UniFi Cloud Gateway Max
Ranked 11 of 15 routers by recommenders
People recommend it as a home or small office router that also handles firewall duties and replaces a separate Cloud Key. Critics say cloud management is awkward during setup.
People recommend it as a home or small office router that also handles firewall duties and replaces a separate Cloud Key. Critics say cloud management is awkward during setup.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: 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
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 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
Replaces ISP router and Cloud Key
“I moved to Unifi Cloud Gateways as home/small soho routers and can't be happier.”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router” “they do the job of the Cloud Key while also serving as your router and firewall”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS”
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 |
| UniFi Cloud Gateway MaxThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I moved to Unifi Cloud Gateways as home/small soho routers and can't be happier.”
“they do the job of the Cloud Key while also serving as your router and firewall”
“IPv6 support is basic at best. The zone-based firewall is very prescriptive and limited.”
“I had no issues setting it up on PPPoE”
“it works fine without internet”
“When I go to 192.168.1.1 it still asks for my login/password/2FA I created on unifi.com.”
“The cloud management is great after setup, but not during setup”
“in that sense it overachieves nicely”
“Mine was perfectly happy to automatically set up on something else when it was downstream of another router”
“You can set it up from your iPhone.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.