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HPE Enterprise Routers vs. MikroTik Routers and Switches

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE Enterprise Routers

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHewlett-Packard offers enterprise routers.N/A

    MikroTik Routers and Switches

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALatvian company MikroTik offers routers and switches.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HPE Enterprise RoutersMikroTik Routers and Switches
    Considered Both Products
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Chose HPE Enterprise Routers
    HPE routers performs upto the mark, it basically provides the connectivity to external and internal networks, however sometime the crashes happen in the routers make them look bad. Overall, I am satisfied with the product they use most open-source stuff which makes them easily …
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    MikroTik
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Routers
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Routers
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Routers
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Routers
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HPE Enterprise RoutersMikroTik Routers and Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HPE Enterprise RoutersMikroTik Routers and Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    HPE routers are best suited for the mid-sized enterprises, they have proven ability to cope up the LAN traffic, as well as traffic runs between two different sites, by using the MPLS or VPLS circuits. In our environment, we are keeping the HPE routers at the edge of the network connected with the firewall on the backend which segregates the inside and outside traffic. We are running the BGP protocol to load balance the inbound and outbound traffic coming from different admin routers.
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    MikroTik
    MikroTik is suited for large companies that require advanced distributions in terms of contracted bandwidth, and in the same way, allows a single device to specify filtering and firewall rules without acquiring an additional device. There is a range for small companies which is more economical and less robust, but in case it's not necessary, such a strict control over the data consumption of the company is not a feasible solution.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Routing
    • Establishing the MPLS connectivity
    • VPN
    • BGP
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    MikroTik
    • Affordable, it has more features compared to other brand at the same price.
    • Widely available, by today it's easy to obtained one, even online retailers sell it.
    • Highly customizable, you may write a powerful script to enhance the function.
    • Flexible, you can make different configuration approach based on you needs.
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • HPE routers can start building the Service Provider Grade routers.
    • HPE routers can have better support experience.
    • HPE routers can lower the prices.
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    MikroTik
    • Some of the wiki articles have not been updated or are not accurate enough. We spent a couple of days trying to find an example of implementing a mobile IPSec client solution. But once this has been implemented, it has been solid (always worked). A bigger community would help, and I am finding it hard to find the time to contribute to these articles.
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    MikroTik
    Almost perfect, despite some issue that need to be addressed by the manufacturer. If this issue has been addressed, a full 10 mark will be given.
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    MikroTik
    There is no SOC, NOC, where you can contact to try to resolve any difficulties. The problems that these devices have are solved largely through the community, with workaround alternatives, or if the support team responds to a request, the response times are too high for the current needs of technological communications.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    HPE routers performs upto the mark, it basically provides the connectivity to external and internal networks, however sometime the crashes happen in the routers make them look bad. Overall, I am satisfied with the product they use most open-source stuff which makes them easily interoperable with other router vendors as well.
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    MikroTik
    Cisco Routers are one of the best in the market, however they are also very expensive and not suitable for a small deployment or any deployment which requires just a couple of routers. MikroTik on the other hand are less expensive and provides many features that you require for a small scale deployment. they fit in with the budget and do what you need them to.
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • HPE routers help route the traffic from our enterprise to external routers.
    • HPE routers help with making sure the availability of network to enterprise.
    • HPE routers has been supporting enterprise network traffic routing from years.
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    MikroTik
    • First of all it's cheaper than Cisco routers.
    • It has more functionality than Cisco routers that cost 4 times more.
    • It has a GUI. But it has CLI too.
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