PACKETPERF

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 SRX2300
Juniper Networks SRX2300
★ 3.3 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 27 Gbps IMIX (39 Gbps max/NGFW)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 35 Gbps IPS (per Juniper spec summary)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 18 Gbps IMIX (36 Gbps max)
  • Max Sessions: 5 million concurrent
  • New Sessions/sec: Not published in sources reviewed
  • Interfaces: 24 total: 8 x 1/2.5/5/10GbE BASE-T; 8 x 1/10GbE SFP+; 4 x 1/10/25GbE SFP28; 2 x 10/25/40/50/100GbE QSFP28; 2 x 1GbE SFP (HA)
  • Form Factor: 1U rack-mountable

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Multi-gigabit performance in a compact 1U chassis; Wide mix of 1G/10G/25G/100G port options for uplinks and high-speed segments; Dedicated 1GbE SFP HA ports support chassis clustering; Full SRX/Junos feature set including IPS, VPN, and advanced threat protection; 5 million concurrent sessions suits mid-size enterprise and campus edge deployments
  • ✘ Cons: Reseller pricing is high and varies widely ($25,716 to over $80,000 depending on SKU and licenses); Subscription licenses (IPS, ATP, URL filtering) are priced separately and add significant recurring cost; Juniper's official pages are now hosted under HPE, which makes official spec references harder to find; Session setup rate (New Sessions/sec) is not published in the sources reviewed; Throughput figures vary by test profile (IMIX vs. max), so real-world results depend on the traffic mix
  • Est. Price: $25,716 - $80,195

Popular Comparisons

Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro Max Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Max Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max (UCG-Max) Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Ubiquiti Enterprise Fortress Gateway (EFG) Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber vs Fortinet FortiGate 400G