Cambium cnMaestro vs MikroTik RouterOS

Cambium cnMaestro manages Cambium wireless and wired network equipment, including enterprise Wi-Fi, switching, fixed wireless broadband, and industrial IoT products. It provides network control, device visibility, and zero-touch provisioning through cloud-based or on-premises deployment. Cambium says it can run in a public cloud, private cloud, or on premises without Wi-Fi controllers; the on-premises edition is a standalone virtual machine for data-center installation. Management tools include network hierarchy, ping and traceroute troubleshooting, ePSK generation, guest portal management, email alerts, and rogue access point detection. The free cnMaestro Essentials plan requires no subscription and supports up to 10,000 devices and 10 management users. cnMaestro X has a 90-day free trial and 1-, 3-, or 5-year subscriptions priced by device tier and required device counts, with purchase through an authorized reseller or distributor. X includes Cambium Care Pro support, software updates, hardware diagnosis assistance, and accelerated access to Level 2 and Level 3 engineers. APIs use HTTPS, JSON, and OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Grant; REST APIs and webhooks can send alarms to external servers.

MikroTik RouterOS is networking software with VPN access, site-to-site networking, audit logs and advanced administrative controls. It supports WebFig, Windows WinBox, Android, iOS, command line, API, MikroTik hardware, x86 PCs and virtual machines. The Free Demo costs nothing and operates in 24-hour trial mode before licensing. Level 4 WISP costs $45 a month and allows 200 PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP and OVPN tunnels each. Level 5 WISP costs $95, paid once, with 500 PPPoE, PPTP and L2TP tunnels and unlimited OVPN tunnels. Level 6 Controller costs $250 a month and allows unlimited tunnels for all four types. RouterOS is listed as having a free plan and a free trial. SSO/SCIM and device posture are not supported. MikroTik is headquartered in Riga, Latvia.