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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 (iPerf3, DHCP WAN)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 12.5 Gbps IDS/IPS
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 580 Mbps per site-to-site tunnel (single tunnel); WireGuard server 1.2 Gbps; WireGuard client 980 Mbps
  • Max Sessions: 1,000,000 concurrent (SSL/TLS inspection limited to 10,000, recommended 5,000)
  • New Sessions/sec: 71,000
  • Interfaces: 2 x 25G SFP28; 2 x 10G SFP+; 2 x 2.5GbE RJ45 (LAN/WAN remappable)
  • Form Factor: 1U rack-mount, dual hot-swappable PSUs

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Strong firewall and IPS throughput for its class (23.5 Gbps firewall, 12.5 Gbps IDS/IPS); 25G and 10G uplinks for high-speed backbones; redundant hot-swappable dual PSUs; supports up to 500 UniFi devices and 5,000 clients; WireGuard VPN performance of about 1 Gbps; LAN/WAN ports are remappable; managed through the UniFi ecosystem with centralised monitoring
  • ✘ Cons: Requires a 25G backbone to realise its full value, which adds cost; runs the UniFi Network Application for only one site and cannot be adopted into HostiFi; SSL/TLS inspection is capped at 10,000 sessions; site-to-site IPsec throughput is modest at about 580 Mbps per tunnel; 1U hot-running chassis needs rack space and cooling; ties buyers to Ubiquiti ecosystem lock-in; published specs conflict across sources (routing 12.5 vs 25 Gbps, port layout), and no independent in-depth review was found
  • Est. Price: $1,999 - $4,255

Compare Against

Fortinet FortiGate-70G
Fortinet FortiGate-70G
★ 0.0 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 10 Gbps (1518/512/64-byte UDP); 15 Mpps packets per second; 2.46 us latency (64-byte UDP)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.3 Gbps (Enterprise Mix with Firewall, IPS, Application Control, NGFW, and Malware Protection enabled); IPS 2.5 Gbps; NGFW 1.5 Gbps
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 7.1 Gbps (512-byte, AES256-SHA256); 200 gateway-to-gateway tunnels; 500 client-to-gateway tunnels
  • Max Sessions: 1.4 million concurrent TCP sessions
  • New Sessions/sec: 100,000 new TCP sessions per second
  • Interfaces: 10x GE RJ45 total: 2x GE RJ45 WAN (hardware accelerated), 2x GE RJ45 FortiLink (default), 6x GE RJ45 internal Ethernet; 1x RJ45 console; 1x USB; 1x signed firmware hardware switch (not a network port)
  • Form Factor: Desktop (wall-mount capable)
  • Internal Storage: None (64GB SSD is on the 71G variant only)
  • SSL Inspection Throughput: 1.4 Gbps (IPS, avg. HTTPS)
  • Firewall Policies: 5,000
  • Security Processor: Fortinet SP5 SD-WAN ASIC; TPM 2.0 and BLE present

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Fortinet SP5 ASIC gives hardware-accelerated firewall, IPsec, and SSL inspection; Built-in SD-WAN and FortiGate NGFW features at no extra hardware cost; Strong concurrency at 1.4 million TCP sessions and 100,000 new sessions per second for a desktop unit; Integrated FortiLink support for managing FortiSwitch and FortiAP devices from one console; Trusted Platform Module and signed firmware hardware switch add physical and boot-level protection; Compact, fanless-class desktop form factor suited to branch and small offices; Managed centrally through FortiManager or FortiManagement Cloud
  • ✘ Cons: Only 1 Gbps copper ports, with no multi-gig or SFP uplinks; Threat Protection throughput of 1.3 Gbps is modest for full UTM inspection; No PoE on the base model (PoE variant is a separate SKU); No onboard storage on the 70G (64GB SSD is only on the 71G); Gateway-to-gateway VPN tunnels capped at 200; Full FortiGuard security services (IPS, AV, web filtering, SaaS/DLP) are separate paid subscriptions; Hardware-only pricing is modest, but the full UTP bundle roughly doubles total cost
  • Est. Price: $613 - $1,000

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