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
✔ Pros:25G SFP28 and 10G SFP+ uplinks at a gateway price point; 23.5 Gbps routing throughput; 1 million concurrent sessions; 18-core ARM CPU with 16 GB RAM; hot-swappable redundant PSUs; supports 500+ UniFi devices and 5,000+ clients; manages through UniFi Network controller with a single pane of glass
✘ Cons:IPsec VPN throughput of 580 Mbps is low for a gateway at this price; IDS/IPS throughput of 12.5 Gbps halves routing performance when threat inspection is enabled; SSL/TLS inspection is limited to about 10,000 concurrent sessions; port configuration differs across listings and should be verified; frequently out of stock at major US retailers, with a $170 memory surcharge at some resellers; no built-in Wi-Fi, so it depends on separate UniFi APs and switches; reviewers cite a steeper learning curve than consumer-grade routers