Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is $70.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — laptop docking station against managed poe switch — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
Dell
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
$269.00
The 180 W in the name is the power supply, not what reaches the laptop -- 130 W goes to the notebook and the rest runs the dock and its ports.
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 Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is for
Buy it if: Mixed laptop fleets where one dock has to work with more than one vendor.
Avoid it if: Thunderbolt-only workflows needing maximum display bandwidth from a single cable.
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
2 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $269.00 | $199.00 |
| Rated power | About 180 W adapter | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded |
| Warranty | 3-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Annual energy use | not published | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Audio | 3.5 mm combo jack | not published |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless, silent |
| Display outputs | 2 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 1 x USB-C | not published |
| Host connection | USB-C, DisplayPort Alt Mode | 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 |
| Maximum displays | Up to 3, subject to laptop support | not published |
| Mounting | not published | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied |
| Networking | Gigabit Ethernet with MAC pass-through | 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+ |
| Power delivery | 130 W to the notebook from a 180 W adapter | not published |
| Switching capacity | not published | 32 Gbps non-blocking |
| USB ports | 3 x USB-A 3.1, 2 x USB-C | 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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