Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch
What separates them
These two differ on 4 recorded specifications. The Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra is $19.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network gateway and controller against unmanaged poe switch — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch
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 →NETGEAR
NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch
$109.99
An 83 W PoE budget across all eight ports is generous for the size, and it is the reason to choose this over a 16-port switch with 45 W to share.
Full details →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.
Who the NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch is for
Buy it if: Small camera or access point installs where the power budget matters more than management.
Avoid it if: Anyone who will need VLANs, port statistics or remote diagnosis later.
Specifications, side by side
4 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra | NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.00 | $109.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh | About 876 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $149 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Cooling | Fanless | Fanless, silent |
| Rated power | About 12 W | About 6 W with no PoE load, 100 W fully loaded |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | Limited lifetime hardware warranty |
| Client capacity | About 300 concurrent clients | not published |
| LAN ports | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Managed devices | About 30 UniFi devices | not published |
| Management | not published | None -- unmanaged |
| Mounting | not published | Desktop or wall mount |
| PoE budget | not published | 83 W total across all ports |
| PoE standards | not published | 802.3af and 802.3at |
| Port count | not published | 8 x Gigabit Ethernet, all PoE+ |
| Routing throughput | About 1 Gbps with IDS and IPS enabled | not published |
| Storage | 128 GB internal for logs and controller data | not published |
| Switching capacity | not published | 16 Gbps |
| WAN port | 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet | 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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