MikroTik Routers and Switches Reviews

We are a solution provider and we focus on integrating and monitoring critical infrastructure. We offer many products to our clients for Wi-Fi, switching, cabling, and monitoring. We also offer sensors and other devices in our portfolio. 

We implement MikroTik Routers and Switches for clients with remote offices.

Our clients in Bolivia have very basic security, so the firewall features provided by our solutions are helpful.

This product is very good in terms of bandwidth administration.

This product could offer better integration with VPNs. We have a SOC for network monitoring and all of our clients are connected to it. Through the SOC, we integrate our clients with our VPN.

The switching capabilities could be improved. These devices have a lot of potential but need to improve first.

We have been working with MikroTik Routers and Switches for approximately three years.

These routers and switches are very stable.

Scalability-wise, these products are good.

We use MikroTik products for small locations. We sometimes only put one or two devices in a location, depending on the industry and the bandwidth requirements.

We have between 60 and 65 devices installed with four clients.

We work with products from several vendors including Check Point, Extreme Networks, and occasionally Cisco.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

I configure and implement WiFi internet and wide area networks using MikroTik Routers and Switches. I also use it for connectivity with end-users and for implementing a firewall and routing protocols.

The switches Mikrotik have a good optimization with MSTP, they can interconnect with other brands equipment such as switches Huawei and Cisco. They can easily configure with the app Winbox, creating bridges, and attached ports to differents bridges, working like a differents virtuals switchs. Electing the spanning tree protocol mode into the bridge configuration such as STP,  RSTP and MSTP.

I think they have very strong routers because they have multiple processors. I like its easy configuration with applications. For example, configuration with Linux, Iptables, and routing protocols.

Technical support could be better. They don't have good support like Cisco. It can also be more stable and scalable.

I have used MikroTik Routers and Switches within the past 12 months. I have vast experience with this solution. I have implemented it in other enterprises and also worked with my partners that have enterprises.

The stability of their switches is very poor. It doesn't have a good score with Spanning Tree Protocol, and it's very difficult to implement.

Scalability is very hard to implement because when I connect through the links, the network doesn't go back.

Technical support could be better. MikroTik Routers and Switches don't have technical support in the cloud.

We use MikroTik Routers, but for switches, we use Cisco or Huawei. Clients prefer Cisco, Huawei, and McAfee, depending on their budget. MikroTik's equipment is very cheap.

It's easy to implement, but it's very hard to fix it when we have trouble. Depending on the project, it usually takes four days to implement this solution.

I implemented this solution in universities, banks, and commercial centers. We have two or three people in charge of deployment and maintenance. 

MikroTik's equipment is very cheap compared to Cisco and Huawei.

The routers are very good, and they are very cheap. We can buy a lot of these routers for backup.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give MikroTik Routers and Switches a six.

I like the routing features.

If the client wants bigger capacity, there may be some issues. That is, there may be issues with scalability.

There's a general complaint of slowness, but it could be a bandwidth issue.

I would like to see the addition of Wi-Fi features in the next release.

I've been using it for about a year.

It's deployed both on the cloud and on-premises.

It is a very stable solution.

It is scalable.

They have really good customer service and technical support. On a scale from one to ten, I would rate them at ten.

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In comparison to other solutions, MikroTik is easy to install. It's a small unit as compared to that of Cisco. Also, the Cisco router is complex.

The initial setup is quite easy, and it took two days to deploy it.

It's reasonably priced. It's not the most cheap solution, but also, it's not the most expensive one.

I would highly recommend MikroTik Routers and Switches and would rate it at ten on a scale from one to ten.

We primarily use MikroTik routers and switches for LTE solutions. It's 3G, 4G, and gravitating to 5G solutions and we do a lot of data center type of solutions with the heavy-duty cloud core routers. We also do premises type of solutions with a lot of their switches. 

As far as which version we're using, the products are fairly standardized—what changes is the version of the operating system. We try and use the latest long-term versions of the operating system, but we use a wide variety of their products. 

This solution is deployed on-prem. We use the whole rack of MikroTik switches and routers. 

The most valuable aspect of this solution is the combination of value for money. They're extremely cost effective, yet they provide you with an extensive feature set of things you can do across the board. Also, they're pretty reliable, as far as equipment goes. 

As far as improvements, there are basically only two things I would suggest. First, I think they should provide extensive training for the new releases of products, especially in the LTE space. Second, they could spend more time ensuring that their OS releases are more stable, rather than waiting for things to fall apart on the customer's premises before they make the necessary changes.

We've been using MikroTik switches and routers since 2014, so it's going to be the eighth year now. 

I have been using these routers and switches for eight years and they have proved rather stable. 

I think the solutions scale to multiple millions of packets per second products and that they scale right into the data center core. I know that there's still significant apprehension from a lot of large companies concerning their products, but I think that MikroTik has proved to be an extremely good tool for what we are trying to do. 

It runs our infrastructure and we provide services to clients, so we have several hundred nodes out in the field who are managed services providers. There are quite a few people that take advantage of the infrastructure that we provide. 

I haven't actually contacted technical support directly. We have a very knowledgeable partner that provides us Tier 4 consultancy in the UK. We've been working with him for many years, and so that's where we get all our technical support from. 

