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Every firewalls we've reviewed, side by side. Prices are today's UK prices, checked hourly. See the ranked Top 10

Product	Firewall / IPS throughput	Ports	Software	VPN throughput	Price	Idle	Per year	3 years, all in	Updates until	Score
Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Max	2.3 Gbps IDS/IPS (vendor figure; no separate firewall-only figure published)	Five 2.5G/1G/100M/10M RJ45 ports, one 2.5GbE WAN by default, up to four can be WAN; no SFP+ port listed	UniFi Application Suite (Network, Protect, Access, Talk, Connect); proprietary	–	~£272.40	–	–	–	not announced	7.3/10verdict: buy
Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro (UDM-Pro)	3.5 Gbps IDS/IPS throughput (manufacturer rating, not independently tested); no firewall-only figure found	9 RJ45 GbE (8 LAN, 1 WAN) and 2 SFP+ 10G (one LAN, one WAN); no 2.5GbE port listed	UniFi OS with the UniFi Application Suite: Network, Protect, Access, Talk and Connect	–	~£396	16W	£36.89	£506.67	not announced	7.1/10verdict: good, not the best
Netgate 4200 pfSense+ Security Gateway	–	Four 2.5GbE RJ-45 ports (PORT1WAN to PORT4); no SFP+ port listed	pfSense Plus, preinstalled	IPsec AES-GCM-128 3.2 Gbps (iPerf3) and 1.05 Gbps (IMIX); WireGuard supported	~£465	13W	£29.97	£554.92	not announced	7.1/10verdict: buy
Firewalla Gold Plus	5 Gbit software packet processing	4 x 2.5 Gbit RJ45 plus a console port; no SFP+	Firewalla's own Linux-based OS	WireGuard 500 Mbps; OpenVPN 120 Mbps	–	–	–	–	not announced	6.8/10verdict: buy
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra (UCG-Ultra)	–	1x 2.5GbE RJ45 WAN, 4x GbE RJ45 LAN, no SFP+ port	UniFi Network	–	~£99.96	4.5W	£10.38	£131.09	not announced	6.6/10verdict: good, not the best
Protectli Vault Pro VP2420	–	4x Intel I226-V 2.5G Ethernet RJ-45; 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A; console port	Not a fixed OS; vendor states compatibility with a variety of operating systems including open source firewall projects; AMI or coreboot BIOS	pfSense WireGuard ~2250Mbps (vendor test; conflicts with the ~1200Mbps OPNsense WireGuard figure, test conditions not fully stated)	~£569	10W	£23.06	£638.17	not announced	6.1/10verdict: good, not the best
Netgate 2100 pfSense+ Security Gateway	–	One 1 GbE WAN (RJ45/SFP combo) plus four 1 GbE LAN ports, five total	pfSense Plus with lifetime upgrades	IPsec VPN, 254 Mbps iPerf3	~£436	4.6W	£10.61	£467.82	not announced	5.9/10verdict: good, not the best
Firewalla Purple	1 Gbps software packet processing (no separate IPS figure published)	2x 1 Gbit Ethernet (LAN, WAN) plus USB-C power port	Firewalla OS, managed through a smartphone app	WireGuard 500 Mbps; OpenVPN 120 Mbps; one site-to-site connection	~£300	7W	£16.14	£348.42	not announced	5.7/10verdict: good, not the best

Prices marked ~ are the typical UK price when we researched the product; we show today's price once a retailer reports one. Value uses today's price, so it changes as prices move. Running costs assume 24/7 at idle, at 26.32p/kWh (the Ofgem price cap).

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