Max Sessions: 40M concurrent connections (Cisco datasheet; some resellers list 15M)
New Sessions/sec: 350K
Interfaces: 8x 1/10/25GbE SFP28 fixed (some listings say SFP+); 2x NetMod bays for expansion
Form Factor: 1RU rack-mountable
Curation Review
✔ Pros:Up to 90 Gbps stateful firewall throughput in a 1RU chassis; 40M concurrent connections and 350K new connections/sec suit high-session data center and campus workloads; 2x NetMod bays allow port expansion; Supports up to 20,000 VPN peers; Runs Cisco FTD or ASA software for flexible deployment
✘ Cons:Threat prevention throughput (65 Gbps) is well below the headline firewall figure; Reseller pricing is high, typically well over $100K, which puts it out of reach for small or branch deployments; Published specs and port types conflict across Cisco and third-party sources, which complicates sizing; Threat, malware, and URL protection require separate subscription licenses on top of the hardware cost
Est. Price:
$114,567 - $152,065
Compare Against
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)