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All the Ubiquiti UniFI routers (they call them gateways) have the same feature set.
Most new users chose one of the Cloud gateways -- https://store.ui.com/us/en?category=all-cloud-gateways
The cloud gateways run the management software internally so they are more convenient for new users.
Maybe here is a good place to start -- https://ui.com/us/en/introduction

Hi Kanewolf.
I was looking at the Ubiquiti website, and i think these two are the most similar in price and features to what I'm looking for:
-https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/all-cloud-gateways/products/ux7
-https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/cloud-gateways-compact/collections/cloud-gateway-max

One has Wi-Fi and the other doesnt, although the one without Wi-Fi has better security and deployment options.

Although its not entirely clear to me what they mean by cloud, i mean, it doesnt seem very secure to me that everything is in the cloud; perhaps i misunderstood.

Thanks!

 

[kanewolf]

Hi Kanewolf.
I was looking at the Ubiquiti website, and i think these two are the most similar in price and features to what I'm looking for:
-https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/all-cloud-gateways/products/ux7
-https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en/category/cloud-gateways-compact/collections/cloud-gateway-max

One has Wi-Fi and the other doesnt, although the one without Wi-Fi has better security and deployment options.

Although its not entirely clear to me what they mean by cloud, i mean, it doesnt seem very secure to me that everything is in the cloud; perhaps i misunderstood.

Thanks!

Features between the UX7 and UCG-MAX from a security perspective would be the same. They use the same software for configuration and management. The UX7 is the newer product, released about a month ago.
They use the word "cloud" because if you were managing multiple sites, you would do that through a cloud portal. You do have to create a cloud login (I think), but you can also create local admin logins. The cloud login does require 2FA every time, so it is pretty secure.
All management can be done through a LAN IP address. You don't have to use the cloud URL.
Obviously the UX7 only has the single wired port. You would have to add a wired switch to expand the wired connectivity. The Utility tab of switching is a good place to start -- https://eu.store.ui.com/eu/en?category=switching-utility

As you can see from this display of my network I have multiple types of switches in my network. The equivalent of the UCG-MAX for me is the UXG-MAX.