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Ubiquiti Enterprise Fortress Gateway (EFG)
Ubiquiti Enterprise Fortress Gateway (EFG)
★ 4.9 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 23.5 Gbps (routing, iPerf3, DHCP WAN)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 12.5 Gbps (IDS/IPS)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 580 Mbps (site-to-site, single tunnel)
  • Max Sessions: 1,000,000 concurrent
  • New Sessions/sec: 71,000 (listed under general capacity; not specific to VPN or IPsec)
  • Interfaces: 2x 2.5GbE RJ45, 2x 25G SFP28, 2x 10G SFP+ (some listings show 2x RJ45 + 4x SFP28; verify against the Ubiquiti datasheet)
  • Form Factor: 1U rack-mount, dual hot-swappable PSUs
  • SSL/TLS Inspection Concurrent Sessions: 10,000 (5,000 recommended under heavy traffic)
  • CPU / Memory: 18-core ARM v8.2 @ 2 GHz, 16 GB DDR4
  • UniFi Capacity: 500+ UniFi devices, 5,000+ clients

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: 25G SFP28 and 10G SFP+ uplinks at a gateway price point; 23.5 Gbps routing throughput; 1 million concurrent sessions; 18-core ARM CPU with 16 GB RAM; hot-swappable redundant PSUs; supports 500+ UniFi devices and 5,000+ clients; manages through UniFi Network controller with a single pane of glass
  • ✘ Cons: IPsec VPN throughput of 580 Mbps is low for a gateway at this price; IDS/IPS throughput of 12.5 Gbps halves routing performance when threat inspection is enabled; SSL/TLS inspection is limited to about 10,000 concurrent sessions; port configuration differs across listings and should be verified; frequently out of stock at major US retailers, with a $170 memory surcharge at some resellers; no built-in Wi-Fi, so it depends on separate UniFi APs and switches; reviewers cite a steeper learning curve than consumer-grade routers
  • Est. Price: $1,999 - $2,892

Compare Against

Juniper Networks SRX4300
Juniper Networks SRX4300
★ 3.4 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 98 Gbps (1518-byte packets); 70 Gbps (IMIX)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 11 Gbps (Advanced Threat Protection); 45 Gbps (Application Security); 24 Gbps (NGFW, CPS)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 94 Gbps (1400-byte packets); 40 Gbps (IMIX)
  • Max Sessions: 10 million concurrent sessions (IPv4/IPv6)
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published; SSL connections per second: 10,000
  • Interfaces: 8x RJ-45; 8x SFP+; 4x SFP28; 6x QSFP28 (channelization supported); 2x SFP for HA/chassis cluster; 1x console; 1x management; 1x USB 3.0. All ports support MACsec. IPsec VPN tunnels: 4,000
  • Form Factor: 1U fixed chassis (17.28 in wide, 18.2 in deep)

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Up to 98 Gbps firewall throughput at 1518-byte packets; 10 million concurrent sessions; 4,000 IPsec VPN tunnels; 1U chassis with 8x RJ-45, 8x SFP+, 4x SFP28 and 6x QSFP28 ports; MACsec supported on all ports; chassis cluster high availability supported
  • ✘ Cons: Headline throughput drops sharply under IMIX (70 Gbps firewall, 40 Gbps IPsec) and with threat inspection enabled (11 Gbps Advanced Threat Protection); no new-sessions-per-second figure is published; base unit price is high, with resellers listing it from about $60,000 to $154,000; vendor test conditions are not fully disclosed for most metrics
  • Est. Price: $60,158 - $154,000

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