APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector vs TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector is $80.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — line interactive ups against wi-fi 6 access point — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector vs TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point
APC
APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector
$229.99
A consumer-grade sibling of the Smart-UPS at a third of the price, and the difference is where it matters: 900 W against 1000 W, and a much shorter warranty on the electronics.
Full details →TP-Link
TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point
$149.99
A 2.5 GbE uplink is what separates this from the gigabit access points around it -- the radios can genuinely exceed 1 Gbps, and on a gigabit port that headroom is thrown away.
Full details →Who the APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector is for
Buy it if: Workstations and small NAS units that need sine wave backup without a rack-grade unit.
Avoid it if: Server closets, where the shorter warranty and lighter build are a poor trade.
Who the TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point is for
Buy it if: Sites that already have 2.5 GbE switching and want the radios to use it.
Avoid it if: Anyone on an 802.3af-only switch, which cannot supply enough power.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector | TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $229.99 | $149.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 219 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $37 at $0.17 per kWh | About 171 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $29 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 25 W self-consumption at idle | About 19.5 W maximum |
| Warranty | 3-year limited warranty | 5-year limited warranty |
| Input plug | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V | not published |
| Management | not published | Omada cloud, software or OC200 hardware controller |
| Mounting | not published | Ceiling or wall, bracket included |
| Output rating | 1500 VA / 900 W | not published |
| Output receptacles | 10 x NEMA 5-15R, 5 battery backed | not published |
| Output waveform | True sine wave | not published |
| Power method | not published | 802.3at PoE |
| Radio configuration | not published | 4x4 at 5 GHz, 2x2 at 2.4 GHz |
| Rated throughput | not published | 574 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 4,804 Mbps at 5 GHz |
| Topology | Line interactive with automatic voltage regulation | not published |
| Typical runtime | About 6 minutes at 900 W, about 19 minutes at 450 W | not published |
| Uplink port | not published | 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet |
| USB charging | 2 ports, 5 V | not published |
| Wireless standard | not published | Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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