Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) vs. Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)

Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Score 6.5 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) is a highly secure and highly available access-routing platform for service providers.	N/A
Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000) is a router designed to support network function virtualization (NFV).	N/A

Pricing

Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)

Editions & Modules

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Pricing Offerings
Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)
Considered Both Products	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500) No answer on this topic	Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000) Jose Manuel Castillo Post Sales and Network Engineer / Southern Cone Chose Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000) It is used due to its great adaptability in large networks since it allows you to use different technologies, which is a very important factor since you save physical space but also allow you to continue enjoying the services. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Operating system	Pro Configuration options Pro High performance
Top Cons	Minus Full support Minus Product line Minus Use cases	Minus New versions Minus Ease of configuration Minus Number of bugs

Best Alternatives
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Cisco Routers Score 8.9 out of 10	Cisco Routers Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	Cisco Routers Score 8.9 out of 10	Cisco Routers Score 8.9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (3 ratings)	6.0 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS 5000)
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco Well suited for10G aggregation at network edge. Small managed networks such as school districts or distributed enterprise campus. Not well suited to RPHY aggregation at network core — queuing in NCS540 results in jitter and poor RPHY performance. Allow port license purchases in smaller units. Better support for SLA performance monitoring capabilities would allow use as a box for 10G aggregation for Carrier Ethernet NNI handoff. Incentivized Ben Wiechman Director of Network Strategy and Engineering Read full review	Cisco It seems to me that it is a piece of equipment totally suitable for virtualization, it works perfectly either as an ISR or as an ASA Firewall. This 5000 series of equipment is a platform that is specifically designed and oriented to run VNF. This saves time and at the same time allows us to simplify operations. Incentivized Jose Manuel Castillo Post Sales and Network Engineer / Southern Cone Read full review
Pros	Cisco Switching. Routing. Access. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cisco Smaller footprint Less cooling required compared to physical hardware Easy to allocate more compute resources to virtual guests if required. Less power required compared to physical hardware Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Cisco MPLS feature set on NCS520 Full support for RFC2544, Y.1564 across the product line Greater clarity of the impact of smaller buffers on NCS540 when compared to other Qumran chipsets — some use cases like RPHY aggregation at network core are not a good fit. Incentivized Ben Wiechman Director of Network Strategy and Engineering Read full review	Cisco Ease of configuration Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco Cisco NCS is smaller and for us newer. Better cost with similar capabilities. Incentivized Ignacy Mikos Network Administrator Read full review	Cisco It is used due to its great adaptability in large networks since it allows you to use different technologies, which is a very important factor since you save physical space but also allow you to continue enjoying the services. Incentivized Jose Manuel Castillo Post Sales and Network Engineer / Southern Cone Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco Relatively low cost access layer device. Very cost effective means of getting 10G interfaces. Some features available on other devices out of the box are more complex or absent on the NCS without licensing or assistance. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cisco Saving on cabinet space due to smaller footprint Easier to ship and handle than physical hardware Princing is very similar to the combined price of what it replaces. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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