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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

Aruba (HPE) Aruba 9114 Gateway
Aruba (HPE) Aruba 9114 Gateway
★ 4.3 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 20 Gbps (QuickSpecs and a third-party listing)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: Not published in the sources reviewed; unverified
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 20 Gbps encrypted throughput (AES-GCM/AES-CBC, per QuickSpecs); a dedicated IPsec throughput figure was not found
  • Max Sessions: 2,000,000 datapath/firewall sessions (AOS-8 spec; one 9114DC listing says 512,000, which conflicts)
  • New Sessions/sec: 1,000,000 (from one reseller listing; unverified)
  • Interfaces: 4x SFP+ 10GbE, 4x Combo 10GbE, 1x expansion slot, USB 3.0
  • Form Factor: 1U rackmount, hybrid gateway/controller

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Up to 20 Gbps firewall and encrypted throughput per HPE QuickSpecs; 4x SFP+ and 4x Combo 10GbE ports plus an expansion slot for flexible uplinks; Up to 2M datapath/firewall sessions and 10K clients per gateway (4K APs); Supports clustering, redundancy, and live upgrades for high availability
  • ✘ Cons: Reseller listings conflict on session counts and IPsec tunnel figures, so verify against the HPE datasheet; Threat prevention throughput and new sessions per second were not confirmed from a primary HPE source; Some listings flag the model as End of Life, so check support status before purchase; Premium pricing (about $17.5K MSRP) compared with SMB-focused gateways; Uplinks are limited to 10GbE with no 25GbE or multi-gig option
  • Est. Price: $14,642 - $17,495

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