Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point vs Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra is $30.00 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.
Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point vs Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra
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Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point
$99.00
The advertised 3 Gbps is both radios added together, which no single client ever sees -- a laptop on the 5 GHz radio negotiates up to 2,402 Mbps and gets rather less through a wall.
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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 →Who the Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point is for
Buy it if: Offices replacing consumer routers with managed access points, where client count matters more than peak speed.
Avoid it if: High-density halls and anyone who needs the uplink to carry more than a gigabit.
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
2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point | Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.00 | $129.00 |
| Annual energy use | About 83 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $14 at $0.17 per kWh | About 105 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $18 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 9.5 W maximum | About 12 W |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty |
| Client capacity | not published | About 300 concurrent clients |
| Concurrent clients | About 300 stated, far fewer at usable throughput | not published |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless |
| LAN ports | not published | 4 x Gigabit Ethernet |
| Managed devices | not published | About 30 UniFi devices |
| Mounting | Ceiling or wall, bracket included | not published |
| Power method | 802.3af PoE, no injector supplied | not published |
| Radio configuration | 2x2 MIMO on both bands | not published |
| Rated throughput | 573.5 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 2,402 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 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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