MikroTik Routers and Switches Scalability

Akram Zaki Hussein - PeerSpot reviewer
System and Network Administrator at El Sadat City Language School

The scalability is quite substantial, I would rate it nine out of ten. It is extensively utilized, currently operating at its maximum capacity.

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SW
Founder at Simpro Tech

In our country, there is a single internet service provider that has been highly recommended by someone due to the affordability of their router.

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Josephat Magesa - PeerSpot reviewer
SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER at POWER AND NETWORK BACKUP-LTD

The solution is growing in popularity n my country. People want to use this product more and more and in that sense, it is growing. We have about 100 people using it and a lot of designs. 

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MikroTik Routers and Switches
March 2024
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TK
Technical manager at Djamboree

MikroTik routers and switches are quite scalable, but with a centralized management solution, they could potentially be even more scalable.

We have around 5,000 switches in use. We deploy them in small offices with 10 to 20 people and even in enterprise offices with over a hundred people.

We have plans to increase the usage. We use MikroTik a lot due to its price and performance, and it's usually the top choice for our clients for routing and switching.

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Rabiul Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. System Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

According to my use, I would give it a nine or ten out of ten because, actually, I have not used one hundred percent of MikroTik's facilities. At my usage level, it serves me very well.

If we need to scale, MikroTik routers allow us to do so effectively.

We have two MikroTik routers in our headquarters, and our branches are connected with different models of MikroTik routers based on their internet or data link requirements. Almost 17 branches are connected to the headquarters, and it is working fine. 

Additionally, we have two physical servers located in different locations. We use separate data links for the servers to ensure redundancy. In total, we are using almost seventeen to eighteen MikroTik hardware devices.

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AI
Head of IT department at Monetars

The scalability is acceptable, but I am not entirely satisfied since we lack the budget to scale any further.

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Peter Heiniger - PeerSpot reviewer
European Sales Director at Surge Social

I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten, it's very scalable.

We're continually adding new locations to our client base all the time. We manage more than 4500 locations globally.

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Orlando Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Truenet

I rate the scalability an eight to nine out of ten. We can scale it to a large number of endpoints. We have more than 100 users in Portugal. Our clients are medium and enterprise-level businesses.

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MarekSzafrański - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Eurofins

My company has 20 users. 

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BR
IT Manager at ERL

You can scale MikroTik Routers and Switches. The product is scalable.

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AA
IT Manager at a educational organization with 51-200 employees

MikroTik doesn't have a simple solution. We have to bring a new one to upgrade the CPU's capacity. It's hard to scale.

Around 2,000 users are using the solution.

I rate the solution's scalability a three out of ten.

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AmmarHaidar - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at AI Processings

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a six out of ten. Considering the client for whom we had deployed the solution, the number of uses using the solution was less than a hundred.

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Khokon Roy - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer, VPN & Security | Network Operation at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

It's mainly used in enterprises. We find it to be quite scalable. 

We have about 1,300 employees and 200 employees use MicroTik.

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UO
Manager, Technical Planning and Solutions Design at Galaxy Backbone Ltd

This is a scalable solution. Although, if you deviate too much from your original device then you will need to change it. If, for example, the scope changes significantly from the initial setup, then you might have to change your device.

Essentially, if the change in scale is too large then you might need to also scale your device accordingly.

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MS
Consultant and technical support at joudeh center for computer and modern software

With scalability, from time to time, I need to replace routers. Thirty to 50 users are using the product.

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MarkBanks - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect Team Lead at MLL Telecom

The solution is scalable. We have two customers using the solution.


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Roshan-Sequeira - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Corrs Chambers Westgarth

It may scale, however, I've only used it in a limited fashion, in my home. 

I do not have plans to increase usage. 

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PP
Director at Navyug Networks

MikroTik Routers and Switches aren't scalable. We have reached the scalability limit with MikroTik. Because MikroTik didn't design 40 gigs or 100 gig routers, it's not scalable. The last MikroTik model is only a ten-gig router. We have 32 or 33 MikroTik routers at the moment.

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MC
Information Technology Supervisor at JLR Construction and Aggregates Inc.

We have 200 or more users on the product currently. They are in administrative and operations positions in all areas of the office.

The solution is very scalable. I would rate it a ten out of ten for scalability. 

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KN
Information Technology Administrator at Diconium

The tool is scalable. Around 300 people are using the solution in our company.

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MK
Operational Manager at Astrah Technologies

The product is scalable and my company has 50 users for it. 

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SM
CAD Engineer at Pro av

We have 20 customers for MikroTik Routers and Switches. It has good scalability. It provides more than enough internet access.

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Tham Cm - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Cmsa

MikroTik Routers and Switches are scalable.

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IM
Senior Network Administrator at Calm blue ambassador - abcallcenter

The product could be a little bit more scalable. The sizing and scaling depend on the device that you are going to buy. I'm going to say this is scalable, however, you do need to plan ahead. 

