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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs HPE Enterprise Routers comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Cisco Cloud Services Router
Ranking in Routers
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Enterprise Routers
Ranking in Routers
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.8%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Enterprise Routers is 5.2%, up from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Enterprise Routers5.2%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.8%
Other90.0%
Routers
 

Featured Reviews

VENKATESHREDDY - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate IT Director at Diligent Global
Manageable, provides excellent support, and easily integrates with other products
One central area for improvement in Cisco is its product line offering. Cisco has ISE and other products, such as DNS Center and other components. Instead of small to medium-sized customers purchasing devices and maintaining the devices, it would be great if customers could have subscriptions. A CAPEX/OPEX model instead of that Cisco code, where the pricing model is subscription-based, would give much better flexibility for the customers. The pricing and model for Cisco Cloud Services Router and other Cisco products could be improved. One good example of what I want to be added to the Cisco Cloud Services Router in its next version is for it to be more of a plug-and-play product. For example, Juniper has developed QR codes, so if you need to plug in a device, you scan from your phone and connect to the internet. That's it. You can provision the device remotely through the cloud orchestrator, so I want to see a similar function or feature in Cisco Cloud Services Router.
Chi-Zhang - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and President at Summit GAM
Has excellent scalability and is cost-effective compared to its competitors
The solution is reasonably priced and easy to configure. By collaborating with Aruba, they have integrated more products to streamline the porting process. Our project team comprises two or three network engineers for regular maintenance and troubleshooting. The workload is not heavy. I rate the solution as an eight and recommend it to network engineers and solution providers.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product is fantastic."
"It offers exactly we need."
"It is definitely scalable. It can handle a lot more traffic and group work compared to any other products that I've evaluated. It could easily scale a lot more than what I'm doing right now."
"Overall, it works really well and does not have any large bugs or issues with it."
"It allowed us to create a more secure VPN than we would have been able to do without it."
"It connects all the accounts with the weaknesses, and this is what we were looking for, and it also connects with the on-premise side."
"The most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence assessment models."
"It integrates well with the other products we're using. We have it with multiple windows like Palo Alto, Arista and it easily integrated with them."
"Quality-wise, this product is somewhere between Huawei and Cisco."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"Extensive support for cellular range for Wi-Fi technologies"
"It makes it easy to update the network technology and manage multiple deals, all without needing technical knowledge."
"HPE routers are easier to manage than any other router I've used."
"The most valuable feature would be the support for cellular range for Wi-Fi technologies, there is extensive support available."
"These routers help us to provide high availability to our clusters."
"It has good scalability."
 

Cons

"Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve the GUI."
"They have an online registration that happens after they pick up block months. If they could decrease to yearly or something, sometimes the device is not cell phone accessible. That becomes an issue or challenge for us. If that can be improved, that would be really great."
"Over the past couple of years, I've noticed that the Cisco CLIs and web-based interfaces have changed. As such, there is a bit of a learning curve for people."
"The ease of use within the AWS environment needs to improve. Sometimes, it is very esoteric in how you use it."
"The initial setup is easy for one device but is more complex when numerous devices need to be configured."
"The ease of use within the AWS environment needs to improve. Sometimes, it is very esoteric in how you use it. Therefore, you have to learn to use it, then you are able to."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"I'd like to see more security features, like support for different types of encryptions."
"The price is expensive and could be made more competitive."
"Compatibility with other platforms could be improved."
"The solution is expensive."
"Better management tools are needed."
"Its customer service could be better for older equipment models."
"Compatibility with other platforms could be improved."
"Technical support could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"Purchasing it through the AWS Marketplace was very simple. We went through the AWS Marketplace because it was the easiest way to get the product up and running very quickly."
"The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace."
"We would prefer to go through the vendor instead of AWS, as we have a relationship with the vendor and can get discounts directly from them. Going through the vendor, it is much cheaper for us. Though, we would still keep it hosted on AWS."
"The pricing is fine, though it might have been cheaper going through a partner or doing a direct buy."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy; click a button and you have it."
"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"We never buy the product on the AWS Marketplace. We only download it. We always use BYOL. We never buy the license in the AWS Marketplace, because it's very expensive."
"It is more reasonably priced than other vendors."
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

Also Known As

Cisco CSR, Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v, Cisco CSR 1000v
HP Enterprise Routers
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe
Transdanubian Regional Waterworks Corporation (DRV)
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