✔ 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.
Est. Price:
$599 - $629
Compare Against
Cisco Secure Firewall 220
★ 3.4 Value Score
Technical Specifications
Firewall Throughput: 1.6 Gbps (Stateful)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.5 Gbps
IPsec VPN Throughput: 1.2 Gbps - 1.8 Gbps
Max Sessions: 100,000
New Sessions/sec: 80,000
Interfaces: 4 x 10/100/1000BASE-T, 1 x 1G SFP, 1 x 1G Management port
Form Factor: Compact Desktop (Fanless)
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Fanless design for silent operation; features Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) for threat detection in TLS 1.3 without decryption; modern hardware with DDR5 RAM; native SD-WAN integration.
✘ Cons:Low port density with only 5 data ports; no Power over Ethernet (PoE) support; throughput may be a bottleneck for multi-gigabit ISP links; significant recurring subscription costs for advanced security features.