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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

Palo Alto Networks PA-415
Palo Alto Networks PA-415
★ 3.3 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 1.3 Gbps (App-ID/appmix, PAN-OS 11 datasheet; some older datasheets list 1.5 Gbps)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 600 Mbps (appmix, PAN-OS 11 datasheet; some older datasheets list 800 Mbps)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 650 Mbps (reseller listings; unverified against vendor datasheet)
  • Max Sessions: 64,000
  • New Sessions/sec: 11,000 (reseller listings; unverified against vendor datasheet)
  • Interfaces: 8x 1GbE RJ-45 (verify against vendor datasheet; existing catalog lists 5x)
  • Form Factor: Desktop, fanless

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Compact fanless desktop form factor suited to branch offices and small sites; Full Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS feature set including App-ID, User-ID, and Threat Prevention; Centralized management through Panorama and Strata Cloud Manager; Lower entry price than most Palo Alto Networks platforms; Available in a 5G cellular WAN variant (PA-415-5G) for backup connectivity
  • ✘ Cons: Low firewall and Threat Prevention throughput compared with larger PA-400 Series and PA-1400 Series models; Threat Prevention throughput of about 600 Mbps is a bottleneck for sites above roughly 500 Mbps of inspected traffic; IPsec VPN throughput of about 650 Mbps limits site-to-site tunnel capacity; Requires active Threat Prevention, URL, and support subscriptions for full protection, which add recurring cost; Published performance figures differ across datasheet versions and resellers, so verify against the current official datasheet before sizing
  • Est. Price: $1,425 - $2,004

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