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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

Fortinet FortiGate 3500G
Fortinet FortiGate 3500G
★ 3.3 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 595 Gbps (Fortinet-claimed, May 2026 launch; no independent test found)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 105 Gbps (NGFW); 125 Gbps IPS
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 163 Gbps (512-byte packets)
  • Max Sessions: 179 million concurrent TCP sessions
  • New Sessions/sec: 1.1 million (single reseller source)
  • Interfaces: 2x 400GE QSFP-DD; 30x 25GE SFP28
  • Form Factor: 2RU rackmount
  • Processors: NP7 and CP10 (SP5 on the 400G model)
  • Power Efficiency: ~1.6 W per Gbps of firewall throughput (vendor claim)
  • Price Note: Single reseller hardware quote of CAD 288,732.99 (datacenter360.ca), converted at an assumed ~0.72 USD/CAD. No official USD list price was found. The catalog's existing 8,500-14,500 USD range and 3.5 Gbps / 1U entries do not match Fortinet's published figures and should be corrected.

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Vendor-claimed 595 Gbps firewall throughput, far above typical enterprise 1U-class appliances; 179 million concurrent sessions suits large data center and AI traffic loads; 400GE QSFP-DD uplinks plus 25GE SFP28 density; NP7/CP10 custom ASIC architecture for inspection offload; claimed power efficiency of about 1.6 W per Gbps; full Fortinet Security Fabric and FortiGuard integration
  • ✘ Cons: Price is very high (hardware alone about CAD 289k per one reseller quote) and not justified for SMB or branch use; throughput figures are vendor-reported with no independent verification found; 2RU footprint versus the 1U shown in the catalog; threat-prevention throughput (105 Gbps) is far below the headline firewall figure, so real-world security performance is lower than the headline suggests; licensing and support add substantial recurring cost; overkill for most networks, where a mid-range FortiGate would be a better fit
  • Est. Price: $208,000

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