✔ 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
✔ 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)