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.
"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."
"The solution is stable."
"We are able to easily build chassis with Juniper MX Series Routers."
"In our company, we are integrators who create solutions for our customers. I find Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches to be suitable as it allows for easy configuration and offers features like SNMP. Personally, I find it convenient to switch from Cisco to Juniper EX because of my experience with various vendors like Huawei and Cisco. It's easy for me to read configurations from Cisco and transfer them to Juniper. Mainly, we work with customers who want to change or upgrade their network infrastructure, moving from vendors like Cisco, Aruba, or Huawei to Juniper for modernization. Juniper's features are more advanced, and it helps us meet the diverse needs of our customers. My role involves helping with the deployment and configuration of switching, access points, and Wi-Fi, for building robust and modern networks."
"It offers high protection and I like it."
"The most valuable features for us were related to our transition into MPLS technology, specifically for BPN and VPN services."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. We never had any issues."
"It's one of the more stable routers."
"Juniper's custom Trio chipset drives their MX routers, offering superior performance. Juniper's design separates the control plane and the forwarding plane, which is a key aspect of their architecture. This separation provides high throughput, maintaining line-rate performance across the MX platform."
"We make use of a script that will automatically re-route traffic when connections are slow."
"I use the tool to block external attempts."
"The radius and wireless features are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"Load balancing is one of the valuable features of the solution...In short, MikroTik provides a very user-friendly GUI option."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is that you can do anything on all platforms."
"We have not had any downtime with it. It has been a solid performer that way."
"MikroTik offers full enterprise capabilities at a very reasonable price."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Juniper must publish more information about Juniper MX Series Routers."
"We'd like them to be capable of adding firewall options to the license."
"If you are setting up a site-to-site VPN between a Juniper and Cisco device then you may encounter some issues."
"One thing that the product can do better is clustering. Rather than just having two of them, it would help if there was one cluster to extend to more notes in the cluster itself."
"There are areas for improvement in Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. One aspect that could be enhanced is the pricing; many clients acknowledge the quality of Juniper switches but find the pricing challenging, especially when compared to competitors like Huawei. Additionally, from a feature perspective, there's a desire for improved clarity and ease of configuration in Juniper switches. Some users find it difficult to understand and configure certain aspects, necessitating the use of external tools. This complexity, especially for Internet service providers, can be a barrier. Addressing these concerns could further strengthen the position of Juniper switches in the market."
"The price of this solution should be improved."
"We'd appreciate it if they had a better GUI. It would be more flexible for the customers that way."
"The integration could be better."
"Sometimes, when I need to reboot or change software, MikroTik crashes."
"It is slow, old and unfriendly."
"If the client wants bigger capacity, there may be some issues. That is, there may be issues with scalability."
"The solution needs to offer better documentation."
"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."
"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."
"Wireless throughput has not kept up with the competition."
"As far as improvements, there are basically only two things I would suggest. First, I think they should provide extensive training for the new releases of products, especially in the LTE space. Second, they could spend more time ensuring that their OS releases are more stable, rather than waiting for things to fall apart on the customer's premises before they make the necessary changes."
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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, HPE Enterprise Routers, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch 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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