Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE is $70.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — network gateway and controller against managed poe switch — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra vs Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
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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 →Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE
$199.00
Sixteen gigabit ports, but only eight deliver PoE and they share a 45 W budget between them -- that is the number that decides whether this switch fits, not the port count.
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 Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE is for
Buy it if: A small office running up to eight access points that wants one silent switch and the UniFi controller.
Avoid it if: Anyone powering cameras or door controllers as well, who needs a larger PoE budget rather than more ports.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra | Ubiquiti UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $129.00 | $199.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh | About 480 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $82 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Cooling | Fanless | Fanless, silent |
| Rated power | About 12 W | About 7 W with no PoE load, 55 W fully loaded |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Client capacity | About 300 concurrent clients | not published |
| Input voltage | not published | 100 to 240 V AC, external power supply |
| LAN ports | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| Managed devices | About 30 UniFi devices | not published |
| Management | not published | UniFi Network controller, self-hosted or Cloud Key |
| Mounting | not published | Desktop or wall mount, no rack ears supplied |
| PoE budget | not published | 45 W total across all PoE ports |
| PoE standards | not published | 802.3af and 802.3at |
| Port count | not published | 16 x Gigabit Ethernet, 8 with 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 | 32 Gbps non-blocking |
| 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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