Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch vs APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS is $200.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — managed switch against line interactive ups — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch vs APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS
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Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch
$549.00
The 24T in the model number means twenty-four data ports and no PoE at all -- the PoE variants are the 24P and 24FP, and buying this one for access points is the common and expensive mistake.
Full details →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 →Who the Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch is for
Buy it if: Sites aggregating several access switches over fiber and wanting Cisco management without licensing.
Avoid it if: Anyone powering access points or cameras, who needs a 24P or 24FP instead.
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.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 19 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch | APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $549.00 | $749.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 166 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $28 at $0.17 per kWh | About 307 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $52 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 19 W typical | About 35 W self-consumption at idle |
| Warranty | Limited lifetime hardware warranty | 3-year limited warranty |
| Battery type | not published | Sealed lead acid, user replaceable |
| Cooling | Fan cooled | not published |
| Forwarding rate | 41.66 Mpps | not published |
| Input plug | not published | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V |
| Interface | not published | USB and serial, network card slot |
| Layer 3 features | Static routing and inter-VLAN routing | not published |
| Management | Web UI, CLI and Cisco Business Dashboard | not published |
| Output rating | not published | 1500 VA / 1000 W |
| Output receptacles | not published | 8 x NEMA 5-15R |
| Output waveform | not published | True sine wave |
| PoE budget | None -- see the 24P and 24FP variants | not published |
| Port count | 24 x Gigabit Ethernet plus 4 x SFP | not published |
| Rack units | 1U | not published |
| Switching capacity | 56 Gbps | not published |
| Topology | not published | Line interactive with automatic voltage regulation |
| Typical runtime | not published | About 7 minutes at 1000 W, about 21 minutes at 500 W |
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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