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Cisco Secure Firewall 1010
Cisco Secure Firewall 1010
★ 3.7 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • 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)
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)
  • Est. Price: $199 - $279

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