We gave up on Cisco and Cisco's competitor seven years ago, and we've been using MikroTik ever since. 

The installation process is extremely simple. I did it all by myself, but I'm a telecoms engineer, so I have a skill set in that area. 

We have a small technical team of five engineers. It's not a heavyweight job. 

We implemented this solution through an in-house team. 

There is a lifetime subscription already embedded when you buy the product. 

I rate MikroTik routers and switches a nine out of ten, and I would recommend them to others. 

We use MikroTik Routers and Switches for our CCTV, Voice IP, and .NET in our new stores.

MikroTik does not have a wireless solution. If they created a high-performance wireless solution we would deploy it in our infrastructure.

I have been using MikroTik Routers and Switches for approximately three years.

MikroTik Routers and Switches are stable.

We have not had any problem with the scalability of this solution.

We did not have any issues with the technical support.

The installation of MikroTik Routers and Switches is straightforward. It takes less time than other solutions, such as Cisco.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate MikroTik Routers and Switches an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for the internet.

We are a mid-sized provider and we are acquiring smaller providers. MikroTik is a brand that is used across these ISPs and we have the experience with the product within our company. There's a familiarity with the solution we appreciate. The reason that we decided to keep this brand is that it's reliable. It offers good IT Station reports. 

The solution is stable. 

The product has proven to be scalable.

The pricing is good. There's a good ratio of pricing to performance, which is why we use that product.

Better security is always better. If they can continue to improve in this area, that would be ideal.

We've been using the solution for a couple of years at this point. 

The solution has proven to be very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The performance is consistently very good.

The scalability has been excellent. If a company needs to expand it out, it's not a problem. They can do so. 

A lot of our work is B2B with mid-sized clients that might have dozens of users. 

I've never directly dealt with technical support. I cannot speak to how helpful or responsive they are. I don't have the direct experience to be able to comment. 

We also have experience using Cisco (for more demanding installations) and Huawei. Our company tends to use Huawei in B2C situations. 

It's my understanding that the installation process is quite straightforward. It's not too complex or difficult. 

We have administrators and technicians that can handle deployments. We are doing remote installations. We have one technician usually on-premise. They physically connect the device and another technician remotely configures the device. We have some configuration templates. It's quite easy and quick for our team to deploy everything.

We can handle the deployment for customers.

The pricing is very reasonable. It's not too expensive. 

I don't handle licensing costs. I'm not sure how payments are set up and whether a company would have to pay monthly or yearly.

I'm not an IT guy. I'm a business product manager. I'm more of a product or marketing guy. Therefore, I'm not overly technical. 

We're service providers for a variety of organizations. 

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We're pretty happy with the product.

I would recommend the solution to other organizations.

We primarily use the product for load balancing and as a gateway.

The stability of the solution is excellent.

We've enjoyed the fact that it has very good performance.

The scalability potential is very good.

The solution is very easy to install and the implementation doesn't take too long.

The pricing is very competitive.

The solution needs to offer better documentation. That is what is lacking right now.

The user interface could be a bit better. It could be a bit more user-friendly with a bit of a re-design.

I've used this solution for a couple of years at this point.

The solution is very stable and we've found the performance to be excellent. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't seem to crash or freeze. The reliability is excellent overall.

The scalability capabilities have been very good. If a company needs to expand it, it can do so with relative ease.

We have about 1,300 users on the solution right now.

I've never been in touch with technical support just yet. I've never had a reason to reach out. Therefore, I cannot comment on how helpful or responsive they might be.

I've also used Cisco, Aruba, and HPE, for example. 

The initial setup is not difficult or complex. It's straightforward and very easy to implement. The deployment process is very fast as well. It only really takes a couple of minutes and you are ready to go. 

We are a team of four, and we can handle any deployment or maintenance tasks quite easily.

I handled the implementation myself, in-house. I did not need the assistance of an integrator or consultant when I deployed it. 

The pricing is excellent. It's very reasonable and much less than, for example, Cisco.

Typically, on the initial package, you do need a license.

I'd rate the solution, on a scale from one to ten, at a seven. For the most part, we've been pleased with its capabilities.

I'd recommend the solution, especially from a pricing point of view. If Cisco is out of a company's budget, it's definitely an option.

I mainly use this solution for hotspot networks but also for lots of other things, for example, to connect more than one type of server, merging more than one connection together, firewall, multiple ID cameras, wireless device to connect different sites, and VPNs.

I have found one of the most valuable features to be the hotspot network.

They need to create a license for IBS. I have a lot of clients that have spam on their networks. We need to purchase a firewall inside of this solution in order to make their networks secure from spam and to protect the blocking of wanted public IDs that are put in it. Additionally, there is an antivirus needed.

In the next release, there could be an improved user interface.

I have been using the solution for approximately 10 years.

The solution is stable. However, we do sometimes have some issues but they are normally fixed in an update.

We have approximately 10 people using the solution in my organization.

I have not used the support. I have always found information on the internet to solve my problems.

The installation can take anywhere from one hour to one day depending on the environment and the skillset of the person installing it.

I have done the implementation of the solution. There are times where I need an additional technician to assist me.

When I compare the price of this solution to competitors it is priced a little high. There is not a license required for this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others for a hotspot network.

I rate MikroTik Routers and Switches eight out of ten.