APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector is $30.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — line interactive ups against managed poe switch — 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 Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
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 →Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
$199.00
Sixteen gigabit ports, but only eight deliver PoE and they share a 45 W budget between them -- that is the number that decides whether this switch fits, not the port count.
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 Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE is for
Buy it if: A small office running up to eight access points that wants one silent switch and the UniFi controller.
Avoid it if: Anyone powering cameras or door controllers as well, who needs a larger PoE budget rather than more ports.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA Battery Backup and Surge Protector | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $229.99 | $199.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 219 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $37 at $0.17 per kWh | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 25 W self-consumption at idle | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded |
| Warranty | 3-year limited warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless, silent |
| Input plug | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V | not published |
| Input voltage | not published | 100 to 240 V AC, external power supply |
| Management | not published | UniFi Network controller, self-hosted or Cloud Key |
| Mounting | not published | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied |
| 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 |
| PoE budget | not published | 45 W total across all PoE ports |
| PoE standards | not published | 802.3af and 802.3at |
| Port count | not published | 16 x Gigabit Ethernet, 8 with PoE+ |
| Switching capacity | not published | 32 Gbps non-blocking |
| 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 |
| USB charging | 2 ports, 5 V | not published |
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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