We performed a comparison between Cisco Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch 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's easy to use, and there is a lot of information available on the internet."
"I think Cisco Enterprise Routers are excellent."
"We appreciate that this solution performs well, regardless of the volume of traffic being fed through it."
"I like that Cisco Enterprise Routers is a stable solution. Their technical support is also really good."
"They offer a variety of very good features."
"In itself, Cisco is a reliable product and does not require any major change."
"Cisco has one of the best products in terms of routing because of the protocols in which they provide."
"The most valuable feature is the command prompt, which is very user-friendly."
"There are a lot of features to control permitting or stopping packets in the network."
"I like that it's quite flexible and addresses different issues. It's quite easy to use, and the pricing is great. We find them to be very capable switches."
"The beauty of MikroTik is that you have flexibility with the routing parts."
"A valuable aspect is its user-friendly configuration, making it accessible even for individuals with basic technical knowledge."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The GUI is easy to use."
"The tool has impacted our company's network costs and productivity in a perfect manner and percentage-wise, I can say it is 120 percent."
"Some of the most valuable features are the simplicity, cost, usability, and power. As a package, it's extremely effective."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"I am happy with the price of Cisco Enterprise Routers, but they could offer more discounts to their customers."
"The solution needs to offer some security features in a future release."
"When compared to PEPLink, Cisco Enterprise Routers are less flexible, and you cannot have more than one user."
"The product would be more scalable if it could operate with other brands."
"This solution is scalable but it does need some improvements."
"I would like to see the setup time reduced."
"Over time things have changed where Cisco has not invested in improving the orchestration and simplifying it for people who do not want to get into the details. Cisco has not gone into that focus."
"They are pretty expensive devices."
"Improvements are needed with respect to some of the security, especially for VPN links between vendors other than Cisco."
"MikroTik needs to add some features like IPS, mail security, or antivirus, et cetera."
"The initial setup is complex."
"In medium to large sectors, there's a necessity for managing aspects like proxy firewalls."
"If MikroTik had a marketing team and support team in India then it would be much easier for us to get the product, as well as support."
"It happens that you may find your network is down, if you reboot the switch, they come up. However, sometimes, they reset themselves. That's a big issue."
"Antispam and antivirus features should be included in the future."
"The bulk efficiencies and the control of traffic could be a bit better."
Cisco Enterprise Routers is ranked 2nd in Routers with 101 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 5th in Routers with 18 reviews. Cisco Enterprise Routers is rated 8.6, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. 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 MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Cisco Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Juniper MX Series Routers and HPE Enterprise Routers, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Huawei Enterprise Routers, Arista Networks Platform, Meraki MS Switches and Cisco Cloud Services Router. See our Cisco Enterprise Routers vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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