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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 SRX4300
Juniper Networks SRX4300
★ 3.4 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 98 Gbps (1518-byte packets); 70 Gbps (IMIX)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 11 Gbps (Advanced Threat Protection); 45 Gbps (Application Security); 24 Gbps (NGFW, CPS)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 94 Gbps (1400-byte packets); 40 Gbps (IMIX)
  • Max Sessions: 10 million concurrent sessions (IPv4/IPv6)
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published; SSL connections per second: 10,000
  • Interfaces: 8x RJ-45; 8x SFP+; 4x SFP28; 6x QSFP28 (channelization supported); 2x SFP for HA/chassis cluster; 1x console; 1x management; 1x USB 3.0. All ports support MACsec. IPsec VPN tunnels: 4,000
  • Form Factor: 1U fixed chassis (17.28 in wide, 18.2 in deep)

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Up to 98 Gbps firewall throughput at 1518-byte packets; 10 million concurrent sessions; 4,000 IPsec VPN tunnels; 1U chassis with 8x RJ-45, 8x SFP+, 4x SFP28 and 6x QSFP28 ports; MACsec supported on all ports; chassis cluster high availability supported
  • ✘ Cons: Headline throughput drops sharply under IMIX (70 Gbps firewall, 40 Gbps IPsec) and with threat inspection enabled (11 Gbps Advanced Threat Protection); no new-sessions-per-second figure is published; base unit price is high, with resellers listing it from about $60,000 to $154,000; vendor test conditions are not fully disclosed for most metrics
  • Est. Price: $60,158 - $154,000

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