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Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)
91%
3 Ratings
9.3
Cisco Routers
93%
19 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)
If you just need to do simple communication to Azure such as smb and rdp sessions then the Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series is overkill. If you need to setup multiple mesh vpn connections to existing ISRs and have complicated routing with multiple protocols then Cisco Cloud Services Router makes that setup much easier and less work to maintain and troubleshoot.
Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor
KLJCivil Engineering, 501-1000 employees
Cisco Routers
Cisco has a very easy CLI and most importantly it is known to most network engineers. There is a huge possibility that Cisco solutions are available over the Internet for a particular problem or a use case. Cisco has been improving ever since, however, Cisco can improve in areas such as rollback or error checking mechanism during the configuration, Juniper Networks Routers has done a great job in this area. Cisco is well suited for enterprise environments, however, for Service Provider Networks there are many options available.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Computer Networking Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)
- Easy and available to download with a CCO account.
- Full-featured router platform.
- Can run as many instances as you have memory to handle.
- No issues so far running in VMWare player 14.0.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesCisco Routers
- Cisco routers offer networks for the WAN, the LAN and the cloud include advanced analytics, optimization security incorporated with them you can have a comprehensive and proven solution.
- They are well designed to support coherent optics to drive the convergence of optical layers, as well as systems that offer lower power consumption
- They are very reliable for networks that are constantly growing traffic with fixed or modular systems that allow handling large traffic flows
- They are quite friendly and easy-to-use computers on their different platforms, whether ios, ios xe, XR
Post Sales and Network Engineer / Southern Cone
LogicalisTelecommunications, 201-500 employees
Cons
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)
- More integration with the switching
- A dynamic approach for software updates
- More automation features and APIs

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Professional Training & Coaching Company, 1001-5000 employeesCisco Routers
- Software-defined radios could be used so that both the radios could be converted into 5 GHz model to provide enhanced connectivity in network congestion scenarios.
- Support for low power IoT devices.
- Should provide more details about devices connected to the access points such as the risk score of the devices.
- Enhanced encryption algorithms and quick firmware upgrades.
Sr. Consultant
UnitedLexLegal Services, 1001-5000 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Cisco Routers
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Alternatives Considered
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)
Neither product supported all the protocols we needed to allow all of our locations to route. It does add some complications to the gateway and vnet setup though. Once we retired our ISRs we were able to go to Meraki vMX and the auto-vpn setup works rather well and is much simpler than IOS configs
Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor
KLJCivil Engineering, 501-1000 employees
Cisco Routers
Cisco routers are great and are the industry standard. They have proven their ability to last and [continually] provide support for their devices. You can go into a lot of IT closets and see old Cisco switches and routers. Why? because they are workhorses and they last. Their compatibility [with] other systems and hardware makes them hard to beat.
Security Systems Analyst
Council Bluffs Community School DistrictEducation Management, 501-1000 employees
Return on Investment
Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V)
- I don't need to use outdated hardware for testing.
- Don't need a dedicated power feed to spin up a usably-sized network.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employeesCisco Routers
- Network management has become easy and fast with cloud based portal.
- Network policies could be rolled out quickly across the devices.
- Improvement in Network security.
- Stable internet connection has lead to less downtime and more productivity.
- Stable internet connection in each location within the organization.
Sr. Consultant
UnitedLexLegal Services, 1001-5000 employees