We performed a comparison between Cisco Cloud Services Router and MikroTik Routers and Switches 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."
"It provides peace of mind because it is a stable product that you aren't going to lose sleep over at night wondering if it will be running or not."
"The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good."
"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"The routing service for NPLS called Layer 3-IP is fantastic."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco Cloud Services Router are the integration with Amazon and Oracle cloud."
"It handles stress very well. We have not reached a point of needing to worry about its capabilities."
"It is definitely scalable. It can handle a lot more traffic and group work compared to any other products that I've evaluated. It could easily scale a lot more than what I'm doing right now."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco Cloud Services Router is it can make your migrations smooth. For example, if you want to migrate to the cloud, but you don't want to change the IP. You can extend your VLAN from on-premise to the cloud without having to change the IP."
"The setup is easy."
"What I like best about MikroTik Routers and Switches is its easy handling. The product also has a significantly good interface."
"I like MikroTik's GUI. It's completely handy and easy to handle because of its GUI. Despite other brands like Cisco urging me to switch, I didn't because they don't have a GUI. This is the most comfortable thing in my project that anyone can use easily. It's effortless to maintain MikroTik routers because both screens make it very easy in GUI mode. You can easily interact with your hardware."
"The product is very reliable."
"We've enjoyed the fact that it has very good performance."
"This equipment is resilient and available at a good price."
"They have amazing speed and reliability, and they also provide value for money. They are pretty powerful."
"This solution is easy to configure and it's very flexible."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It could grow or adapt to changes in the cloud. For example, cloud does not support autoscaling. When people want to grow, they have to do manual activities."
"I would like the ability to moderate between devices on-premise to off-premise. This would be a vast improvement."
"It does the job, but it's not cloud native. It could be even better, like having a single pane of glass and being less expensive."
"The ease of use within the AWS environment needs to improve. Sometimes, it is very esoteric in how you use it. Therefore, you have to learn to use it, then you are able to."
"You can use this router in a scalable solution but it has its limitations."
"A CAPEX/OPEX model, where the pricing model is subscription-based, would give much better flexibility for the customers. The pricing and model for Cisco Cloud Services Router and other Cisco products could be improved."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve the GUI."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"Sometimes, when I need to reboot or change software, MikroTik crashes."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches needs to improve stability."
"The ports could be improved, as certain areas may need to be terminated with a greater number of Ethernet ports. We initially faced challenges that hindered our network usage, especially with third-party applications that were not certified or supported. It took some time to streamline and resolve these issues."
"I don't like the product's performance."
"The user interface allows you to do a lot of things, but it is not user-friendly."
"The solution is a complicated device."
"The solution needs to improve its security firewalls and mirror that of, for example, Sophos, or FortiGate."
"They could improve their product if they set, for instance, a controller for wireless LAN. That would allow them to really have something more than an access point."
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Cisco Cloud Services Router is ranked 8th in Routers with 17 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 1st in Routers with 62 reviews. Cisco Cloud Services Router is rated 8.0, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Cloud Services Router writes "Useful for smooth migrations, high availability, and simple deployment". 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". Cisco Cloud Services Router is most compared with MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, HPE Enterprise Routers and Huawei Enterprise Routers, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Cisco Cloud Services Router vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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