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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

Fortinet FortiGate 3500G
Fortinet FortiGate 3500G
★ 3.3 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 595 Gbps (Fortinet-claimed, May 2026 launch; no independent test found)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 105 Gbps (NGFW); 125 Gbps IPS
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 163 Gbps (512-byte packets)
  • Max Sessions: 179 million concurrent TCP sessions
  • New Sessions/sec: 1.1 million (single reseller source)
  • Interfaces: 2x 400GE QSFP-DD; 30x 25GE SFP28
  • Form Factor: 2RU rackmount
  • Processors: NP7 and CP10 (SP5 on the 400G model)
  • Power Efficiency: ~1.6 W per Gbps of firewall throughput (vendor claim)
  • Price Note: Single reseller hardware quote of CAD 288,732.99 (datacenter360.ca), converted at an assumed ~0.72 USD/CAD. No official USD list price was found. The catalog's existing 8,500-14,500 USD range and 3.5 Gbps / 1U entries do not match Fortinet's published figures and should be corrected.

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Vendor-claimed 595 Gbps firewall throughput, far above typical enterprise 1U-class appliances; 179 million concurrent sessions suits large data center and AI traffic loads; 400GE QSFP-DD uplinks plus 25GE SFP28 density; NP7/CP10 custom ASIC architecture for inspection offload; claimed power efficiency of about 1.6 W per Gbps; full Fortinet Security Fabric and FortiGuard integration
  • ✘ Cons: Price is very high (hardware alone about CAD 289k per one reseller quote) and not justified for SMB or branch use; throughput figures are vendor-reported with no independent verification found; 2RU footprint versus the 1U shown in the catalog; threat-prevention throughput (105 Gbps) is far below the headline firewall figure, so real-world security performance is lower than the headline suggests; licensing and support add substantial recurring cost; overkill for most networks, where a mid-range FortiGate would be a better fit
  • Est. Price: $208,000

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