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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 Fiber
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber
★ 5.0 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti; 5 Gbps IDS/IPS-secured routing throughput is the only headline figure (reviewer and retailer listings)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 5 Gbps IDS/IPS
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: Not published
  • Max Sessions: Not published; 500+ simultaneous users and 4,000-entry MAC address table
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published
  • Interfaces: 2x 10G SFP+; 1x 10GbE RJ45 (10G/2.5G/1G); 4x 2.5GbE RJ45 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M); 2 of the 6 WAN-capable ports are default WAN (1x 10G SFP+ and 1x 10GbE RJ45), with the other ports selectable as WAN
  • Form Factor: Compact desktop; 212.8 x 127.6 x 30 mm; 675 g without SSD
  • CPU / RAM: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 at 2.2 GHz / 3 GB RAM
  • Storage: Optional NVMe SSD up to 2 TB (NVR storage)
  • PoE Budget: 30W total from one PoE+ port (port 4)
  • Max Power Consumption: 29.4W excluding PoE output

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Lowest-cost Ubiquiti gateway with 5 Gbps IDS/IPS, rated above the UDM-SE's 3.5 Gbps at a lower launch price ($279 MSRP vs. $499); Multi-gig flexibility with 10GBASE-T, dual SFP+ and four 2.5GbE ports; Compact desktop design with optional NVMe storage for UniFi Protect/NVR use; Supports site-to-site VPN plus OpenVPN, WireGuard and L2TP server functions, with integrated PoE+ for one device; Managed through the UniFi Network controller with 500+ simultaneous user capacity
  • ✘ Cons: No official routing, IPsec or WireGuard throughput figures published by Ubiquiti; community WireGuard numbers (around 400-500 Mbps) are unverified; Only one PoE+ output port (30W total) versus eight PoE ports on the UDM-SE; Lower device and user capacity and less storage expansion than the UDM-SE; No published IPsec tunnel or concurrent session limits; Reseller prices now often run above the launch MSRP (about $320-$346 USD at US resellers)
  • Est. Price: $279 - $346

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