Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Fortinet FortiGate 120G: Specs & Price Comparison

Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber

★ 5.0 Value Score

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

✔ 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

Fortinet FortiGate 120G

★ 3.7 Value Score

Firewall Throughput: 39 Gbps (1518/512-byte UDP); 28 Gbps (64-byte UDP)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 2.8 Gbps (IPS + AV + app control, per Fortinet datasheet copy); IPS 5.3 Gbps; NGFW 3.1 Gbps
IPsec VPN Throughput: 35 Gbps (512-byte)
Max Sessions: 3,000,000 concurrent TCP sessions
New Sessions/sec: 140,000
Interfaces: 16x GE RJ45 switch ports; 2x GE RJ45 HA/management ports; 8x GE SFP; 4x 10GE SFP+ FortiLink slots (transceivers sold separately); 1x RJ45 console; 1x USB
Form Factor: 1RU rackmount (44 x 432 x 254 mm)

✔ Pros: Strong firewall and IPsec VPN throughput for its class; 3M concurrent sessions and 140K new sessions/sec handle busy branch or mid-size office traffic; Dense port layout with 16 hardware-accelerated GE RJ45 ports plus 8 GE SFP and 4 10GE SFP+ slots; Built-in FortiLink support lets it manage FortiSwitch units from the firewall; Single FortiOS platform with IPS, application control, and SD-WAN features under one license model
✘ Cons: Threat prevention throughput (2.8 Gbps) is much lower than the firewall and VPN figures, so full inspection is the real bottleneck; 4x 10GE SFP+ slots ship empty and transceivers cost extra; Security services such as IPS, AV, and FortiGuard updates require paid FortiCare/FortiGuard bundles on top of the hardware price; 1RU rackmount chassis is a poor fit for desktop or small-branch deployments without a rack; Pricing varies widely between resellers and list prices are inconsistent, so total cost of ownership is hard to pin down
Est. Price: $2,120 - $3,306

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