Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Juniper Networks SRX4120: 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

Juniper Networks SRX4120

★ 3.5 Value Score

Firewall Throughput: 39 Gbps (1518B UDP); 28 Gbps (IMIX)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 6 Gbps Advanced Threat Protection; 12 Gbps NGFW (CPS) / 35 Gbps NGFW (TPS); 23 Gbps Application Security (CPS) / 36 Gbps (TPS)
IPsec VPN Throughput: 36 Gbps (1400B); 18 Gbps (IMIX)
Max Sessions: 5,000,000 concurrent (IPv4/IPv6)
New Sessions/sec: Not published in Juniper spec; 8,000 SSL connections/sec
Interfaces: 8x RJ-45 multi-rate; 8x SFP+; 4x SFP28; 2x QSFP28; 2x SFP chassis cluster/HA; 1x console RJ-45; 1x management RJ-45; 1x USB 3.0
Form Factor: 1U fixed chassis, 17.28 in W x 18.2 in D; 2x hot-swappable 1+1 redundant PSUs (max 229 W AC / 238 W DC)

✔ Pros: Strong 39 Gbps firewall and 36 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput in a 1U chassis; 5 million concurrent sessions and 4,000 IPsec tunnels suit mid-size enterprise edge; 1+1 redundant power supplies; MACsec support on all data ports; mix of RJ-45, SFP+, SFP28 and QSFP28 ports for flexible uplinks; well-regarded Junos CLI and SRX platform feature set
✘ Cons: High acquisition cost compared with many competitors, especially once support and security subscriptions are bundled; New Sessions/sec figure is not published in Juniper's spec sheet; Threat Prevention throughput drops sharply versus firewall throughput when IPS/AppSecure are enabled; Juniper's IPS and GUI have drawn mixed user feedback; SSL-decryption capacity is limited relative to the headline firewall figures; end-of-life and stock availability of this model are uncertain on the secondary market
Est. Price: $51,750 - $137,354

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