We performed a comparison between Juniper Enterprise Routers and MikroTik Routers and Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Juniper Enterprise Routers has the winning edge in this comparison because it is more stable and scalable and because it has better service and support categories.
"It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"Juniper Switches is stable, easy to use, flexible, and has good performance. Also, the technology is good. It has a lifetime warranty and the prices are also very good."
"The functionality and stability are great."
"Juniper Enterprise Routers is very flexible."
"The most valuable feature is reliability."
"It is a very stable product."
"I think that the extensions are very valuable. The way you can test the configuration before applying that configuration permanently is very helpful. The rollback configuration is also very useful."
"The most valuable features for us were related to our transition into MPLS technology, specifically for BPN and VPN services."
"The most valuable feature is the standard routing protocol."
"What I like best about MikroTik Routers and Switches is its easy handling. The product also has a significantly good interface."
"We have use cases like providing power over ethernet, as an access controller for Wi-Fi, and normal networking."
"We make use of a script that will automatically re-route traffic when connections are slow."
"The best part about MikroTik Routers is the price."
"I have found one of the most valuable features to be the hotspot network."
"It is a stable solution. I have been using the solution for a while, and I don't face any outages or trouble while using the solution."
"It has a lot of features. I haven't explored them all yet."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Juniper Enterprise Routers could improve by adding a graphical user interface(GUI). They do not have one. Most of our team has to have a background or expertise in Juniper. When compared to other solutions, they have a GUI. It will be easier for new team members to get familiar with, configure, or set up the router. Additionally, adding some monitoring tools would help us."
"It is not scalable, unfortunately."
"Juniper must publish more information about Juniper MX Series Routers."
"The pricing is a bit too high."
"The price of this solution should be improved."
"The security features could be better."
"Automation can also be improved."
"The solution needs to offer SDN features."
"f they can improve the OpenVPN, to make that a bit more straightforward, that would be ideal."
"The updates as well as the patches could be improved. I believe it would be beneficial to automate the process of router patching to avoid the need for manual checks. With automated patching, as long as the router is connected to the internet, it can automatically perform necessary updates. Failing to patch the router can leave me vulnerable to potential security threats."
"I would like to see some content filtering with MikroTik Routers and Switches."
"The Soft-GRE support needs to be improved."
"If the client wants bigger capacity, there may be some issues. That is, there may be issues with scalability."
"They need to create a license for IBS. I have a lot of clients that have spam on their networks."
"We'd like for them to improve the UI and improve on speed."
"The solution's website isn't that good. When I go to it, I can't find what I'm looking for. However, if I go to a third party's website, I can easily find the information."
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Juniper MX Series Routers is ranked 3rd in Routers with 33 reviews while MikroTik Routers and Switches is ranked 1st in Routers with 62 reviews. Juniper MX Series Routers is rated 8.8, while MikroTik Routers and Switches is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Juniper MX Series Routers writes "Good performance, long life span, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MikroTik Routers and Switches writes "A cost-effective networking solutions with a robust feature set, but its interface may have a steeper learning curve". Juniper MX Series Routers is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Huawei Enterprise Routers, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, HPE Enterprise Routers and ExtremeRouting, whereas MikroTik Routers and Switches is most compared with Cisco Enterprise Routers, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, MikroTik Cloud Router Switch, Aruba Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Juniper MX Series Routers vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches report.
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