We performed a comparison between Cisco Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The main features of this solution are performance and ease of use."
"Cisco is the world leader in these systems. The expertise they have is very good compared to others. We can trust Cisco from a technical perspective."
"One valuable feature is that you can string a number of switches together, and the fact that there are various methods to connect them, such as by stacking."
"Its performance and reliability are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the performance of the product."
"The security of the switches is pretty impressive. There are many security features available on the product."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the ability to manage the switches and the ability to have a certain level of familiarity with setting up and configuring the switches."
"I have found the solution to have good scalability. Cisco is the pioneers on switching technology, they are very good."
"I like that it's quite flexible and addresses different issues. It's quite easy to use, and the pricing is great. We find them to be very capable switches."
"The beauty of MikroTik is that you have flexibility with the routing parts."
"There are a lot of features to control permitting or stopping packets in the network."
"The most valuable feature is that it has better throughput than its competitors."
"The tool has impacted our company's network costs and productivity in a perfect manner and percentage-wise, I can say it is 120 percent."
"It is easy to set up."
"The GUI is easy to use."
"It's a well-rounded solution for routing."
"There could be an improvement in the licensing by reducing the price of the different types, such as essential, advantage, and premium."
"The interface and dashboard could look better."
"I would like to see this solution automatically store multiple versions of the configuration file."
"Up to a certain network size, it is easy to scale, but after that, it becomes difficult."
"Integration with third-party products could be improved."
"We are less in the Cloud because the Cloud technologies didn't work so well. That happened in all of the companies where I've been engaged."
"Cisco has a lot of propriety protocols compared to other products, such as Arista Networks."
"Cisco's equipment is expensive, especially since it introduced the obligatory purchase of Cisco DNA."
"In medium to large sectors, there's a necessity for managing aspects like proxy firewalls."
"The port isolation and VLAN need to be improved."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The user interface could improve and they should allow a license for IBS."
"The packet filtering, user log data, and user access log could all be improved."
"Antispam and antivirus features should be included in the future."
"Improvements are needed with respect to some of the security, especially for VPN links between vendors other than Cisco."
"There has to be more development in the OS. It's complex for this switch as compared to others like Cisco. For NetGear and Cisco, it's easy to adapt the VLAN concept but it should be simplified for MikroTik."
Cisco Ethernet Switches is ranked 1st in Ethernet Switches with 128 reviews while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is ranked 15th in Ethernet Switches with 18 reviews. Cisco Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Ethernet Switches writes "It's a solidly stable product from a leader in the field". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Cloud Router Switch writes "Easy to set up, user-friendly, and reliable". Cisco Ethernet Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, D-Link Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and NETGEAR Switches, whereas MikroTik Cloud Router Switch is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Netgate TNSR, Huawei Enterprise Routers and Arista Networks Platform. See our Cisco Ethernet Switches vs. MikroTik Cloud Router Switch report.
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