✔ Pros:Industry-leading 5 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput for the price; Dual 3.5" HDD bays with RAID 1 support for NVR redundancy; No subscription fees; Supports 'Shadow Mode' High Availability for automatic failover.
✘ Cons:Internal 8-port switch lacks PoE (unlike UDM-SE); The internal switch is limited to a 1 Gbps backplane, necessitating an external SFP+ switch for high-speed local networking.
✔ Pros:High 5 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput; Dual 3.5" HDD bays with RAID 1 support for surveillance; Supports 2,000+ clients and 200+ UniFi devices; No subscription fees for security updates or software; Integrated 128GB SSD for enhanced application performance.
✘ Cons:Internal 8-port switch lacks PoE support; Only two SFP+ ports (one often used for WAN); Lacks native 10G RJ45 ports; Requires Ubiquiti SSO account for initial setup.