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)
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