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Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Max
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Max
★ 4.9 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 2.5 Gbps (routing, IDS/IPS off)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.5 Gbps (IDS/IPS on)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti; WireGuard/Site-Magic VPN up to 500 Mbps (third-party review, untested method)
  • Max Sessions: Not published
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published
  • Interfaces: 5x 2.5GbE RJ45 (1 WAN + 4 LAN, one LAN port can be remapped to a second WAN)
  • Form Factor: Compact desktop, 142 x 127 x 30 mm, USB-C 5V/5A power (max 16.1 W)

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: 2.5GbE WAN and LAN ports on a compact, low-power chassis (max 16.1 W); 512GB built-in NVMe storage on the standard SKU for local UniFi data; Integrated UniFi controller with IDS/IPS and no license or subscription fees; Supports 300+ clients and 30+ UniFi devices; Multi-WAN capable through the remappable LAN port
  • ✘ Cons: Only 1.5 Gbps with IDS/IPS enabled, well below the 2.5 Gbps routing figure; IPsec VPN throughput, session counts and new sessions per second are not published; No PoE output and no built-in Wi-Fi access point; No LAG/LACP support; 500 Mbps VPN throughput is limiting for high-volume site-to-site tunnels
  • Est. Price: $240 - $279

Compare Against

Fortinet FortiGate 70G
Fortinet FortiGate 70G
★ 0.0 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 10 Gbps (1518/512/64-byte UDP)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.3 Gbps (NGFW 1.5 Gbps; IPS 2.5 Gbps)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 7.1 Gbps (512-byte packets)
  • Max Sessions: 1,400,000 concurrent TCP sessions
  • New Sessions/sec: 100,000
  • Interfaces: 10 x GE RJ45 (port roles vary by source; FortiLink ports available for FortiSwitch/FortiAP)
  • Form Factor: Fanless desktop

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Strong 10 Gbps firewall throughput for a desktop appliance; Fanless desktop design suits small offices and branch sites; 10 x GE RJ45 ports cover LAN, WAN, and DMZ needs; 7.1 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput with 200 gateway-to-gateway and 500 client-to-gateway tunnels; FortiLink support for managing FortiSwitch and FortiAP under one console; Hardware-only price is modest compared with higher-end FortiGate models
  • ✘ Cons: Threat prevention throughput (1.3 Gbps) drops sharply once UTM inspection is enabled; No SFP/SFP+ uplink ports listed in available sources, limiting fiber uplink options; Full UTM feature set requires separate FortiGuard subscription bundles, which raise total cost well above the hardware price; PoE is not on the base model and requires the 70G-PoE variant; 1.4M concurrent sessions and 100K new sessions/sec may be limiting for larger or high-connection-count networks
  • Est. Price: $612 - $868

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