Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V) vs Juniper Enterprise Routers

Likelihood to Recommend

There are a number of scenarios in which the Cisco 1000 V Series is particularly well suited. Just a couple examples in our particular case would include reducing the over all security risk at our company as well as increasing network scalability (which proves to be crucial in an industry such as ours).

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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As an edge/WAN router that contains internet BGP routes, it handles this work very well. And the devices are robust, able to manage a significant load. However, the interface cost can be somewhat of a hindrance when wanting to use it to interconnect many metro clients.

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Collin Lichtenberger

Lead Network Engineer

University of AlaskaHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Pros

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.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Very stable, this is the richest feature.
Very straightforward command line. Learn once, deploy many.
There's a wide range of options to choose from, according to your network needs.

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Jean Franco

CTO

Maila NetworksComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Cons

More integration with the switching
A dynamic approach for software updates
More automation features and APIs

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Professional Training & Coaching Company, 1001-5000 employees

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I would like to able to find more examples of configs. Given the multiple ways to configure the same setting, having a little more documentation would be helpful.
I wish the FPCs and interfaces were cheaper.

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Collin Lichtenberger

Lead Network Engineer

University of AlaskaHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

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Juniper Enterprise Routers 7.0

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Juniper support is friendly, easy to understand, widely knowledgeable, and easy to get ahold of. I did not give them a higher rating as some of my more complex issues, were solved by myself while under consultation from Juniper TAC.

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Collin Lichtenberger

Lead Network Engineer

University of AlaskaHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I can not really say for certain, as we did not end up ever using Alcatel Lucent Omni Access. We compared the two routers in a number of ways, and we decided that Cisco had a better reputation, better guarantee, and although pricier, it was worth it for their history.

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Jon Hersh

Owner

Homewatch CareGiversHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

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Both products are great, even the CLI is very alike in both products. We chose Juniper for its reliability and support.

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Jean Franco

CTO

Maila NetworksComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

I don't need to use outdated hardware for testing.
Don't need a dedicated power feed to spin up a usably-sized network.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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We're saved over 35% upgrading the Network to Juniper.
There's a learning curve to get used the command line, so learn it before getting your hands on a Juniper Router. It's worth it, and you'll see your ROI immediately.

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Jean Franco

CTO

Maila NetworksComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

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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 set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No