Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall 1210 vs Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber: Specs & Price Comparison

Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall 1210

★ 3.4 Value Score

Firewall Throughput: 6.5 Gbps (ASA stateful inspection); 6.0 Gbps (ASA multiprotocol); 6.0 Gbps (FTD FW + AVC, 1024B)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 6.0 Gbps (NGIPS, 1024B); 6.0 Gbps (FW + AVC + IPS, 1024B); 1.0 Gbps (TLS decryption)
IPsec VPN Throughput: 5.0 Gbps (FTD, 1024B TCP with Fastpath); 5.5 Gbps (ASA, 450B UDP L2L test)
Max Sessions: 200K concurrent (with AVC on FTD; concurrent firewall connections on ASA)
New Sessions/sec: 35K (FTD, with AVC); 175K (ASA)
Interfaces: 8x 1000BASE-T (10/100/1000 Mbps), no SFP+ slots. 1210CE: 8 copper ports. 1210CP: 8 copper ports, of which 4 are PoE
Form Factor: Desktop/compact; wall- or rack-mountable with optional accessories (no rack units listed)
Max VPN Peers: 200
Virtual Router Instances (VRF): 5 (FTD only)
Power: 100-240V AC, 50-60 Hz; typical 32W, max 40W (1210CE). 1210CP: 165W max including PoE
Software: Runs ASA or Threat Defense (FTD). Multi-instance not supported on Threat Defense

✔ Pros: Compact desktop form factor suits branch offices and small sites; Runs either ASA or Threat Defense software, so one platform can serve different deployment needs; Eight integrated 1GbE copper ports with no extra modules needed; 1210CP adds 4 PoE ports (120W total) for powering phones and cameras; FTD version supports FMC, FDM, and Security Cloud Control management plus active/standby HA; Sustains 6 Gbps of threat-prevention throughput with IPS enabled; Per-model 1210CE and 1210CP share the same performance figures
✘ Cons: No SFP+ or other high-speed uplink, which limits it to 1GbE; Throughput is modest compared with larger 1200 Series or 3100 models; Threat Defense supports only 5 VRFs and no multi-instance; The official datasheet has no single IPsec VPN figure, and the test methods for the ASA and FTD numbers differ; 1210CP PoE power budget is ambiguous in the datasheet and should be confirmed with Cisco; Street prices vary widely by reseller, and there is no official Cisco list price in the sources reviewed
Est. Price: $2,495 - $3,226

Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber

★ 5.0 Value Score

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

✔ 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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