Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Fortinet FortiGate 1000F: 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 1000F

★ 3.4 Value Score

Firewall Throughput: 198 Gbps (1518-byte UDP); 196 Gbps (512-byte); 134 Gbps (64-byte)
Threat Prevention Throughput: 13 Gbps (enterprise traffic mix); IPS 19 Gbps; NGFW 15 Gbps
IPsec VPN Throughput: 55 Gbps (512-byte)
Max Sessions: 7.5 Million concurrent TCP sessions
New Sessions/sec: 650,000 (TCP)
Interfaces: 2x 100GE QSFP28 (also 40GE QSFP+); 8x 25GE SFP28 (also 10GE SFP+ / GE SFP); 16x 10GE SFP+ (also GE SFP); 8x RJ45 (10GE BASE-T per most listings); 1x GE MGMT; 1x 2.5GE HA
Form Factor: 2RU rack mount, 88.9 x 443 x 447.4 mm; dual hot-swappable AC power supplies (210 W typical / 408 W max)

✔ Pros: Very high firewall throughput (198 Gbps) for a 2RU appliance; Strong IPsec VPN throughput (55 Gbps) and capacity for 20,000 gateway-to-gateway and 100,000 client-to-gateway tunnels; Dense high-speed connectivity with 100GE, 25GE and 10GE ports; Large session capacity (7.5M concurrent TCP sessions) suited to data center and campus core use; Dual hot-swappable power supplies improve availability; Single FortiOS platform with NGFW, IPS and SD-WAN features
✘ Cons: High hardware cost, with list prices around $44,000 and bundled licensing pushing totals well above $50,000; Threat prevention throughput (13 Gbps) is far below the headline firewall figure, so real-world security performance needs careful sizing; Ongoing FortiCare and FortiGuard subscriptions are required for full threat protection and support; Large 2RU footprint and roughly 400 W maximum draw may not suit small or edge sites; Port specifications differ between sources (notably the RJ45 ports), so the official Fortinet datasheet should be checked before purchase; Model is aging relative to newer FortiGate 1000-series and 2600F-class successors
Est. Price: $30,132 - $47,390

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