Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is $170.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network gateway and controller against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
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 →Synology
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
$299.99
Sold without drives, which is the first thing to budget for -- two 8 TB NAS drives cost more than the enclosure does.
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 Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Small offices wanting file shares, backup targets and Synology Drive on hardware they own.
Avoid it if: Anyone treating RAID as a backup, or expecting 4K transcoding for media serving.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.00 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 12 W | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 2-year limited warranty |
| Capacity | not published | 2 bay |
| Client capacity | About 300 concurrent clients | not published |
| Cooling | Fanless | not published |
| Drive bays | not published | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| LAN ports | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Managed devices | About 30 UniFi devices | not published |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| Processor | not published | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 |
| Routing throughput | About 1 Gbps with IDS and IPS enabled | not published |
| Storage | 128 GB internal for logs and controller data | not published |
| USB ports | not published | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
| 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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