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."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."
"The most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence assessment models."
"The most valuable feature of the Cisco Cloud Services Router is it can make your migrations smooth. For example, if you want to migrate to the cloud, but you don't want to change the IP. You can extend your VLAN from on-premise to the cloud without having to change the IP."
"This solution is scalable."
"It integrates well with the other products we're using. We have it with multiple windows like Palo Alto, Arista and it easily integrated with them."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco Cloud Services Router are the integration with Amazon and Oracle cloud."
"What's best about Cisco Cloud Services Router is the support. It's excellent, and so far, no significant challenges. Another valuable feature of the product is easy integration with other products."
"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"MikroTik routers are very user-friendly and easy to manage"
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the combination of value for money. They're extremely cost effective, yet they provide you with an extensive feature set of things you can do across the board. Also, they're pretty reliable, as far as equipment goes."
"This solution is easy to configure and it's very flexible."
"The price is a big factor. They are very affordable, and the quality is high."
"They use wireless and wired connections that include all of the features."
"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."
"It has a lot of features. I haven't explored them all yet."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"It does the job, but it's not cloud native. It could be even better, like having a single pane of glass and being less expensive."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between hub and spoke."
"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."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"The ease of use within the AWS environment needs to improve. Sometimes, it is very esoteric in how you use it. Therefore, you have to learn to use it, then you are able to."
"Technical support could be better. I am missing a single pane of glass, where I can see all the connections, etc."
"I would like the ability to moderate between devices on-premise to off-premise. This would be a vast improvement."
"If the client wants bigger capacity, there may be some issues. That is, there may be issues with scalability."
"It could be more scalable. Product awareness could also be better. There's a lack of awareness when it comes to MikroTik. People only know about Cisco and others, and they won't rely on MikroTik. This is primarily because of hardware limitations. While this product is good economically, it's unsuitable for high-end projects. In the next release, I want this product to be more compatible."
"It is slow, old and unfriendly."
"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."
"This product could offer better integration with VPNs."
"The solution should improve the features of Wi-Fi 6 a little bit."
"I would like to have the option of having multiple logins."
"The solution does suffer from freezing and corruption issues."
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Cisco Cloud Services Router is ranked 8th in Routers with 17 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 1st in Routers with 62 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, Aruba Switches and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Cisco Cloud Services Router vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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