Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 1000) vs Juniper Enterprise Routers

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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Verified User

Former Employee in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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As an edge/WAN router that contains internet BGP routes, it handles this work very well. And the devices are robust, able to manage a significant load. However, the interface cost can be somewhat of a hindrance when wanting to use it to interconnect many metro clients.

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Collin Lichtenberger

Lead Network Engineer

University of AlaskaHigher Education, 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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Former Employee in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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Very stable, this is the richest feature.
Very straightforward command line. Learn once, deploy many.
There's a wide range of options to choose from, according to your network needs.

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Jean Franco

CTO

Maila NetworksComputer & Network Security, 11-50 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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Former Employee in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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I would like to able to find more examples of configs. Given the multiple ways to configure the same setting, having a little more documentation would be helpful.
I wish the FPCs and interfaces were cheaper.

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Collin Lichtenberger

Lead Network Engineer

University of AlaskaHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

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Juniper Enterprise Routers 7.0

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Juniper support is friendly, easy to understand, widely knowledgeable, and easy to get ahold of. I did not give them a higher rating as some of my more complex issues, were solved by myself while under consultation from Juniper TAC.

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Collin Lichtenberger

Lead Network Engineer

University of AlaskaHigher Education, 1001-5000 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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Former Employee in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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Both products are great, even the CLI is very alike in both products. We chose Juniper for its reliability and support.

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Jean Franco

CTO

Maila NetworksComputer & Network Security, 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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Former Employee in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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We're saved over 35% upgrading the Network to Juniper.
There's a learning curve to get used the command line, so learn it before getting your hands on a Juniper Router. It's worth it, and you'll see your ROI immediately.

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Jean Franco

CTO

Maila NetworksComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

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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

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No