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    Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000) provides a scalable, flexible foundation so you can quickly integrate leading IT initiatives like SD-WAN and edge compute, while meeting the explosive network performance need driven by cloud-based application adoption.N/A
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    Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
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    Cisco
    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    The Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers have more capacity than the 1000 series. Both provide similar features but if you have a site with many users, you should go for Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers.
    Meraki is less reliable than the regular Cisco ISRs. …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    In competitive realm of networks, Cisco boasts of robust financial performance and price per device, TCO and ROI are far better. Cisco provides versatility in supporting various applications including industrial networks. It is extremely reliable and a market leader. Highest …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    It's widely compatible with many products, we can integrate with all products. Not to mention it integrate with Cisco ISE and yes it's working well. We even integrate with third party access point. Currently we're using Meraki access point. And we use it with the FTD …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    All our Cisco products give us good results. That's why we stick with them
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    I have used the previous models (3600/3700/3800/3900) as well as some models from other vendors. Overall, these have performed quite well. These have needed more software and hardware upgrades to keep working, but they are weathering well. Cisco has deployed some immature …
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    Cisco Catalyst Family, Cisco Nexus Family
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    Since we are a Cisco shop, we didn't evaluate any other products. We knew what we were getting when we made the decision to purchase this router, and it has exceeded our expectations.
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    The ISR routers offer a significant cost advantage over the ASR line of products. The ISR products are designed for smaller businesses that don't have the telephony needs of a large enterprise. Price is definitely the reason we went with this class of equipment. Beyond …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers are very good for enterprise networks. They can be used to connect SD-WAN, MPLS, and MetroLAN. They offer aggregate throughput and increased bandwidth. They also guarantee network quality of service to distinguish between different …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    The Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) are not as expensive or as feature-rich as the Cisco 4000 Series. Faster performance, better user interfaces, and more knowledgeable support are all features of the high-end series. MikroTik Routers and Switches can …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    As [I've] already [said], Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Service Routers is suited for branch-to-branch connectivity ( i.e Hub and Spoke Topology). [It is] also compatible [with] SD-WAN Technology. It [simplifies] network management, deploys networks in minutes, supports Kernel …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    Mikrotik is another well-known router and switch brand in the market. It is a less costly product and contains a good amount of features. However, it is not built to handle the traffic of large enterprises or thousands of users. [The] Cisco ISR 4000 series, on the other hand, …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    Amongst other routers, we also use Mikrotik Routers to deliver connectivity solutions. Even though their price is much more attractive than the Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers, they are not as reliable as the Cisco [ISR 4000].
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    FortiGate is a firewall and we can not terminate DATA and Internet on [the] same device. [Furthermore] , if we use it as a router on WAN, we will need unnecessary licenses for our product, which are not required. [Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)] is …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    We have been more than satisfied with the Cisco product line so we only considered Cisco routers and the 4000 series met the needs that we had. This was a fairly easy process. One in production we have had no issues with the product and I would install it again.
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    The lower-end Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 1000) are not quite on the same price or feature level as the Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), obviously, but you can see other huge gains in almost every category. Speed, interface, and …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    We did not compare the Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers to other competitors as we used Cisco for a long period of time already. We selected this product as we used a lot of CISCO products in the past and with good support. Other products don't have the protocols …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    When we decided to upgrade and redesign our WAN, we wanted as few network devices per field office as possible to make it work. This solution is the only one at the time that enabled us to have such a simple network design, hardware purchase, setup, administration, and support …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    The functionality of having Data and Voice in the router and expandability option helped in decision making. The features available for Voice infrastructure and also the total price in terms of Solution makes it a better option.
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    Cisco is the best pure router available. I like Aruba layer 3 switches where additonal ports are needed or on a budget. Silver Peak is better if you are wanting SDWAN to connect lots of remote sites.
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    We faced a lot of issues with the instability of Junos IOS as it failed on different switches and we had to reinstall the devices from scratch. There are some implemented protocols that a Cisco
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    We have always used Cisco and this was the next model to upgrade to. So I can't say one way or another that another product is better or worse. but using all Cisco makes troubleshooting a lot easier as you can call one support line to take care of it all!
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    We are currently running Cisco ASR 1001-HX routers as our head-ends, where they are strictly handling data, and Cisco ISR 4000 routers at branch locations, where they are terminating multiple circuits and IPSec tunnels, acting as VoIP gateways, and running pfr and basic …
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    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    We have always used Cisco for all our infrastructure and for our customers. We know the quality and efficiency that Cisco equipment offers us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    They are the evolution of this generation of ISRs. They provide greater performance and are programming oriented.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (71 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Actually if we place it into the internet gateway, we do nothing in front of the firewall. Yes, it's working well also, if we put into the routing, it works well. But we should not use it instead of switch. Because some people tend to use the router instead of layer three suite. So yes, I try to use it.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • The ISR 4000 is an excellent router for our voice services. We purchased CUBE licensing in order to do this.
    • The ISR 4000 is an excellent router for security purposes as well. We purchased the security license with the router and that allowed us to run a Zone-Based Firewall.
    • The ISR 4000 is very simple and straight forward to configure.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • A greater number of onboard WAN ports would be an improvement over the model we purchased, which only had two. [This] means we'll have to buy more expensive network cards to get more convenience.
    • The small router was a plus in some branches, but it was a hindrance in others. Its width is about half the size of the rack, so we had to keep it on top of another device.
    • When compared to its competitors, the rack mounting kit is unreliable and expensive to purchase.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    We renew Cisco end of life devices with current models.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Regarding usability, this router has everything you need, except for a good GUI. Of course it can be integrated with other tools, but it lacks any native GUI option. Any engineer who is comfortable using CLI will find all options they need. Routing, security, voice are just examples of all the things you can do with it.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    There is always room for improvement with support, but Cisco support has been good to me over the years. Being able to call or submit online TAC cases makes it so I can get my issues or questions answered faster. They have even added the TAC bot for TAC cases to get to support even faster!
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    If you planning on upgrading your network to software defined networks, Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers are the best. To successfully implement the project you need to plan and communicate with all your stake holders
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    Cisco
    We did not compare the Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers to other competitors as we used Cisco for a long period of time already. We selected this product as we used a lot of CISCO products in the past and with good support. Other products don't have the protocols that CISCO products have.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Can be used for ISE, Meraki access point, FTD firewall, works well, no worry about integration with any third party product. As this device can be multipurpose, ROI is faster and usable for longer period of time, as no EOL any time soon
    • This is an integrated modular device so even if my small offices are closed over a period of time, this can be re-purposed for other requirements within organization
    • This device supports WAN optimization within software. This reduces the requirement of that specific optimization device, which reduces my overall cost for a branch network
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