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Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator

byCisco Systems
in
4.2
Market Presence: Network Automation Platforms, CSP Service Design and Orchestration Solutions

Overview

Product Information on Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator?

Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator is a software that automates network service lifecycle management across a wide variety of network devices and environments. It enables service providers and enterprises to design, provision, and manage complex network services with model-driven service orchestration. The software supports multi-vendor and multitechnology environments, reducing the dependence on manual configuration and enabling quicker deployment of services. It provides capabilities for real-time state monitoring, rollback and auditing of configuration changes, and the abstraction of network complexity, assisting organizations in streamlining operations and improving service agility by allowing the consistent implementation of services and policies across physical and virtual network infrastructures.

Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator Pricing

Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator software utilizes a subscription-based pricing model, with fees determined by network size, device count, and selected feature sets. The software offers various tiers and add-ons, allowing organizations to select licensing options suited to their requirements. Support and maintenance packages are typically available as part of the subscription, and pricing may be affected by deployment scale and enterprise agreements.

Overall experience with Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator

Product Manager
<50M USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Massive time saver for pure Cisco environments, but multi-vendor integration is a real struggle”

5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Vp, Engineering
50M - 250M USD, Finance (non-banking)
CRITICAL

“Legacy platform executes essentials but increases maintenance and engineering overhead”

3.0
May 27, 2026
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 8th February 2024

Cisco is a company that specializes in networking technologies, particularly Internet Protocol (IP)-based solutions. It was established in 1984 by a group of computer scientists from Stanford University. As of today, Cisco has a global workforce, continuing to innovate in various fields, notably in routing and switching. Adding to its core business, the company also delves into emerging technologies including home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security features, storage area networking, and wireless technology. Moreover, Cisco extends its expertise to offer a sweeping range of services such as technical support and advanced services. The company sells its products and services on an enterprise level, to commercial businesses, service providers, and end-users.

Company Details

Updated 25th June 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1984
Head office location
San Jose, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Parent Company
Cisco
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
http://www.cisco.com

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Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator Reviews and Ratings

4.2

(12 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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  • Product Manager
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Massive time saver for pure Cisco environments, but multi-vendor integration is a real struggle

    5.0
    Jun 5, 2026
    Managing our network configs manually was getting entirely out of hand as our infrastructure grew. Moving to Cisco's network automation helped us finally standardize things. We rely on it heavily for deploying IPsec VPN configurations across multiple branches, which used to take hours of manual CLI typing and troubleshooting. The core Cisco-to-Cisco automation works right out of the box. What hasn't worked well is trying to automate changes on our non-Cisco perimeter gear. Getting the platform to push policies or talk nicely to our Sophos edge firewalls, for example, has been a massive headache that required us to write a bunch of custom API scripts.
  • Product Manager
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Massive time saver for pure Cisco environments, but multi-vendor integration is a real struggle

    5.0
    Jun 5, 2026
    Managing our network configs manually was getting entirely out of hand as our infrastructure grew. Moving to Cisco's network automation helped us finally standardize things. We rely on it heavily for deploying IPsec VPN configurations across multiple branches, which used to take hours of manual CLI typing and troubleshooting. The core Cisco-to-Cisco automation works right out of the box. What hasn't worked well is trying to automate changes on our non-Cisco perimeter gear. Getting the platform to push policies or talk nicely to our Sophos edge firewalls, for example, has been a massive headache that required us to write a bunch of custom API scripts.
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User Sentiment About Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator
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Performance of Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator Across Market Features

Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator Likes & Dislikes

Like

Automated state backups: It grabs the network state automatically. If we mess up a deployment or a connected VMware host throws a redo log error because of a sudden network storage drop, rolling back the switch config is basically a one-click job. Bulk provisioning: Pushing out standard VLAN and VPN templates to new site deployments save us days of grunt work. Drift detection: It constantly scans the network and instantly flags if another admin manually changed a router configuration that deviates from our baseline security standard.

Like

Automated state backups: It grabs the network state automatically. If we mess up a deployment or a connected VMware host throws a redo log error because of a sudden network storage drop, rolling back the switch config is basically a one-click job. Bulk provisioning: Pushing out standard VLAN and VPN templates to new site deployments save us days of grunt work. Drift detection: It constantly scans the network and instantly flags if another admin manually changed a router configuration that deviates from our baseline security standard.

Like

Automated state backups: It grabs the network state automatically. If we mess up a deployment or a connected VMware host throws a redo log error because of a sudden network storage drop, rolling back the switch config is basically a one-click job. Bulk provisioning: Pushing out standard VLAN and VPN templates to new site deployments save us days of grunt work. Drift detection: It constantly scans the network and instantly flags if another admin manually changed a router configuration that deviates from our baseline security standard.

Dislike

Onboarding engineers to maintain this ecosystem takes months because this is not a modern tool. Requires a lot of manual reconciliation whenever changes are made directly on devices which is a humongous pain.

Dislike

Onboarding engineers to maintain this ecosystem takes months because this is not a modern tool. Requires a lot of manual reconciliation whenever changes are made directly on devices which is a humongous pain.

Dislike

Onboarding engineers to maintain this ecosystem takes months because this is not a modern tool. Requires a lot of manual reconciliation whenever changes are made directly on devices which is a humongous pain.