Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 1000) vs Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800)

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Routers do well at everything from small home office networks that require basic security to large scale service provider implementations that include SD_WAN security. Their routers scale well and they have everything from small 4 port access routers to large enterprise Core routers that function as the backbone of very large networks.

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Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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Recommending this device completely depends on the use case. If you are looking for a device that can be easily configured to dump clients on your private network, these are the ones to get. We've sent them home with users, sent them to small offices, or just for a meeting off-site. You can turn almost any internet connection into a home office. It's been very helpful during COVID-19 as we have needed to setup multiple offices outside of our normal area. Setup in the field does not require a technical person, just plugin and you are up and running.

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Construction Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pros

Segments the network.
Provides security through the use of Access Control Lists.
Makes routing decisions using routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, BGP etc ...
Provides fault tolerance.

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Great price in comparison to its higher end siblings
Not a ton of setup pains for initial config
Cisco backed devices that are well made and fairly easy to operate

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Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Cisco Routers are more expensive than other competitors.
Cisco Routers require leaning of the command line interface, complicated stuff for non-technical people.
Interchangeability is limited with some other manufacturers because Cisco sometimes uses proprietary protocols.

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Being one of the most versatile routing/switching platforms available, it fulfills most functions one would need in a compact appliance.
I have not experienced lack of functionality in any areas we use the appliance for.
One small feature I would like to have is 19" rack mount.

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Utilities Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800) 9.1

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Cisco has provided a real diverse router in a small package that meets the needs of our current environment. I highly recommend this product and should feel the to consider this type of solution, you would have made the right decision

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Ricardo Adams

Pre-Sales Engineer

Baraka IT SolutionsInformation Services, 11-50 employees

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Usability

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Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800) 9.1

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This router is easy to use and manage. It provides the features, most important the security our organization requires to function properly. There is also cohesion between the HQ router we are currently using.

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Ricardo Adams

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Baraka IT SolutionsInformation Services, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

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Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800) 9.1

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I think Cisco is a good product that offers a huge list of options where you can get support from. I find that forums, blogs and communities really assist wit resolving any issues that you might come across.

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Implementation Rating

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Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800) 9.1

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Implementation of this router is relatively easy. What i can say is plan your implementation and consider the the environment you are going to use it for.

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Baraka IT SolutionsInformation Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Cisco and HPE Routers are comparable products. Both do the job well without many differences. I would say HP Routers are easier to configure but come with a small performance hit compared to Cisco routers of the same size/scope. Cisco has the brand recognition and many more certified professionals using them though.

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Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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We built a total Cisco environment based on Cisco-only network equipment. We started with UCS for Compute and network, and are now switching to HyperFlex. This is all connected to Nexus switches and some Catalyst switches for OOBM. This is also all connected to the internet by an HA cluster of Cisco ASAs.On remote sites, we are using Cisco ASAs with Catalyst switches with 1800 APs with Mobility Express. In some specific cases we missed routing equipment or routing functions not available on Cisco ASAs, so we selected and are using Cisco Routers.

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Outsourcing/Offshoring Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Cisco products have 99.9999% up time availability and it allows a quick ROI in terms of our production network being available when its needed.
Cisco routers perform network security tasks well and keeps our network secure without slowing down our business transactions.
Cisco productrs last longer than our previous vendors, this ROI has been significant in lower replacement costs.

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The long-term stability is great, we have very few problems, resulting in low maintenance costs.
Configuration for almost all routers in the basics is the same, so there's a very short learning curve per model.
Running some models of Router for more than 10 years of stability, so the ROI with the devices is greater than expected on starting.

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Pricing Details

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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