Ubiquiti UniFi router
Ranked 15 of 15 routers by recommenders
Recommended for policy-based routing, DNS filtering and a straightforward setup. Common caveat: it lacks some features, such as conditional routing for ipsets.
Recommended for policy-based routing, DNS filtering and a straightforward setup. Common caveat: it lacks some features, such as conditional routing for ipsets.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Policy-based routing by hostname
“a simpler setup would be to do policy based routing by hostnames through a vpn client maintained in the router config”
Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network” “This can be done on UniFi using policy based routing too trivially”
Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network” DNS filtering and caching
“you can use it for this purpose (and caching) by broadcasting its IP as the default DNS server”
Comment from 28 Jun 2026 in “Choosing a Public DNS Resolver” “the best way is to use a router that can filter DNS requests (ie Unifi)”
Comment from 28 Jun 2026 in “Choosing a Public DNS Resolver”
Other routers people recommend
The four most recommended other routers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MikroTik router | 59 | 26 | 69% | 11 | 10 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| GL.iNet travel router | 54 | 5 | 92% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Ubiquiti UniFi Travel Router | 35 | 16 | 69% | 2 | — | — |
| OpenWrt One | 34 | 10 | 77% | 7 | 3 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Ubiquiti UniFi routerThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the best way is to use a router that can filter DNS requests (ie Unifi)”
“you can use it for this purpose (and caching) by broadcasting its IP as the default DNS server”
“I cannot put in a SSD in my Unifi router without buying their $20 SSD tray.”
“actually impressed how straightforward Unifi made it”
“They support load balancing (e.g. 95% WAN1, 5% WAN2) and SLA monitoring”
“still doesn't have all the features (specifically, conditional routing for address groups/ipsets)”
“This can be done on UniFi using policy based routing too trivially”
“a simpler setup would be to do policy based routing by hostnames through a vpn client maintained in the router config”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.