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Attribute Ratings
- Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000) is rated higher in 1 area: Usability
- MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
80%
14 Ratings

9.3
MikroTik Routers and Switches
93%
6 Ratings
Usability
9.1
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
91%
1 Rating

9.0
MikroTik Routers and Switches
90%
1 Rating
Support Rating
5.5
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
55%
7 Ratings

8.5
MikroTik Routers and Switches
85%
3 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
I can recommend this ASR 9000 Series model for the locations which are very Big like data centers, large offices, and service provider networks. Which will enhance the performance. We cannot use this router in small deployments. This is an advanced technology model which has many features like orchestrating services across a converged network and enabling on-demand service capabilities.
Pre-Sales Network Consultant
Al Khalili GroupInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
MikroTik Routers and Switches
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.
Especialista de Desarrollo
ARCA International GroupBanking, 201-500 employees
Pros
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
- [Cisco 9000] Series [Aggregation Services] Routers are exceptionally reliable when compared to other market options.
- One strength of Cisco routers, in general, is their compatibility with any standard market tools from other vendors.
- [It is] unmatched in terms of sheer performance.
- [It] comfortably supports very strong throughput requirements.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesMikroTik Routers and Switches
- 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.
Aerospace IT Specialist
CommunicAVIA Pte LtdAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees
Cons
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
- [The] upgrade process [is] overly complicated compared to NX-OS or IOS. New images and the current configuration need to be compiled into "golden IOS's". If you don't include the configuration, you will have a clean device with no configuration.
- [There are] major bugs in every release. We have had to cycle through all of our routers 3 times in the last year for updates due to show-stopping bugs that did not come to light until after the changes were made in production.
- [It has] terrible documentation. You have to mine their site to get to any documentation for recent versions of IOS-XR. If you make the leap from 32-bit cXR to 64-bit eXR, then the documentation is more or less non-existent. Due to the internal architecture of hardware itself, technical specs can change from software version to software version, so don't expect any sort of firm scalability numbers. You'll have to rely on your sales engineer for that.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employeesMikroTik Routers and Switches
- 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.
Infrastructure Engineer
X-Net SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—MikroTik Routers and Switches
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Usability
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000) 9.1
Based on 1 answer
[I am] always impressed with Cisco products, from the functionality to the customer support.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Military Company, 10,001+ employeesMikroTik Routers and Switches
MikroTik Routers and Switches 9.0
Based on 1 answer
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.
Aerospace IT Specialist
CommunicAVIA Pte LtdAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees
Support Rating
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000) 5.5
Based on 7 answers
In some ways, the platform is a big improvement over our previous IOS and NX-OS devices: They offer version-controlled configuration staging/commits. They have a robust portfolio of network protocols and features even beyond datacenter devices. Due to the use of NPUs instead of relying entirely on ASICs for forwarding, new versions of the software are able to improve hardware performance and capacity. Unfortunately, I have run into more bugs on IOS-XR than I ever did on IOS or even NX-OS (which has a shocking number of bugs of its own) and you have to be a licensing guru to get your order right the first time.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employeesMikroTik Routers and Switches
MikroTik Routers and Switches 8.5
Based on 3 answers
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.
Gerente
OvnicomTelecommunications, 51-200 employees
Alternatives Considered
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. Juniper was more security/less routing and Cisco was more routing/less security. Redback was Ericsson which is easy when creating VRFs known as contexts. When doing [the] show command, it would give you all the information within that context. In Cisco, you need to perform 3 or more commands to get the same info.

Verified User
General Manager in Other
Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employeesMikroTik Routers and Switches
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.
Network Administrator
Pak Suzuki Motor CompanyAutomotive, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)
- Higher reliability has significantly reduced the need for manual intervention.
- Lower downtime ensures better top-line figures.
- Although it may be difficult to quantify, I am certain that the higher performance does have an impact (maybe indirectly) on other business functions. High-performance routers are like the oil that keeps an engine running smoothly.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesMikroTik Routers and Switches
- 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.
Teacher
Zespół Szkół Elektronicznych in BydgoszczPrimary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees