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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs Huawei Enterprise Routers comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

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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
Huawei Enterprise Routers
Ranking in Routers
6th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
WAN Edge (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.4%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei Enterprise Routers is 8.4%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huawei Enterprise Routers8.4%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.4%
Other87.2%
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.
EP
Network Engineer at Technical University of Crete
Reliable border connectivity with responsive support but there's room for more intuitive documentation
The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate. There are some errors and misleading information. The general appearance of the company site is also not user-friendly for downloading firmware. Firmware updates should be more straightforward. More security features would be appreciated, however, they should be easy to understand and implement.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good."
"When the customer buys Cisco, they receive security and the capabilities to do many thing with networking, like routing and installation of networks."
"It allowed us to create a more secure VPN than we would have been able to do without it."
"In summary, this is a good product and I recommend it."
"AWS has a reference architecture to enable the Cisco routers in high availability and Transit VPC. This is a very powerful router and can enable us to use Transit VPC in AWS, and this is a very powerful feature that we use."
"It offers exactly we need."
"It provides peace of mind because it is a stable product that you aren't going to lose sleep over at night wondering if it will be running or not."
"Overall, it is a solid product and a good router."
"The product is very reasonably priced."
"The product’s technical support team is responsive."
"We've had a good experience with Huawei Routers."
"I have been able to connect the solution to many platforms such as Windows, Apple, and Android."
"The solution provides support for 5G connectivity."
"The product is good, easy to manage , and works fine."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei Enterprise Routers is if have two networks at different geographical locations with a great deal of distance they work together as if they are on the same cloud network."
"This product uses a non-proprietary command line, which makes it compatible across many different systems."
 

Cons

"I would like some deployment examples and guides specific to AWS VPCs and how to separate your subnets. Then, how they tie-in with the Internet gateway and any NAT services that we are running on our VPC. This would be extremely helpful."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router could improve by having more features. It is lacking features, such as virtualization and containerization. Additionally, there should be increased security and connectivity between routers."
"It does the job, but it's not cloud native. It could be even better, like having a single pane of glass and being less expensive."
"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."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"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."
"Technical support could be better. I am missing a single pane of glass, where I can see all the connections, etc."
"It would be better if local storage management was more flexible, so that unused data could be easily removed."
"There is no licence for this solution, but the solution could be cheaper."
"We found that working with technical support was difficult due to a language barrier, and this needs to be improved."
"The configuration is complex and should be simplified."
"The stability ended up not being what we hoped, therefore, we reverted back to Cisco routers, which are much more stable."
"The only problem I see is configuration loss."
"There is not much of a technical team for Huawei available in Pakistan as compared to Cisco with respect to very complex networks."
"They should include features like IPS for security and response."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco Cloud Services Router is an expensive product. My company pays for the product yearly, and the price reaches roughly $800,000. Though Cisco Cloud Services Router is expensive and its competitors offer better pricing, when it comes to support, it's unbeatable."
"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."
"The product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"The price is a little high, more than what we wanted to pay. This is one area where we would like to understanding how the price could be brought down a bit more."
"The pricing is good for what it offers."
"The pricing is fine, though it might have been cheaper going through a partner or doing a direct buy."
"The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy. It was almost a one-click process to purchase CSR."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The price of the solution is fair."
"The price is reasonable compared to Cisco's."
"The tool's licensing is yearly."
"There is no licence for this solution, but the solution could be cheaper."
"Huawei offers a cheaper enterprise router solution than Cisco."
"The solution is cheap compared to Cisco."
"The product is inexpensive, but there is an extra cost for replacement of the device."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Performing Arts
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

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 Business13
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The product is very cheap and offers a huge discount as they are trying to enter the market. However, you have to pay extra for some services and support.
What needs improvement with Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate. There are some errors and misleading information. The general appearance of the company site is also not user-friendly for downloadin...
What is your primary use case for Huawei Enterprise Routers?
Huawei Enterprise Routers are used as our main border routers to connect us to our ISP.
 

Also Known As

Cisco CSR, Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000v, Cisco CSR 1000v
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Sample Customers

Under Armour, HealthSparq, Adobe
Bus Online, VisionChina Media Inc. (VisionChina), China Network Television (CNTV), Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, ABC, BovenIJ hospital
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco Cloud Services Router vs. Huawei Enterprise Routers and other solutions. Updated: November 2026.
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