Great product
August 06, 2024

Great product

Daniel Iniguez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)

We use Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers for 2 purposes.
First, we use them to serve as gateway router for our sites, configuring VPNs for internal resources connectivity and static routes towards specific destinations.
Second, we use them as voice gateways at some locations. Depending on the needs, we might use smaller ISR models, but we have Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers also in place.

Pros

  • Routing
  • VPN
  • Voice services

Cons

  • GUI
  • Good ROI.
  • Reduce downtime thanks to redundant gateway protocols.
  • Reduce downtime thanks to uplink failover configurations.
Regarding usability, this router has everything you need, except for a good GUI. Of course it can be integrated with other tools, but it lacks any native GUI option. Any engineer who is comfortable using CLI will find all options they need. Routing, security, voice are just examples of all the things you can do with it.
  • Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) and Cisco Meraki MX
The Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers have more capacity than the 1000 series. Both provide similar features but if you have a site with many users, you should go for Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers.
Meraki is less reliable than the regular Cisco ISRs. We have had better experience with failover situations, reviewing logs and overall performance with ISRs.

Do you think Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000) again?

Yes

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000)
This is a great piece of hardware. It will suit for sites with large number of users, when you need to do routing, VPN tunnels, redundant gateway protocols, voice and security services. For small/medium sites you might want to look at smaller models, like ISR series 1000, which will be very good.

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