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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 SRX2300
Juniper Networks SRX2300
★ 3.3 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 27 Gbps IMIX (39 Gbps max/NGFW)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 35 Gbps IPS (per Juniper spec summary)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 18 Gbps IMIX (36 Gbps max)
  • Max Sessions: 5 million concurrent
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published in sources reviewed
  • Interfaces: 24 total: 8 x 1/2.5/5/10GbE BASE-T; 8 x 1/10GbE SFP+; 4 x 1/10/25GbE SFP28; 2 x 10/25/40/50/100GbE QSFP28; 2 x 1GbE SFP (HA)
  • Form Factor: 1U rack-mountable

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Multi-gigabit performance in a compact 1U chassis; Wide mix of 1G/10G/25G/100G port options for uplinks and high-speed segments; Dedicated 1GbE SFP HA ports support chassis clustering; Full SRX/Junos feature set including IPS, VPN, and advanced threat protection; 5 million concurrent sessions suits mid-size enterprise and campus edge deployments
  • ✘ Cons: Reseller pricing is high and varies widely ($25,716 to over $80,000 depending on SKU and licenses); Subscription licenses (IPS, ATP, URL filtering) are priced separately and add significant recurring cost; Juniper's official pages are now hosted under HPE, which makes official spec references harder to find; Session setup rate (New Sessions/sec) is not published in the sources reviewed; Throughput figures vary by test profile (IMIX vs. max), so real-world results depend on the traffic mix
  • Est. Price: $25,716 - $80,195

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