Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro Max (UDM-Pro-Max): 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

Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro Max (UDM-Pro-Max)

★ 4.2 Value Score

Firewall Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti
Threat Prevention Throughput: 5 Gbps IDS/IPS (iPerf3, DHCP network; may be lower on PPPoE)
IPsec VPN Throughput: Not published by Ubiquiti (unofficial third-party estimate ~1.8-2.2 Gbps, unverified)
Max Sessions: Not published by Ubiquiti
New Sessions/sec: Not published by Ubiquiti
Interfaces: 8x 1GbE RJ45 (1G/100M/10M); 1x 2.5GbE RJ45 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M); 2x 10G SFP+ (10G/1G); default WAN is 1x 10G SFP+ and 1x 2.5GbE RJ45, max WAN port count 8; 60W max power draw
Form Factor: Rack mount, 1U (442.4 x 43.7 x 285.6 mm)

✔ Pros: Official IDS/IPS rating of 5 Gbps with integrated threat prevention (CyberSecure); 10G SFP+ ports on both LAN and WAN sides for fibre or 10GbE uplinks; 2.5GbE RJ45 WAN port plus multi-WAN support for failover and load balancing; Integrated UniFi controller and NVR-capable drive bays for a single-box network and surveillance solution; Rated for 200+ UniFi devices and 2,000+ clients; No licence or subscription fees for core features; Layer 7 application-aware firewall with zone-based policies, WireGuard, OpenVPN and IPsec site-to-site VPN
✘ Cons: Ubiquiti does not publish firewall throughput, VPN throughput, or session-capacity figures, which makes sizing harder; IDS/IPS throughput of 5 Gbps is well below the 10G ports, so it cannot saturate them with threat prevention on; Only 8 RJ45 LAN ports at 1GbE with no PoE, so it is a gateway rather than a switch replacement; Retail prices vary widely by region and seller, and the US $599 figure is an older MSRP that current US retailers do not consistently match; Limited independent test data and few user reviews compared with established enterprise firewalls; PPPoE may reduce the published 5 Gbps figure depending on the ISP
Est. Price: $599 - $779

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