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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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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
Huawei Enterprise Routers
Ranking in Routers
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
WAN Edge (14th)
 

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 Huawei Enterprise Routers is 11.7%, down from 16.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Routers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Huawei Enterprise Routers11.7%
Cisco Cloud Services Router4.8%
Other83.5%
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

"The most important feature is that it is designed for mobile vehicle communication in harsh conditions."
"The product is fantastic."
"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 most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence assessment models."
"Cisco has helped improve my organization in the was that it actually helped us to get the communication between on-prem and cloud to become smoother since we got it."
"The bandwidth and throughput are pretty good."
"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."
"It is a robust and efficient solution."
"The routers have mainstream features that fulfill our needs."
"When we started, the connection was amazing for the 100G between the switches and the co-switch."
"The solution offers good customer support and good performance."
"We use the solution for point-to-point connectivity, aggregation, and radio connectivity on mTLS."
"The product’s technical support team is responsive."
"I use the product to connect to various access points to extend my network."
"The initial setup is easy."
 

Cons

"The configuration is difficult."
"It is too complex. It is not easy to set up, even with the documentation that they provided. It is a little confusing."
"The AWS version seems to be a lot less reliable, and we had a lot of issues with the initial configuration."
"Technical support could be better. I am missing a single pane of glass, where I can see all the connections, etc."
"I would like the ability to moderate between devices on-premise to off-premise."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Lacks sufficient market availability."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see better bandwidth management, more granular web filtering, and portal authentication."
"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."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see better bandwidth management, more granular web filtering, and portal authentication."
"The only problem I see is configuration loss."
"The internet service for enterprise bundle should be improved."
"The documentation is somewhat lacking and not easy to navigate."
"It would be better if local storage management was more flexible, so that unused data could be easily removed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 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."
"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."
"Cost is a big factor. We would like to see the price reduced."
"You do need to pay a licensing fee to use the solution. You can do a yearly or three-year subscription. The product itself is quite expensive. It would be ideal if they offered the product at a cheaper price."
"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 pricing is good for what it offers."
"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."
"There is no licence for this solution, but the solution could be cheaper."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution is cheap compared to Cisco."
"The tool's licensing is yearly."
"The product is inexpensive, but there is an extra cost for replacement of the device."
"The price is reasonable compared to Cisco's."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"Huawei offers a cheaper enterprise router solution than Cisco."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
6%
Government
6%
 

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 do you like most about Huawei Enterprise Routers?
The solution provides support for 5G connectivity.
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...
 

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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