Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) vs MikroTik Routers and Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

These may not be the fastest or latest [technology] when it comes to routers, but for their class, they are great. If you were you put a similarly priced router out in the places these things can run it would be dead within a year. Also, you don't need to have an elaborate networking closet to get these into. They work well in small, hot, or potentially dusty places with ease.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

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MikroTik is suited for large companies that require advanced distributions in terms of contracted bandwidth, and in the same way, allows a single device to specify filtering and firewall rules without acquiring an additional device. There is a range for small companies which is more economical and less robust, but in case it's not necessary, such a strict control over the data consumption of the company is not a feasible solution.

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Carlos Alberto Pedron Espinett

Especialista de Desarrollo

ARCA International GroupBanking, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Rugged construction
No special heating or cooling requirements
Part of the Cisco ecosystem, so no special maintenance

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 501-1000 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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Alex Anwar

Aerospace IT Specialist

CommunicAVIA Pte LtdAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Cisco has some troubles with licensing hardware still unless you're on smart licensing
Price with Cisco equipment is usually high
Bugs found in the interface

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 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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Adrian Takacs

Infrastructure Engineer

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

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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General

Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Usability

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MikroTik Routers and Switches 9.0

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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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Alex Anwar

Aerospace IT Specialist

CommunicAVIA Pte LtdAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) 7.3

Based on 2 answers

Have not had to use support yet but would follow our current Cisco process.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 501-1000 employees

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MikroTik Routers and Switches 8.5

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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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Tanner Moreno

Gerente

OvnicomTelecommunications, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We didn't look outside of the Cisco branded routers since we wanted to manage it as part of the enterprise and not have a "one-off" router.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 501-1000 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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Umair Ali Khan

Network Administrator

Pak Suzuki Motor CompanyAutomotive, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Saved money on replacing standard routers that die in those environments
Saved time with the easy linking and connection options
Given us peace of mind that the device will continue to run without intervention

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 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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Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 2000) vs MikroTik Routers and Switches