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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

Juniper Networks SRX4300
Juniper Networks SRX4300
★ 3.4 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 98 Gbps (1518-byte packets); 70 Gbps (IMIX)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 11 Gbps (Advanced Threat Protection); 45 Gbps (Application Security); 24 Gbps (NGFW, CPS)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 94 Gbps (1400-byte packets); 40 Gbps (IMIX)
  • Max Sessions: 10 million concurrent sessions (IPv4/IPv6)
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published; SSL connections per second: 10,000
  • Interfaces: 8x RJ-45; 8x SFP+; 4x SFP28; 6x QSFP28 (channelization supported); 2x SFP for HA/chassis cluster; 1x console; 1x management; 1x USB 3.0. All ports support MACsec. IPsec VPN tunnels: 4,000
  • Form Factor: 1U fixed chassis (17.28 in wide, 18.2 in deep)

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Up to 98 Gbps firewall throughput at 1518-byte packets; 10 million concurrent sessions; 4,000 IPsec VPN tunnels; 1U chassis with 8x RJ-45, 8x SFP+, 4x SFP28 and 6x QSFP28 ports; MACsec supported on all ports; chassis cluster high availability supported
  • ✘ Cons: Headline throughput drops sharply under IMIX (70 Gbps firewall, 40 Gbps IPsec) and with threat inspection enabled (11 Gbps Advanced Threat Protection); no new-sessions-per-second figure is published; base unit price is high, with resellers listing it from about $60,000 to $154,000; vendor test conditions are not fully disclosed for most metrics
  • Est. Price: $60,158 - $154,000

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