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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-200G
Fortinet FortiGate-200G
★ 0.0 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 39 Gbps (1518/512-byte UDP); 26.5 Gbps (64-byte UDP)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 6 Gbps
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 36 Gbps (512-byte)
  • Max Sessions: 11 million concurrent TCP sessions (enterprise mix)
  • New Sessions/sec: 400,000 TCP sessions/sec
  • Interfaces: 8x 10GE SFP+/SFP; 4x GE SFP; 10x GE RJ45 (8x switch ports, 1x MGMT, 1x HA); 1x USB; 1x Console (sources conflict on RJ45 count, 8 vs 10)
  • Form Factor: 1U rack mount
  • IPS Throughput: 9 Gbps
  • NGFW Throughput: 7 Gbps
  • SSL-VPN Throughput: 3 Gbps
  • IPsec Tunnels: 2,000 gateway-to-gateway; 16,000 client-to-gateway

Curation Review

  • ✔ 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
  • Est. Price: $4,544 - $8,448

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