Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router vs VyOS

HNHuawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router8.8Visit VyOS8.7Visit

Higher score HN Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router #4 in Virtual Routers Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 2 of 2 features Contact Huawei

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VyOS #5 in Virtual Routers Software 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit VyOS

• Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router fits best

  Mid-market and enterprise multi-cloud teams

• VyOS fits best

  Teams automating routing across varied environments

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Side by side

Feature	HNHuawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router 8.8/10 Visit ↗	VyOS 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.7
Ranking	#4 in Virtual Routers Software	#5 in Virtual Routers Software
Best for	Mid-market and enterprise multi-cloud teams	Teams automating routing across varied environments
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Linux, Web	Linux
Support	Email	Email, Live chat, Phone, Tickets
Integrations	10 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router 2/2 · VyOS 0/2
VPN support	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
High availability	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment type	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Routing protocols	OSPFv2/v3, BGP/BGP4+, static routing	Not checked yet
Max throughput	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Cloud platforms	HUAWEI Cloud, AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Azure, Tencent Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Tianyi Cloud, Volcano Engine, Google Cloud, China Mobile Cloud	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports static routing, OSPFv2/v3, BGP/BGP4+, and policy-based routing Offers L3VPN, SD-WAN EVPN, GRE VPN, IPsec, and IKEv2 Centralizes cloud-site deployment and management through iMaster-NCE	Combines routing, firewalling, VPN, and high-availability capabilities. Offers REST and GraphQL APIs plus Shell and Python scripting APIs. Integrates with Ansible, Terraform, cloud-init, and major cloud platforms.
Cons	Pricing is handled through contact with sales rather than a listed plan The listed support channel is email Its routing, VPN, security, and QoS scope may exceed simpler gateway needs	Primarily self-hosted software, not a managed remote-access VPN service. Paid subscriptions are needed for supported LTS releases and commercial support. Best-effort support is the stated baseline for Corporate and Global plans.
Our verdict	Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L is a software router deployed as a virtual network function in hypervisor and public-cloud environments. Huawei describes it for enterprise SD-WAN, SASE, and cloud scenarios, including virtual CPE, virtual… Read the review →	VyOS is an open-source network operating system for organizations deploying virtual or physical routers, firewalls, VPNs, and related network services. It fits teams that want to run those functions on commodity hardware, virtual machines,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router — where it wins

  • Supports static routing, OSPFv2/v3, BGP/BGP4+, and policy-based routing
  • Offers L3VPN, SD-WAN EVPN, GRE VPN, IPsec, and IKEv2
  • Centralizes cloud-site deployment and management through iMaster-NCE

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is handled through contact with sales rather than a listed plan
  • The listed support channel is email
  • Its routing, VPN, security, and QoS scope may exceed simpler gateway needs

• VyOS — where it wins

  • Combines routing, firewalling, VPN, and high-availability capabilities.
  • Offers REST and GraphQL APIs plus Shell and Python scripting APIs.
  • Integrates with Ansible, Terraform, cloud-init, and major cloud platforms.

  Where it doesn't

  • Primarily self-hosted software, not a managed remote-access VPN service.
  • Paid subscriptions are needed for supported LTS releases and commercial support.
  • Best-effort support is the stated baseline for Corporate and Global plans.

• HNHuawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router8.8/10 · Pricing on request

  A cloud-deployable router with broad cloud coverage, VPN, routing, and centralized management.

  Contact HuaweiFull verdict →
• VyOS8.7/10 · Free plan

  A flexible virtual router for teams automating network services across on-premises and cloud environments.

  Visit VyOSFull verdict →