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
✔ Pros:Strong 39 Gbps firewall throughput for a mid-size enterprise edge device; 11 million concurrent sessions and 400,000 new TCP sessions/sec; 8x 10GE SFP+ ports for high-speed uplinks and LAN; bundled FortiGuard security services (IPS, antivirus, SD-WAN) available via licensing; reviewers describe stable performance and IPsec tunnels that are easy to build and interoperate with other vendors' devices; compact 1U form factor
✘ Cons:High hardware and licensing costs, with bundles significantly above the hardware-only price; threat prevention throughput (6 Gbps) is far below rated firewall throughput, so security-inspection-heavy deployments need careful sizing; no 25GbE ports; firmware updates have been reported to introduce bugs affecting stability; Fortinet technical support response time and quality are a frequent complaint; licensing model is seen as inflexible; port counts differ across sources, so verify against Fortinet's official datasheet