Firewall Throughput: 890 Mbps (Firewall + AVC, Threat Defense); 2 Gbps stateful inspection (varies by source and test profile)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 650-900 Mbps NGIPS (varies by source)
IPsec VPN Throughput: 300-500 Mbps (varies by source and software image)
Max Sessions: 100,000 concurrent
New Sessions/sec: 6,000 (single listing, unverified)
Interfaces: 8 x 1GbE RJ-45 (10/100/1000BASE-T), ports 7-8 PoE+ capable, 1 x 1GbE RJ-45 management
Form Factor: Desktop, fanless
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Compact fanless desktop form factor suited to branch and small-office deployments; Eight GbE RJ-45 ports, with ports 7-8 supporting PoE+; Runs either Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense or ASA software; Low entry price compared with larger Secure Firewall models; Around 100,000 concurrent sessions is adequate for small sites
✘ Cons:Modest inspection throughput (roughly 650-900 Mbps) limits use at higher bandwidths; IPsec VPN throughput of roughly 300-500 Mbps is low for site-to-site-heavy deployments; No SFP or 10GbE uplink ports appear in published specs; Published throughput figures vary widely across resellers, and no authoritative Cisco datasheet figure was confirmed; Price varies by seller, and listings do not say whether software licences or support are included
Est. Price:
$791 - $1,171
Compare Against
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG-Max)
★ 4.9 Value Score
Technical Specifications
Firewall Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti in the sources reviewed
Threat Prevention Throughput: 2.3 Gbps IDS/IPS per Ubiquiti spec page (older listings show 1.5 Gbps)
IPsec VPN Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti; third-party reviews report about 800-1,000 Mbps for WireGuard and 300-400 Mbps for OpenVPN
Max Sessions: Not published in the sources reviewed
New Sessions/sec: Not published in the sources reviewed
Interfaces: 1x 2.5GbE RJ45 WAN, 4x GbE RJ45 LAN (one LAN port can be reconfigured as a second WAN for multi-WAN)
Form Factor: Compact desktop; UCG-Max-NS variant includes 512GB NVMe storage
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Low entry price at $199 MSRP; Compact desktop form factor; Five-port layout with multi-WAN support via a reconfigurable LAN port; Runs UniFi OS with integrated IDS/IPS, site-to-site and remote VPN options (IPsec, WireGuard, OpenVPN, L2TP); Manages 30+ UniFi devices and 300+ clients per Ubiquiti listing
✘ Cons:Routing and IPS throughput (2.3 Gbps) is modest for multi-gigabit WANs with inspection enabled; Published throughput figures conflict across sources (1.5 vs 2.3 Gbps IPS, varying VPN numbers); Only one 2.5GbE port, with the remaining ports at 1GbE; Vendor does not publish IPsec tunnel, session, or new-connection limits; Some resellers list prices well above MSRP (one US listing at $394.79)