Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG-Max) vs Fortinet FortiGate-70G: Specs & Price Comparison

Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG-Max)

★ 4.9 Value Score

Firewall Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti
Threat Prevention Throughput: 2.3 Gbps (IDS/IPS, requires UniFi OS 4.1+; older listings show 1.5 Gbps)
IPsec VPN Throughput: Not published (Site-to-Site IPsec supported)
Max Sessions: Not published
New Sessions/sec: Not published
Interfaces: 5x 2.5GbE RJ45 (1 default WAN, 4 LAN; ports run 2.5G/1G/100M/10M)
Form Factor: Compact desktop, 141.8 x 127.6 x 30 mm
CPU: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.5 GHz
Memory: 3 GB RAM
NVR Storage: Selectable NVMe SSD up to 2 TB (UCG-Max-NS variant ships without SSD)
Max Power Consumption: 16.1 W
MAC Address Table Size: 2,000
Managed UniFi Devices: 30+
Simultaneous Users: 300+

✔ Pros: Five 2.5GbE ports give multi-gig WAN and LAN connectivity; Quad-core ARM CPU and 3 GB RAM handle IDS/IPS at up to 2.3 Gbps on UniFi OS 4.1+; Supports site-to-site IPsec, WireGuard and OpenVPN; Optional NVMe storage enables UniFi NVR use; Low price compared with business-class firewalls; Compact desktop form factor with low 16.1 W power draw
✘ Cons: Ubiquiti does not publish firewall, IPsec VPN or session-capacity figures; IDS/IPS rating differs between sources (1.5 Gbps older, 2.3 Gbps newer); Third-party reviews report only about 500 to 1,000 Mbps for WireGuard, which limits VPN-heavy use; No PoE ports and no SFP+ or 10G uplink; Manages only 30+ UniFi devices, so it does not scale to large deployments; Requires UniFi OS 4.1+ for the 2.3 Gbps IDS/IPS figure
Est. Price: $199 - $320

Fortinet FortiGate-70G

★ 0.0 Value Score

Firewall Throughput: 10 Gbps (1518/512/64-byte UDP); 15 Mpps packets per second; 2.46 us latency (64-byte UDP)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 1.3 Gbps (Enterprise Mix with Firewall, IPS, Application Control, NGFW, and Malware Protection enabled); IPS 2.5 Gbps; NGFW 1.5 Gbps
IPsec VPN Throughput: 7.1 Gbps (512-byte, AES256-SHA256); 200 gateway-to-gateway tunnels; 500 client-to-gateway tunnels
Max Sessions: 1.4 million concurrent TCP sessions
New Sessions/sec: 100,000 new TCP sessions per second
Interfaces: 10x GE RJ45 total: 2x GE RJ45 WAN (hardware accelerated), 2x GE RJ45 FortiLink (default), 6x GE RJ45 internal Ethernet; 1x RJ45 console; 1x USB; 1x signed firmware hardware switch (not a network port)
Form Factor: Desktop (wall-mount capable)
Internal Storage: None (64GB SSD is on the 71G variant only)
SSL Inspection Throughput: 1.4 Gbps (IPS, avg. HTTPS)
Firewall Policies: 5,000
Security Processor: Fortinet SP5 SD-WAN ASIC; TPM 2.0 and BLE present

✔ Pros: Fortinet SP5 ASIC gives hardware-accelerated firewall, IPsec, and SSL inspection; Built-in SD-WAN and FortiGate NGFW features at no extra hardware cost; Strong concurrency at 1.4 million TCP sessions and 100,000 new sessions per second for a desktop unit; Integrated FortiLink support for managing FortiSwitch and FortiAP devices from one console; Trusted Platform Module and signed firmware hardware switch add physical and boot-level protection; Compact, fanless-class desktop form factor suited to branch and small offices; Managed centrally through FortiManager or FortiManagement Cloud
✘ Cons: Only 1 Gbps copper ports, with no multi-gig or SFP uplinks; Threat Protection throughput of 1.3 Gbps is modest for full UTM inspection; No PoE on the base model (PoE variant is a separate SKU); No onboard storage on the 70G (64GB SSD is only on the 71G); Gateway-to-gateway VPN tunnels capped at 200; Full FortiGuard security services (IPS, AV, web filtering, SaaS/DLP) are separate paid subscriptions; Hardware-only pricing is modest, but the full UTP bundle roughly doubles total cost
Est. Price: $613 - $1,000

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