We performed a comparison between Cisco Enterprise Routers and ExtremeRouting 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."
"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 documentation is very good."
"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."
"These routers are stable and I don't know of any problems with them."
"I haven't assessed it in that way, they provided us with excellent service. We had very few issues."
"Cisco Routers are quite robust. They don't malfunction, and we've had no complaints so far."
"I am pleased with the technical support."
"It's a sound solution, so it's very easy to solve problems without a support contract, as mainly the problems we have related to the equipment can be solved by doing a Google search."
"Provides a good redundancy technique."
"It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The routing protocol is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"What I like about Extreme Routing is its impressive performance."
"It is very easy to set up."
"Looking at the robustness, I do not know whether it would be carrier grade – let's say for hundreds of thousands of users – but it certainly doesn't balk at 10,000 users or less."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"I would like it if Cisco Routers had a longer lifecycle. That's what we need. We don't want to renew or implement a new model. One model should be available for at least five years. This seems impossible nowadays."
"Recently, there seems to be a lot of people who are leaning towards Juniper CLI, which is easier to pick up."
"They are pretty expensive devices."
"The security could improve for Cisco Enterprise Routers. I understand there's a security appliance that is separate, but in terms of the router, there can be improvements made to prevent unwanted users from accessing the router or trying to manipulate the traffic that is passing through it."
"I am happy with the price of Cisco Enterprise Routers, but they could offer more discounts to their customers."
"It only breaks if you're not using an up-to-date version of the iOS or are not doing upgrades."
"The solution is expensive."
"The overall price of Cisco Enterprise Routers should be reduced, it is expensive."
"My advice for those looking into ExtremeRouting is: right now all switch manufacturers are backed up for months. If you're looking to implement quickly, I would say shop around a bit because it might be difficult."
"The support, software resiliency, and software stability are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"The solution is far too unstable. It's completely unreliable."
"It's not evolving as quickly as we would like it to."
"Some of the latest protocols are unavailable."
"One area for improvement with Extreme Routing is the need for more accessible and comprehensive training."
Cisco Enterprise Routers is ranked 2nd in Routers with 101 reviews while ExtremeRouting is ranked 10th in Routers with 6 reviews. Cisco Enterprise Routers is rated 8.6, while ExtremeRouting is rated 7.6. 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 ExtremeRouting writes "Efficient routing; good pricing". Cisco Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Juniper MX Series Routers, HPE Enterprise Routers and OneAccess Enterprise Routers, whereas ExtremeRouting is most compared with Juniper MX Series Routers. See our Cisco Enterprise Routers vs. ExtremeRouting report.
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