Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point
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 — network gateway and controller against wi-fi 6 access point — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point
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 →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 →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 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.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra | TP-Link Omada EAP670 AX5400 Ceiling Access Point |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.00 | $149.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh | About 171 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $29 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 12 W | About 19.5 W maximum |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 5-year limited warranty |
| Client capacity | About 300 concurrent clients | not published |
| Cooling | Fanless | not published |
| LAN ports | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Managed devices | About 30 UniFi devices | not published |
| Management | not published | Omada cloud, software or OC200 hardware controller |
| Mounting | not published | Ceiling or wall, bracket included |
| Power method | not published | 802.3at PoE |
| Radio configuration | not published | 4x4 at 5 GHz, 2x2 at 2.4 GHz |
| Rated throughput | not published | 574 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 4,804 Mbps at 5 GHz |
| Routing throughput | About 1 Gbps with IDS and IPS enabled | not published |
| Storage | 128 GB internal for logs and controller data | not published |
| Uplink port | not published | 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet |
| WAN port | 1 x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Wireless standard | not published | Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax |
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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