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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

Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall 3110
Cisco Cisco Secure Firewall 3110
★ 3.3 Value Score

Technical Specifications

  • Firewall Throughput: 17 Gbps (FW+AVC, 1024B packets; some listings cite 18 Gbps)
  • Threat Prevention Throughput: 17 Gbps (FW+AVC+IPS, 1024B packets)
  • IPsec VPN Throughput: 8 Gbps (1024B TCP, fastpath); ~11 Gbps projected with VPN offload on FTD 7.2
  • Max Sessions: 2,000,000 concurrent
  • New Sessions/sec: 130,000 (FTD with AVC); a separate ASA-style table lists 300,000, unverified
  • Interfaces: 8 x 1G RJ45, 8 x 1/10G SFP+
  • Form Factor: 1RU appliance

Curation Review

  • ✔ Pros: Compact 1RU form factor for internet edge and private cloud perimeters; 17 Gbps threat prevention throughput (FW+AVC+IPS) at 1024B; 2M concurrent sessions and 3,000 maximum VPN peers; Supports both ASA and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software images; 8 x 10G SFP+ ports for high-speed uplinks
  • ✘ Cons: Threat prevention throughput of 17 Gbps is modest for large enterprise or data center deployments; 8 Gbps base IPsec VPN throughput; Subscription licenses for threat defense, URL filtering and malware protection are sold separately and add significant ongoing cost; Cisco's official list price was not found, and retailer prices vary widely by SKU, refurbished status and software image; Some spec figures conflict across reseller pages and should be checked against Cisco's official datasheet
  • Est. Price: $18,807 - $48,469

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