Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall 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 $254.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network firewall appliance against line interactive ups — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall vs APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS
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 →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 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.
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 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Fortinet FortiGate 40F Next-Generation Firewall | APC Smart-UPS 1500VA LCD Tower UPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $495.00 | $749.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh | About 307 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $52 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 12 W typical | About 35 W self-consumption at idle |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 3-year limited warranty |
| Battery type | not published | Sealed lead acid, user replaceable |
| Concurrent sessions | About 700,000 | not published |
| Cooling | Fanless | not published |
| Firewall throughput | 5 Gbps with inspection disabled | not published |
| Input plug | not published | NEMA 5-15P, 120 V |
| Interface | not published | USB and serial, network card slot |
| IPsec VPN throughput | About 4.4 Gbps | 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 |
| Port count | 5 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Subscriptions | FortiGuard bundle sold separately and renewed annually | not published |
| Threat protection throughput | About 900 Mbps with security profiles enabled | 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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