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

Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

20 Reviews and Ratings

Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)

Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)

13 Reviews and Ratings

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 Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	The Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000) is a high-density, small-form-factor MPLS aggregation router for metro aggregation and MPLS-enabled data center networks. The Network Convergence System 5000 Series is designed to economically scale large enterprise, over-the-top (OTT), and service provider data center networking architectures.	N/A

Pricing

Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)

Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

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Community Pulse
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)
Top Pros	Pro Operating system	Pro Cloud applications Pro Rack space Pro Video conferencing
Top Cons	Minus Full support Minus Product line Minus Use cases	Minus Ease of use Minus Professional services Minus Major changes

Best Alternatives
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Cisco Routers Score 8.8 out of 10	Cisco Routers Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Cisco Routers Score 8.8 out of 10	Cisco Routers Score 8.8 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.2 (3 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco 500 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 500)	Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 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 The best scenario for us was to use the NCS 5000 for video conferencing. With several remote branches, we required reliable bandwidth for remotely connecting with employees. The NCS 5000 delivered the bandwidth we needed and provided the quality even with some low bandwidth sites. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Cisco Switching. Routing. Access. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cisco Higher port density allows for both higher bandwidth ports to the customer network as well as sufficient uplink capacity to the core. Small rack space, smarter design, smaller footprint allows for more hardware the fit in the same amount of rack space. Lower power consumption, less heat output results in savings within the data center environment. 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 Bugs Transport components stability Tac response time in some xases Incentivized Carlos Bedia Technical Operations Engineer I 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 CAPEX and OPEX are less for NCS routers. Incentivized OC Ovidiu Cioaca IP DESIGNER 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 Communication among remote employees and branches has increased. Quality of service from cloud and video applications. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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