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."
"Juniper Switches is stable, easy to use, flexible, and has good performance. Also, the technology is good. It has a lifetime warranty and the prices are also very good."
"The full Internet DGP is a valuable feature."
"Users are able to easily configure the whole solution via simple data."
"I think that the extensions are very valuable. The way you can test the configuration before applying that configuration permanently is very helpful. The rollback configuration is also very useful."
"It is very stable and scalable."
"We are able to easily build chassis with Juniper MX Series Routers."
"The most valuable feature is reliability."
"The solution is stable."
"I use the tool to block external attempts."
"We've enjoyed the fact that it has very good performance."
"The solution offers very good multi-routing."
"The setup is easy."
"The price is a big factor. They are very affordable, and the quality is high."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. You can typically set them up in about 30 minutes."
"These routers and switches are very stable."
"This equipment is resilient and available at a good price."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Automation can also be improved."
"Enhancing the capacity would be a welcome improvement."
"The price of this solution should be improved."
"The security features could be better."
"If you are setting up a site-to-site VPN between a Juniper and Cisco device then you may encounter some issues."
"While it is challenging to pinpoint specific areas for enhancement, there is room for better support and updates for Ansible."
"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."
"Better documentation to assist with implementation would be helpful."
"It would be very good if these products are accessible via different kinds of shells and GUI. It will make these solutions very usable."
"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."
"The initial setup could be easier."
"MikroTik does not have a wireless solution. If they created a high-performance wireless solution we would deploy it in our infrastructure."
"The product's setup process could be easier."
"There are limitations to how many users you have simultaneously."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches need a firewall policy to secure the network. I also want Mikrotic to add load balancing to the firewall policy, as it's currently hard to do in Mikrotik devices."
"Better security is always better. If they can continue to improve in this area, that would be ideal."
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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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