphical interfaces used for management."
"The overall price of Cisco Enterprise Routers should be reduced, it is expensive."
"We would like to see the security improved."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Improvements are needed with respect to some of the security, especially for VPN links between vendors other than Cisco."
"The solution does not yet offer a SaaS version."
"Technical support could be better."
"The bulk efficiencies and the control of traffic could be a bit better."
"The packet filtering, user log data, and user access log could all be improved."
"MikroTik needs to add some features like IPS, mail security, or antivirus, et cetera."
"There has to be more development in the OS. It's complex for this switch as compared to others like Cisco. For NetGear and Cisco, it's easy to adapt the VLAN concept but it should be simplified for MikroTik."
Cisco Enterprise Routers is ranked 2nd in Routers with 101 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 5th in Routers with 18 reviews. Cisco Enterprise Routers is rated 8.6, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. 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 MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Cisco Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Juniper MX Series Routers and HPE Enterprise Routers, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Arista Networks Platform, Meraki MS Switches and Cisco Cloud Services Router. See our Cisco Enterprise Routers vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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