TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point vs Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point is $20.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — wi-fi 6 access point against network gateway and controller — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point vs Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra
TP-Link
TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point
$149.99
A 2.5 GbE uplink is what separates this from the gigabit access points around it -- the radios can genuinely exceed 1 Gbps, and on a gigabit port that headroom is thrown away.
Full details →Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra
$129.00
It is a router and the UniFi controller in one box, which removes the separate Cloud Key from a small deployment and is the main reason to choose it.
Full details →Who the TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point is for
Buy it if: Sites that already have 2.5 GbE switching and want the radios to use it.
Avoid it if: Anyone on an 802.3af-only switch, which cannot supply enough power.
Who the Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra is for
Buy it if: Small sites wanting routing, firewalling and the UniFi controller from one appliance.
Avoid it if: Deployments heading past about 30 UniFi devices, which need a Dream Machine Pro or a separate controller.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point | Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $149.99 | $129.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 171 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $29 at $0.17 per kWh | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 19.5 W maximum | About 12 W |
| Warranty | 5-year limited warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Client capacity | not published | About 300 concurrent clients |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless |
| LAN ports | not published | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet |
| Managed devices | not published | About 30 UniFi devices |
| Management | Omada cloud, software or OC200 hardware controller | not published |
| Mounting | Ceiling or wall, bracket included | not published |
| Power method | 802.3at PoE | not published |
| Radio configuration | 4x4 at 5 GHz, 2x2 at 2.4 GHz | not published |
| Rated throughput | 574 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 4,804 Mbps at 5 GHz | not published |
| Routing throughput | not published | About 1 Gbps with IDS and IPS enabled |
| Storage | not published | 128 GB internal for logs and controller data |
| Uplink port | 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| WAN port | not published | 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet |
| Wireless standard | Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax | 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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