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."
"It is a stable solution."
"The routing platform is good."
"They are the best in failover switches. Their product line is excellent."
"The solution is mostly stable."
"The solution has great performance."
"It is easy to use and is very solid."
"I extensively used site-to-site VPNs, access control, etc., linking remote sites to the central location to create a highly distributed organization."
"The most valuable feature is that we can specify the routing policies for our traffic."
"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."
"Provides a good redundancy technique."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The only other thing we struggled with from time to time is when we were configuring access points through a controller."
"In terms of room for improvement, I think that there is a need for additional administration."
"The product's pricing is an area that is too fuzzy to deal with, in my opinion, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The solution could be more secure."
"Cisco could improve by reducing the delays in receiving physical devices."
"The installation process should be simplified, since it is quite complex in a new version."
"The licensing structure is very convoluted, and the cost of the licenses includes a whole bunch of stuff that you'll never use."
"The solution is expensive and difficult to manage."
"The solution is far too unstable. It's completely unreliable."
"One area for improvement with Extreme Routing is the need for more accessible and comprehensive training."
"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."
"Some of the latest protocols are unavailable."
"It's not evolving as quickly as we would like it to."
"The support, software resiliency, and software stability are areas of concern where improvements are required."
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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