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

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

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Ryan Lee

Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor

KLJCivil Engineering, 501-1000 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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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

Starting Price

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General

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

Starting Price

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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

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

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Ryan Lee

Enterprise Infrastructure Supervisor

KLJCivil Engineering, 501-1000 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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Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V) vs Juniper Enterprise Routers