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Cisco Small Business RV Series

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Cisco Small Business RV Series
Score 8.0 out of 10
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The Cisco Small Business RV Series provides SMBs with connectivity, VPN for remote employees, and other features.N/A
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Cisco Small Business RV Series
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Cisco Small Business RV Series
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Cisco Small Business RV Series
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Cisco Small Business RV Series
Verified User
Engineer
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
Cisco Small Business RV Series ranks top in quality and features compared with WatchGuard and or Netgear routers/firewalls. I will say SonicWALL stacks right up with Cisco, with functionality and features. Price-wise, Cisco is the most expensive.
Tomasz Lipinski | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tomasz Lipinski
Director of New Technologies and Development
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
There is a lot of competition in this market segment.
I chose Cisco because it is a proven supplier, offers long firmware updates and is famous for its security.
Verified User
Professional
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
The Cisco RV series can't begin to compare to the power of the Cisco ASA series. But you get what you pay for, so the cheaper Cisco RV series makes sense financially when dealing with small networks. The Cisco ASA series can handle multiple site-to-site VPNs whereas I'm not …
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Team Lead
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
Cisco's power really stems from its brand reputation and honestly not much else. No one ever got fired for deploying Cisco, and that's why it stands out. The Cisco Small Business RV Series is no exception there; the unit is built well and does the job. However, much more …
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Administrator
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
In this space I'd also consider something from Ubiquiti or SonicWall. Fortinet also has solutions starting at higher prices, but the Cisco Small Business RV Series router is simpler to set up and lower in costs than all three of those. You'll need to sort out VPN licensing for …
John Patrick Duro | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Patrick Duro
Security Analyst II
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
In terms of overall features and confidence in after-sales support, Cisco has a good history in our organization. Also, our enterprise solutions are already in Cisco. We also selected Cisco Small Business RV Series to avoid uncertainties like compatibility issues, vendor …
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Consultant
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
I trust Cisco products, solutions, and vendors. You can relay on this solution. It combines business use and ease of implmentation.
Verified User
Account Manager
Chose Cisco Small Business RV Series
We chose the Cisco routers over the competition because they fit the bill in terms of what we needed and checked off all the boxes. For example, being able to support a small office without any areas of limited connectivity; a stable internet connection that would not get …
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Cisco Small Business RV Series
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
7.7
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Small Business RV Series
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
It's best suited for small offices 10-25 users. Any more and its best to move away to a more higher tier. It will be less appropriate for a mid level company with a large staff. It's best for a small business with a limited budget and less strenuous security functionality.
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Pros
Cisco
  • It has the typical firewall functions you'd expect in an all in one unit.
  • GUI interface is easier to use by less technical users.
  • The extra features such as VLANs are nice to have.
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Anonymous
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Cons
Cisco
  • More switchports would be welcome, although this would increase cost and size
  • Faster wireless would improve performance
  • An SPF port would allow uplinking to more business-class switches
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Anonymous
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Support Rating
Cisco
The features are good. The support is good. The resources to deploy, manage, and operate it are good. Customer's feedback and testimonials are good. The updates in terms of zero day vulnerabilities are good and timely. But, I still give an 8 out of 10 because I think the pricing, licensing, and GUI can be improved more.
John Patrick Duro | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Patrick Duro
Security Analyst II
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
Cisco's power really stems from its brand reputation and honestly not much else. No one ever got fired for deploying Cisco, and that's why it stands out. The Cisco Small Business RV Series is no exception there; the unit is built well and does the job. However, much more powerful alternatives for routers are out there—the biggest competitor being Ubiquiti. The UniFi routers are significantly more powerful in all regards, including routing speed, IPS/IDS speeds, and VPN functionality. Support for those is admittedly rather lackluster though, so if your network is critical, you are effectively self-insuring your equipment. For some that may be fine, but for others, that risk of extended downtime is just not worth it.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Very good ROI
  • Most products have a CLI that is easy to use and understand.
  • Very large feature set. Cisco offers numerous open standard and proprietary protocols and options in their code that other vendors lack parity with.
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Anonymous
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