# MikroTik CRS Series: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/mikrotik-crs-series

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data center networking](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/index.md) | 2% | 21 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "For a limited budget, MikroTik's CRS series is the best value today for smaller deployments" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Data center networking)

## And against it

- "more accepted for smaller or less complex environments, but may not scale for large data centers" (Mistral Small, Data center networking)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named MikroTik CRS Series, from 22 of the 25 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- gane.ai/index: 18
- reddit.com: 16
- cisco.com: 11
- peerspot.com: 10
- g2.com: 9
- saasworthy.com: 9
- networkdevicesinc.com: 8
- findalternatives.net: 7
- hpe.com: 5
- hummingbirdnetworks.com: 5

### Pages cited

- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/smb: 18
- https://saasworthy.com/list/data-center-networking: 9
- https://networkdevicesinc.com/community/blog/best-switches-for-data-centers: 8
- https://reddit.com/r/networking/comments/pq1vk9/looking_for_good_switchs_for_our_little_datacenter: 8
- https://findalternatives.net/categories/data-center-networking: 7
- https://g2.com/categories/data-center-networking: 7
- https://reddit.com/r/networking/comments/194xev4/data_center_switching: 6
- https://mikrotik.com/products/group/switches: 5

## In its own words

What MikroTik CRS Series's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Price stated: Suggested price $6.00 (https://mikrotik.com/product/QM)

## What it publishes

Every page mikrotik.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 2956 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 62 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-12
- Recent: 2026-06-12 news or press: News133 https://manual.mikrotik.com/blog/news133
- Recent: 2026-04-22 news or press: News132 https://manual.mikrotik.com/blog/news132
- Recent: 2026-01-13 news or press: News131 https://manual.mikrotik.com/blog/news131
- Recent: 2025-12-04 news or press: News130 https://manual.mikrotik.com/blog/news130

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.