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Fortinet FortiGate 400G
Fortinet FortiGate 400G
★ 4.8 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 164 Gbps (reseller-sourced; verify against Fortinet datasheet)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 13 Gbps (NGFW 14 Gbps, IPS 25 Gbps)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 55 Gbps (512-byte packets)
  • Max Sessions: 28,000,000 concurrent TCP sessions
  • New Sessions/sec: 580,000 new TCP sessions per second
  • Interfaces: 4 x 25GbE SFP28, 4 x 10GbE SFP+, 16 x GbE SFP, 8 x 5GbE RJ45, 1 x 2.5GbE HA, 1 x GbE management
  • Form Factor: 1U rackmount
  • Power Supply: Dual AC PSU (1+1 redundancy)
  • Variant Note: FG-401G adds 960 GB onboard SSD storage (2 x 480 GB)

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: High firewall and IPsec VPN throughput for a 1U appliance; 25GbE uplink ports suit modern data center and edge aggregation; 28M concurrent sessions and 580K new sessions/sec handle large user and IoT populations; Dual AC power supplies provide hardware redundancy; Mixed port density (SFP28, SFP+, GbE SFP, 5GbE RJ45) supports multi-speed deployments; FG-401G variant offers onboard SSD storage for logging and reporting
  • ✘ Cons: Threat prevention throughput (about 13 Gbps) is well below the 164 Gbps firewall figure, so real-world inspection performance needs careful sizing; No official bare-unit list price was found; quoted prices are reseller bundles that include multi-year FortiCare and FortiGuard licensing; Recurring subscription licensing significantly raises total cost of ownership; Specs were gathered from reseller and third-party sources and not verified against Fortinet's primary datasheet; Port counts and interface breakdown vary between sources, so confirm before purchasing
  • Est. Price: $29,538 - $80,924

Compare Against

Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Beast
Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Beast
★ 4.7 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 25 Gbps IDS/IPS
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti
  • Max Sessions: Not published by Ubiquiti
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published by Ubiquiti
  • Interfaces: 2x 1GbE RJ45; 8x 10GbE RJ45 (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M); 2x 10G SFP+; 2x 25G SFP28 (25G/10G/1G); 1x console
  • Form Factor: 1U rackmount cloud gateway

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: 25 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput with 55,000+ CyberSecure signatures; 8x 10GbE RJ45 plus 2x 25G SFP28 and 2x 10G SFP+ for high-speed uplinks and backbone links; Supports 750+ managed UniFi devices and 7,500+ connected clients; 8-core ARM Neoverse N2 CPU at 2.1 GHz with 16 GB RAM; Integrated 128 GB SSD and two 3.5" NVR HDD bays for UniFi Protect; Shadow Mode (VRRP) high availability, gateway failover, and DC power backup input; Supports IPsec, OpenVPN, WireGuard, L2TP and Site Magic SD-WAN
  • ✘ Cons: Priced at roughly three times the UDM Pro Max ($1,499 vs $599); No PoE ports; Internal power supply is not removable; Firewall, IPsec VPN, max session, and new-session-rate figures are not published by Ubiquiti; Overkill for small deployments where the UDM Pro Max would suffice; Third-party listings reach $1,999.99 above the reported $1,499 price; Protocol support differs between sources (Teleport and L2TP are not listed everywhere)
  • Est. Price: $1,499 - $2,000

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