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Cisco Cloud Services Router vs Huawei Enterprise Routers comparison

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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 (15th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Routers category, the mindshare of Cisco Cloud Services Router is 4.8%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei Enterprise Routers is 8.7%, down from 14.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huawei Enterprise Routers8.7%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.8%
Other86.5%
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

"It allowed us to create a more secure VPN than we would have been able to do without it."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco Cloud Services Router are the integration with Amazon and Oracle cloud."
"It seems pretty stable. We have never had any issues with it."
"What's best about Cisco Cloud Services Router is the support. It's excellent, and so far, no significant challenges. Another valuable feature of the product is easy integration with other products."
"Cisco Cloud Services Router is a stable solution and we have not had any issues."
"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."
"I now have ease of flexibility, ease of use, and most importantly, convenience."
"I think technical support is better than others."
"We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS."
"The solution offers good customer support, ease of deployment, and good performance."
"When we started, the connection was amazing for the 100G between the switches and the co-switch. What the students typically use for school is a maximum is 40 so they now have faster technology."
"It's simple to use and offers good connectivity."
"The best feature about Huawei is the cost, particularly when you compare it to Cisco which has a much more expensive licensing model."
"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."
 

Cons

"The configuration is difficult."
"I would like the ability to moderate between devices on-premise to off-premise. This would be a vast improvement."
"You can use this router in a scalable solution but it has its limitations."
"There should be a system in place to help existing users make an easier transition to the newer interfaces."
"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."
"If you lose connectivity to the cloud, it is difficult to establish connectivity between the hub and spoke."
"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."
"Technical support could be better. I am missing a single pane of glass, where I can see all the connections, etc."
"Huawei needs to be a bit more open with their licensing model. Essentially, they need to open their licensing model such that when a customer buys a device, they have a full view of all of the available licenses for it."
"Syntax in the implementation process could be easier to understand for a new user or someone who doesn’t have prior experience using the product."
"There isn't really any scalability potential."
"There is not much of a technical team for Huawei available in Pakistan as compared to Cisco with respect to very complex networks."
"We have found we have to restart the routers or reconfigured them a lot of the time, this issue should improve. The quality of the hardware needs to be more durable."
"It would be better if local storage management was more flexible, so that unused data could be easily removed."
"The product’s performance could be better."
"The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The should make the Dynamic Multipoint VPN solution more affordable."
"The cost needs improvement. It is very expensive through the AWS Marketplace."
"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was easy; click a button and you have it."
"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."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"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."
"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 product is too expensive on the AWS Marketplace."
"The product is inexpensive, but there is an extra cost for replacement of the device."
"There are additional licensing costs. I am aware of additional licenses and which services are added to the router."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution is cheap compared to Cisco."
"Huawei Enterprise Routers’s cost is average. I rate its pricing a five out of ten."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The price is reasonable compared to Cisco's."
"Huawei offers a cheaper enterprise router solution than Cisco."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Performing Arts
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

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
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