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Primary Device

Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber
★ 5.0 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti; 5 Gbps IDS/IPS-secured routing throughput is the only headline figure (reviewer and retailer listings)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 5 Gbps IDS/IPS
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: Not published
  • Max Sessions: Not published; 500+ simultaneous users and 4,000-entry MAC address table
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published
  • Interfaces: 2x 10G SFP+; 1x 10GbE RJ45 (10G/2.5G/1G); 4x 2.5GbE RJ45 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M); 2 of the 6 WAN-capable ports are default WAN (1x 10G SFP+ and 1x 10GbE RJ45), with the other ports selectable as WAN
  • Form Factor: Compact desktop; 212.8 x 127.6 x 30 mm; 675 g without SSD
  • CPU / RAM: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 at 2.2 GHz / 3 GB RAM
  • Storage: Optional NVMe SSD up to 2 TB (NVR storage)
  • PoE Budget: 30W total from one PoE+ port (port 4)
  • Max Power Consumption: 29.4W excluding PoE output

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Lowest-cost Ubiquiti gateway with 5 Gbps IDS/IPS, rated above the UDM-SE's 3.5 Gbps at a lower launch price ($279 MSRP vs. $499); Multi-gig flexibility with 10GBASE-T, dual SFP+ and four 2.5GbE ports; Compact desktop design with optional NVMe storage for UniFi Protect/NVR use; Supports site-to-site VPN plus OpenVPN, WireGuard and L2TP server functions, with integrated PoE+ for one device; Managed through the UniFi Network controller with 500+ simultaneous user capacity
  • ✘ Cons: No official routing, IPsec or WireGuard throughput figures published by Ubiquiti; community WireGuard numbers (around 400-500 Mbps) are unverified; Only one PoE+ output port (30W total) versus eight PoE ports on the UDM-SE; Lower device and user capacity and less storage expansion than the UDM-SE; No published IPsec tunnel or concurrent session limits; Reseller prices now often run above the launch MSRP (about $320-$346 USD at US resellers)
  • Est. Price: $279 - $346

Compare Against

Fortinet FortiGate 200G
Fortinet FortiGate 200G
★ 3.5 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 39 Gbps (1518-byte UDP); 26.5 Gbps (64-byte UDP)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 6 Gbps (NGFW 7 Gbps; IPS 9 Gbps)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 36 Gbps (512-byte)
  • Max Sessions: 11,000,000 concurrent
  • New Sessions/sec: 400,000
  • Interfaces: 8x 5GE RJ45 (1/2.5/5GE multi-speed); 8x 10GE SFP+; 4x GE SFP; 1x MGMT, 1x HA (RJ45); USB; console
  • Form Factor: 1 RU rack-mount appliance

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Strong firewall throughput for a 1 RU appliance; 8x 10GE SFP+ ports for high-speed uplinks; 11M concurrent sessions and 400K new sessions/sec; Dual redundant AC power supplies (1+1); Integrates with the Fortinet Security Fabric and FortiGuard security services
  • ✘ Cons: Threat prevention throughput (6 Gbps) is far below firewall throughput, so full inspection performance is much lower than headline numbers; Security services (UTM, FortiCare) are licensed separately and add substantial cost; Only 2,000 gateway-to-gateway IPsec tunnels, which may limit large VPN deployments; No PoE, so it cannot power APs or phones directly; Hardware price is well above entry-level FortiGate models
  • Est. Price: $4,544 - $8,448

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