Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers vs. Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers
Score 9.9 out of 10
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Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series Routers is a solution designed to deliver performance, security, and flexibility to help accelerate the user's digitization journey at the edge.N/A
Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR)
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Nokia's 7750 Service Router (SR) portfolio boasts the performance, scale and flexibility to support a full array of IP services and functions for service provider, webscale and enterprise networks.N/A
Pricing
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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 Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Cisco Routers
Cisco Routers
Score 8.4 out of 10
Cisco Routers
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Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Routers
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco Catalyst IR1800 Rugged Series RoutersNokia 7750 Service Router (SR)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Performance
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
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Support Rating
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
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Online Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
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Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
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Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
My company is not so big to test the router on its highest limits. I can tell only that it works great and does not ask us for unexpected maintenance, service or unpleasant surprises. It works perfect and makes it's job the best.
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Nokia Networks
Nokia 7750 Service Routers (SR) are good as a core switch and brings in value for money, with its high capacity switching and routing. It is suited as the best MPLS switch and has been a popular choice for L3 routing too by many SP. It is not good for distribution and access.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Partakes minimal disruptions under mobility while in use by technicians.
  • Has high bandwidths
  • The routers are secure from multiple network attacks.
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Nokia Networks
  • MPLS switching
  • VPRN
  • VPLS
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Cons
Cisco
  • Programming can be complicated for new users
  • An easier VPN setup would be a good value add to this product
  • PoE for IP Phones requires an add-on daughter card
  • The daughter card add expense and requires that the 800 series unit be opened to install card
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Nokia Networks
  • Buffer capacity
  • Load balancing
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
We are already looking at more purchases
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Nokia Networks
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Usability
Cisco
My experience is that there is always something that proves to be just a bit tedious to get figured out but once you do it is easily duplicated
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Nokia Networks
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Reliability and Availability
Cisco
Cisco routers can be configure and forgotten unless you are adding to the configuration or on the rare troubleshooting event.
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Nokia Networks
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Performance
Cisco
Cisco routers can be configure and forgotten unless you are adding to the configuration or on the rare troubleshooting event.
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Nokia Networks
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Support Rating
Cisco
People have bad days and some things are deemed not critical enough to fix.
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Nokia Networks
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Online Training
Cisco
My training was through a third party that had good knowledge but wasn't able to answer all of my questions.
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Nokia Networks
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Implementation Rating
Cisco
The more you can plan in advance the easier the deployment will be.
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Nokia Networks
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
The Cisco 800 Series Industrial ISR routers have proven to be more reliable than the standard ISR routers within moving vehicles.
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Nokia Networks
We have both Nokia 7750 and Cisco ASR 9000 in our network. The main advantage of the Nokia 7750 is its compatibility with the SAM element manager and users easily can configure using SAM. This feature is not found on ASR9k. Cisco is good for L3 routing especially BGP functionalities and peering.
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Scalability
Cisco
Not every router can handle all situations and so you have to purchase the upgrade to do handle the new requirements.
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Nokia Networks
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • 800 Series units are a great value for very small sites
  • The 800 series have allowed us to be agile in the opening of sites quickly in under-served rural areas.
  • The only downside is having to renew the support every few years.
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Nokia Networks
  • Reliable switch with high uptime
  • Good value compared to competition
  • Versatile
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