Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers - 8500 internet router
February 11, 2026

Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers - 8500 internet router

Giorgio Vezzaro | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller

Modules Used

  • Cisco 8300 Secure Routers
  • Cisco 8200 Secure Routers
  • Cisco 8100 Secure Routers

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers

For many customers of ours we use this Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers as internet router at the border, for BGP implementation. In addition to it they can also be used as hub in Datacenter in Sd-Wan architecture

Pros

  • eBGP
  • Sd-wan hub
  • Port availability

Cons

  • Really high price
  • Difficult licence management
  • Not so easy pre Sales configuration
  • High initial investment
  • High recurrent costs
  • High availability so no extra costs
A lot of documentation is available for configuration
Brand strenght, flexibility, more documentation to configure, better support in the post Sales step

Do you think Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers again?

Yes

Sd-wan and Sase if combined with umbrella
Border router
Internet gateway

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