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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
  • 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+

Curation Review

  • ✔ 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

Compare Against

Fortinet FortiGate-200G
Fortinet FortiGate-200G
★ 0.0 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 39 Gbps (1518/512-byte UDP); 26.5 Gbps (64-byte UDP)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 6 Gbps
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 36 Gbps (512-byte)
  • Max Sessions: 11 million concurrent TCP sessions (enterprise mix)
  • New Sessions/sec: 400,000 TCP sessions/sec
  • Interfaces: 8x 10GE SFP+/SFP; 4x GE SFP; 10x GE RJ45 (8x switch ports, 1x MGMT, 1x HA); 1x USB; 1x Console (sources conflict on RJ45 count, 8 vs 10)
  • Form Factor: 1U rack mount
  • IPS Throughput: 9 Gbps
  • NGFW Throughput: 7 Gbps
  • SSL-VPN Throughput: 3 Gbps
  • IPsec Tunnels: 2,000 gateway-to-gateway; 16,000 client-to-gateway

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Strong 39 Gbps firewall throughput for a mid-size enterprise edge device; 11 million concurrent sessions and 400,000 new TCP sessions/sec; 8x 10GE SFP+ ports for high-speed uplinks and LAN; bundled FortiGuard security services (IPS, antivirus, SD-WAN) available via licensing; reviewers describe stable performance and IPsec tunnels that are easy to build and interoperate with other vendors' devices; compact 1U form factor
  • ✘ Cons: High hardware and licensing costs, with bundles significantly above the hardware-only price; threat prevention throughput (6 Gbps) is far below rated firewall throughput, so security-inspection-heavy deployments need careful sizing; no 25GbE ports; firmware updates have been reported to introduce bugs affecting stability; Fortinet technical support response time and quality are a frequent complaint; licensing model is seen as inflexible; port counts differ across sources, so verify against Fortinet's official datasheet
  • Est. Price: $4,544 - $8,448

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