Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
What separates them
These two differ on 8 recorded specifications. The Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch is $350.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — managed switch against managed poe switch — 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 Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
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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 →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 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 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
8 of 14 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Cisco Catalyst 1200-24T-4G 24-Port Gigabit Managed Switch | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $549.00 | $199.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 166 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $28 at $0.17 per kWh | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Cooling | Fan cooled | Fanless, silent |
| Management | Web UI, CLI and Cisco Business Dashboard | UniFi Network controller, self-hosted or Cloud Key |
| PoE budget | None -- see the 24P and 24FP variants | 45 W total across all PoE ports |
| Port count | 24 x Gigabit Ethernet plus 4 x SFP | 16 x Gigabit Ethernet, 8 with PoE+ |
| Rated power | About 19 W typical | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded |
| Switching capacity | 56 Gbps | 32 Gbps non-blocking |
| Warranty | Limited lifetime hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Forwarding rate | 41.66 Mpps | not published |
| Input voltage | not published | 100 to 240 V AC, external power supply |
| Layer 3 features | Static routing and inter-VLAN routing | not published |
| Mounting | not published | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied |
| PoE standards | not published | 802.3af and 802.3at |
| Rack units | 1U | 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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