✔ Pros:Industry-leading 5 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput for its price point; Dual 3.5" NVR bays with RAID support; 2.5 GbE and 10G SFP+ WAN options; Shadow Mode for high availability.
✘ Cons:The 8-port integrated switch lacks PoE support; Most LAN ports are limited to 1 GbE throughput.
Est. Price:
$599 - $649
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Cisco Secure Firewall 220
★ 3.4 Value Score
Technical Specifications
Firewall Throughput: 1.6 Gbps (Stateful)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.5 Gbps
IPsec VPN Throughput: 1.2 Gbps - 1.8 Gbps
Max Sessions: 100,000
New Sessions/sec: 80,000
Interfaces: 4 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, 1 x 1G SFP, 1 x 1G Management port
Form Factor: Compact Desktop (Fanless)
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Fanless design for silent operation; features Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) for threat detection in TLS 1.3 without decryption; modern hardware with DDR5 RAM; native SD-WAN integration.
✘ Cons:Low port density with only 5 data ports; no Power over Ethernet (PoE) support; throughput may be a bottleneck for multi-gigabit ISP links; significant recurring subscription costs for advanced security features.