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Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG-Max)
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG-Max)
★ 4.9 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • 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)
  • Est. Price: $199 - $279

Compare Against

Juniper Networks SRX4700
Juniper Networks SRX4700
★ 3.7 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 1.4 Tbps (IMIX)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 150 Gbps (application security); 110 Gbps (IPS)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 90 Gbps (IMIX, IPsec PowerMode)
  • Max Sessions: 60 million concurrent
  • New Sessions/sec: 600,000 (sustained TCP 3-way handshake)
  • Interfaces: 2x 400GbE QSFP56-DD; 10x 100GbE QSFP28; 16x 50GbE SFP56; 2x 1GbE SFP (HA); 1x management; 1x console
  • Form Factor: 1U rack-mount

Curation Review

  • ✔ 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
  • Est. Price: $192,517 - $289,490

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