Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) vs MikroTik Routers and Switches | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 8.8 out of 10

Based on 90 reviews and ratings

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 21 reviews and ratings

Attribute Ratings

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) is rated higher in 2 areas: Usability, Support Rating
MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

Likelihood to Recommend

8.6

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

86%

23 Ratings

9.3

MikroTik Routers and Switches

93%

6 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

7.0

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

70%

1 Rating

MikroTik Routers and Switches

N/A

0 Ratings

Usability

9.7

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

97%

2 Ratings

9.0

MikroTik Routers and Switches

90%

1 Rating

Support Rating

8.8

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

88%

6 Ratings

8.5

MikroTik Routers and Switches

85%

3 Ratings

Implementation Rating

10.0

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

100%

1 Rating

MikroTik Routers and Switches

N/A

0 Ratings

Pros

These routers are very good at performing 24x7! This is key to running an organization where employees are working 24x7.
The ZBFW feature works especially well to help lockdown and protect your network.
Having the ability to perform in-service upgrades is a key feature in keeping your network up at all times.

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Cody Plassmeyer

Network Administrator II

Central Electric Power CooperativeUtilities, 51-200 employees

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Affordable, it has more features compared to other brand at the same price.
Widely available, by today it's easy to obtained one, even online retailers sell it.
Highly customizable, you may write a powerful script to enhance the function.
Flexible, you can make different configuration approach based on you needs.

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Aerospace IT Specialist

CommunicAVIA Pte LtdAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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Cons

The ASR 1000 series routers can, as with most devices, improve with additional memory capacity and upgraded chip sets for faster processing.
There seems to be limitations on the number of routing sessions the smaller ASR devices can handle, which can be overcome with proper planning and placement within the network.

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Verified User

Contributor in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Some of the wiki articles have not been updated or are not accurate enough. We spent a couple of days trying to find an example of implementing a mobile IPSec client solution. But once this has been implemented, it has been solid (always worked). A bigger community would help, and I am finding it hard to find the time to contribute to these articles.

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Infrastructure Engineer

X-Net SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) 7.0

Based on 1 answer

Only ASR get EOL we would like to upgrade our routers to recomended replacements.

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Verified User

Professional in Engineering

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) 9.7

Based on 2 answers

All our modular contingency service exercises use this equipment, it allows us to perform this type of exercises very easily, in a controlled and effective way. It is used at least once a month for these types of events. It also allows configuration replication in computers that are under the same model.

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Carlos Mendoza Barberán

Analista de Redes y Comunicaciones

Banco Internacional EcuadorFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees

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MikroTik Routers and Switches 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Almost perfect, despite some issue that need to be addressed by the manufacturer. If this issue has been addressed, a full 10 mark will be given.

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Aerospace IT Specialist

CommunicAVIA Pte LtdAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) 8.8

Based on 6 answers

We did not heavily engage with the Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router (ASR1000) support function as we decide to switch the solution to a more cost-effective option, and this was primarily a price decision vs. any support related decision.

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Verified User

General Manager in Corporate

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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MikroTik Routers and Switches 8.5

Based on 3 answers

There is no SOC, NOC, where you can contact to try to resolve any difficulties. The problems that these devices have are solved largely through the community, with workaround alternatives, or if the support team responds to a request, the response times are too high for the current needs of technological communications.

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Gerente

OvnicomTelecommunications, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000) 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Implementation was as per design and all best practice configuration was followed.

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Verified User

Professional in Engineering

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Before standardizing on the Cisco ASR 1000 we had explored the idea of using Juniper routers. Ultimately we felt the Cisco ASR 1000 was a better fit at the time. We have been very happy with this decision, but it might not be the right decision for everyone. It fit our environment and our needs very well, Juniper is also a very good choice.

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Cisco Routers are one of the best in the market, however they are also very expensive and not suitable for a small deployment or any deployment which requires just a couple of routers. MikroTik on the other hand are less expensive and provides many features that you require for a small scale deployment. they fit in with the budget and do what you need them to.

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Network Administrator

Pak Suzuki Motor CompanyAutomotive, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

It is a healthy return on investment with planned packed size data. Average unicast latency is low and consistent with small and large packets (barring mid-sized).
Cisco devices last longer and also have a decent trade-in policy to recover some value when equipment is replaced.
Higher concurrent IPSec tunnels are offered, we tested for 1500+, fielding both encrypted and a mix of encrypted and cleartext traffic.

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Assistant Vice President

HSBC Commercial BankingFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees

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First of all it's cheaper than Cisco routers.
It has more functionality than Cisco routers that cost 4 times more.
It has a GUI. But it has CLI too.

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Marcin Chabowski

Teacher

Zespół Szkół Elektronicznych in BydgoszczPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees

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