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)
✔ Pros:1.4 Tbps IMIX firewall throughput in a 1U chassis; 400GbE, 100GbE and 50GbE port options for high-speed core and data-center uplinks; Wire-speed MACsec on high-speed ports; 600,000 new sessions per second for high connection-rate workloads; Built for service providers, cloud providers and large enterprises; Junos OS base software includes firewall, NAT, IPsec, routing and MPLS
✘ Cons:Very high acquisition cost compared with enterprise firewalls; Overkill for small and mid-sized businesses; Pricing is quote-based and varies widely by configuration and power supply; Threat prevention throughput (110-150 Gbps) is far below the headline 1.4 Tbps figure; Requires 100GbE/400GbE-capable infrastructure to realize its value; Official 1518-byte throughput and IPsec tunnel count were not verified