My new favorite Unifi product - Cloud Gateway Max

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[Pekeliini]

If it had one POE+ port for AP it would be absolutely perfect. Expensive maybe. But the form factor is just so nice.

[j_official]

This is what the Ultra should’ve been.

[MrPurle]

Oooh shiny! Thanks for the video :) They missed a trick with the lack of PoE - because it'd be awesome to pair this with an AP without an injector...

[brandonlow]

Got a CGU a couple weeks ago because my old Netgear router started acting up. Would've loved to have known this was coming for the 2.5g.

[unicodefox]

Unifi Cloud Gateway Max, not to be confused with the very different Unifi Gateway Max.

[RobertMizen]

Nice video mate. I am actually planning a energy efficient small homelab upgrade. This seems like a perfect Dream Machine replacement for that.

[DigitalDiabloUK]

Not having at least one or two PoE seems like such a miss. Using it for WiFi or Protect still requires either a PoE switch or an injector.

[chaosfenix]

So as someone who thinks the UDM Pro Max is stupid I think this this is pretty awesome. I love the balance of this system and the fact it has all 2.5Gbps ports unlike the UDM Pro Max. One of the coolest things on this has to be the bay for the swappable SSD. Like Seriously. Why can't we get home servers with that. I know they have ruler SSDs but those are enterprise drives. This thing has a swappable bay for a consumer m.2 ssd in it.

[dukeseb]

I just wish it had 1 Poe port…. Then you could plug an AP into it without a Poe injector

[changelingpovs]

i went with the UXG-Max since i already have a server running the unifi software elsewhere on the network, and i'm tentatively pleased! i haven't watched the video all the way through yet so you might have brought it up: the unifi lineup is missing a 2.5gbe switch between the USW-Flex-XG and the USW-Flex-Mini product. hopefully they'll release such a product soon, so i can upgrade the flex-minis scattered around my apartment :)

[aleJohnny]

I would love to see a "Max" version of the Unifi Express, I mean 2.5G ports AND Wi-Fi 6 or 7, would be incredible if they have Wi-Fi on the CG Max.
For those who don't have a lot of space, I love to have my Unifi Express blending with the furniture providing Wi-Fi to my apartment, but I also have a NAS and computer with 2.5G and because of that I had to buy a Unifi XG (small and not ugly to help blend with the home).

[impy]

This should've had all POE ports, would've been perfect for powering a few access points, even if 1 port was POE it would've been very compelling for a home user or small business. But since it doesn't, it offers nothing my self hosted controller, NAS with NVME cached storage and $25 ebay POE switch doesn't offer for my needs. Poe would have actually made me considee it with an AP for family upgrades from their crappy ISP wifi router.

[velodyneman]

How about a video with an entry level build with this? I think this is a great addition to the full line.

[AkinPollo]

I actually really love this product. I think its the best way for a prosumer to get into 2.5g networking with Ubiquiti. My only gripe is the pricing of the SSD options and the fact that you need to buy the tray separately of the no SSD model.

[NeedInput_Johnny]

Great video, thank you. This is much more comparable to the Dream Router.

[sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

DANG.... Ubiquiti and their REFUSAL to include POE in... They REALLY don't wan't me to make these purchases. So disappointed and frustrated in them.

[gavincole]

Nice to see 2.5G ports. Hopefully a sign its coming to other product lines

[NightHawkATL]

I am getting some Unifi gear to test with and this is a good price point for me even without the storage since I don't need it for cameras. The 2.5Gbps WAN ports are nice to have also.

[TazzSmk]

$233 for basic (without nvme) model here in EU

[kruegdude]

Instead of the U6 Pro I’m thinking of the U6+ but it sounds perfect for my setup.