We have about 200 people using the solution currently.

At this point, we do not have plans to increase usage. If we do change, the biggest change will be to migrate from on-premises to the cloud. 

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JS
Shareholder, Angel funder and coach at LucidView

MikroTik Routers and Switches is flexible and works well for small networks with a few users or large-scale setups with up to half a million users. Its adaptability allows it to handle different complexities in network configurations. I rate its scalability an eight out of ten. 

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CM
Technician at Telone Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd

It is scalable.

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Chad Nel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Administrator at YGtech

The solution is super-easy to scale. 

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Charbel Hajj - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Supervisor at MEPEQ

MikroTik Routers and Switches are scalable.

It's mostly connected as a Wi-Fi network with approximately 20 to 25 users.

As of now, we have no plans to increase our usage.

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GF
Technical Support Engineer at Point PC

For our purposes, we are not concerned with scalability. 

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HM
Telecommunications Engineer at Universidad

Scalability is very hard to implement because when I connect through the links, the network doesn't go back.

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MS
Solutions architect at NetSys

The solution is quite easy to scale. We haven't had any problems expanding the solution when we need to.

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it_user1405380 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Manager at a logistics company with 51-200 employees

I would say that these products do not have much potential for scalability. They are limited to what is in the hardware now without doing a firmware update. But one thing is for certain, any firmware update is not going to change our throughput speed. The actual hardware itself is limiting us.  

We have approximately 52 employees passively using these products.  

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MN
Owner at it logic

MikroTik Routers and Switches are scalable.

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LS
Works at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution isn't really scalable. Each machine has a purpose, and while you can swap it out for a bigger one, you have to create a new design. They're stand-alone products. There is not a flow of products that brings you to the next step easily.

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DC
ICT Manager/Systems Administrator at a university with 201-500 employees

The scalability capabilities have been very good. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so with relative ease.

We have about 1,300 users on the solution right now.

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OS
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I think the solutions scale to multiple millions of packets per second products and that they scale right into the data center core. I know that there's still significant apprehension from a lot of large companies concerning their products, but I think that MikroTik has proved to be an extremely good tool for what we are trying to do. 

It runs our infrastructure and we provide services to clients, so we have several hundred nodes out in the field who are managed services providers. There are quite a few people that take advantage of the infrastructure that we provide. 

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ML
Network Expert at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The scalability is hard for me to judge at this point.

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JR
B2B Product Management at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

The scalability has been excellent. If a company needs to expand it out, it's not a problem. They can do so. 

A lot of our work is B2B with mid-sized clients that might have dozens of users. 

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RV
Network Engineer at a maritime company with 201-500 employees

The scalability of the solution is very good.

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NM
Team Lead at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees

The scalability is good and we have 50 or 60 users, in addition to perhaps five technical staff who can connect devices and configure them.

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PB
Network Security Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This is a scalable solution. We have between 1,000 and 1,500 users.

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TS
IT Systems Engineer at Mozolo Technologies

It's a very scalable solution. It's not really an issue if companies need to scale. However, the issue of port isolation and the difficulties we have might ultimately affect scaling as we have to maintain security and right now we're struggling with that. When you scale, you compromise security. It's a double-edged sword.

We have about 15 users on the particular solution currently. However, these are solutions that will be deployed across different clients.

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AA
IT Manager at a educational organization with 51-200 employees

The MikroTik operating system is not open source. The API is limited. 

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DP
NOC Manager/Network Administrator at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Right now, I am not using it for VPN.

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DM
General Manager at Qhawariy

Scalability-wise, these products are good.

We use MikroTik products for small locations. We sometimes only put one or two devices in a location, depending on the industry and the bandwidth requirements.

We have between 60 and 65 devices installed with four clients.

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VB
Head of Information technologies systems department at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

We have not had any problem with the scalability of this solution.

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RJ
Firewall Engineer at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees

We have approximately 10 people using the solution in my organization.

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ZV
Engineer in Computer Sciences at a government with 201-500 employees

The solution is very scalable. If a company needs to expand it, they can do so easily.

Ultimately, the whole company is using it as it s is the main router for distributing internet services.

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it_user385341 - PeerSpot reviewer
I.T. Manager at a university with 51-200 employees

We've had no issues with scalability.

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SD
IT Specialist at ITISEL

MikroTik Routers and Switches are both scalable and stable.

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DS
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This solution is scalable but it has its limitations. The box has a capacity of 300 using it simultaneously.

If my users keep growing, then we have to replace this solution.

Now currently one of our clients has 200 to 250 users.

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RF
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

They are scalable. The number of users varies based on the usage of the company, but generally, we have between 20 to 100 users.

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Buyer's Guide
MikroTik Routers and Switches
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about MikroTik Routers and Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.