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."
"AWS has a reference architecture to enable the Cisco routers in high availability and Transit VPC. This is a very powerful router and can enable us to use Transit VPC in AWS, and this is a very powerful feature that we use."
"It connects all the accounts with the weaknesses, and this is what we were looking for. Also, it connects with the on-premise side."
"It seems pretty stable. We have never had any issues with it."
"The most valuable feature is the SNMP traps that I use to monitor the router and the availability of the network."
"It allowed us to create a more secure VPN than we would have been able to do without it."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco Cloud Services Router are the integration with Amazon and Oracle cloud."
"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."
"Overall, it is a solid product and a good router."
"It's pretty stable."
"The most valuable feature is its bandwidth management ability."
"I think they have very strong routers because they have multiple processors. I like its easy configuration with applications. For example, configuration with Linux, Iptables, and routing protocols."
"The routing is nice and straightforward."
"The pricing is very reasonable. It's not too expensive."
"We've enjoyed the fact that it has very good performance."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"MikroTik Routers and Switches are good and easy to use."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between hub and spoke."
"There should be a system in place to help existing users make an easier transition to the newer interfaces."
"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."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve by having more features. It is lacking features, such as virtualization and containerization. Additionally, there should be increased security and connectivity between routers."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve the GUI."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"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."
"The queuing functionality needs improvement. The initial setup could be simplified."
"The solution does suffer from freezing and corruption issues."
"I would appreciate enhancements to impose more restrictions on VPN connections."
"The solution needs to improve its security firewalls and mirror that of, for example, Sophos, or FortiGate."
"Troubleshooting can be complex."
"A central management platform would be great."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The solution needs to be more robust. In case of power fluctuations, MikroTik routers are more vulnerable to malfunctioning."
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Cisco Cloud Services Router is ranked 6th in Routers with 17 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 1st in Routers with 60 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, Huawei Enterprise Routers and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Cisco Cloud Services Router vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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