APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS vs Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS is $254.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — line interactive ups against network firewall appliance — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS vs Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall
APC
APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS
$749.00
1500 VA is the apparent power and 1000 W is the real limit -- a load list adding up to 1,200 W will not run on this unit regardless of the VA figure on the box.
Full details →Fortinet
Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall
$495.00
The 5 Gbps firewall figure and the 900 Mbps threat protection figure are the same appliance measured with inspection off and on -- the second number is what a site with security profiles enabled will actually see.
Full details →Who the APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS is for
Buy it if: Server, NAS and workstation loads that need clean shutdown and sine wave output.
Avoid it if: Anyone wanting to keep working through a long outage, who needs a generator or a larger battery bank.
Who the Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall is for
Buy it if: Branch offices needing SD-WAN, IPS and web filtering under central FortiManager control.
Avoid it if: Anyone budgeting for the appliance alone -- the subscription is the larger recurring cost.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS | Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $749.00 | $495.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 307 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $52 at $0.17 per kWh | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 35 W self-consumption at idle | About 12 W typical |
| Warranty | 3-year limited warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Battery type | Sealed lead acid, user replaceable | not published |
| Concurrent sessions | not published | About 700,000 |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless |
| Firewall throughput | not published | 5 Gbps with inspection disabled |
| Input plug | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V | not published |
| Interface | USB and serial, network card slot | not published |
| IPsec VPN throughput | not published | About 4.4 Gbps |
| Output rating | 1500 VA / 1000 W | not published |
| Output receptacles | 8 x NEMA 5-15R | not published |
| Output waveform | True sine wave | not published |
| Port count | not published | 5 x Gigabit Ethernet |
| Subscriptions | not published | FortiGuard bundle sold separately and renewed annually |
| Threat protection throughput | not published | About 900 Mbps with security profiles enabled |
| Topology | Line interactive with automatic voltage regulation | not published |
| Typical runtime | About 7 minutes at 1000 W, about 21 minutes at 500 W | 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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