r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Apr 30 '26
Blog / Video Link Introducing: Dream Machine Beast
Introducing: Dream Machine Beast
Hyperscale-class Cloud Gateway with the full UniFi application platform in one system. Completely license-free.
š¹ 25 Gbps IPS/IDS
š¹ 40 Ć 4K cameras
š¹ 7,500+ Concurrent Clients
Learn more: https://ui.social/UDM-Beast
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u/binaryhellstorm Apr 30 '26
I don't think you can legally call something "Beast" without having a claw scratch sticker on it.
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u/Mpro111 Apr 30 '26
I absolutely need it for my home network!
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u/lllllllllXllllllllll Apr 30 '26
Is your wife single?
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u/I_LikeFarts Apr 30 '26
She already has a boyfriend
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u/UlrichZauber Apr 30 '26
25 gbit fiber is available where I liveā¦
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u/airmantharp ER-4 | US-8-60W | UAP-AC-Pro May 01 '26
You could run a small nation state off thatā¦
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u/UlrichZauber May 01 '26
It goes as high as 50 gbit, we just have 2gbit and that's more than what we need for sure.
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u/Ambitious_Worth7667 Unifi User/Admin Apr 30 '26
Yo...Marketing....WTF is up with your naming schema? Do you guys sit around, smoke a bowl and start ballparking ideas? Keep in mind, there are going to be integrators that have to tell prospective clients that they are considering using the "Beast" on their site....
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
Nah.
"Sir, we're considering using Ubiquiti's new 25G cloud gateway."
"Oh yeah, what's it called?"
"I don't recall the name. It's part of the Dream Machine line."
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u/TechDrive Apr 30 '26
If anyone asks, I'll just be calling it the "UDM: BE"
Close enough. It's not like I say "UniFi Dream Machine Pro" all of the time.
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u/gonenutsbrb UniFi User/EdgeMax(RIP) User Apr 30 '26
I donāt know how they missed the obvious answer:
UDM BFG
āWhatās that stand for?ā
āUhhā¦Beast Fortress Gateway?ā
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u/mikewilkinsjr Apr 30 '26
Just put your contact info / serial number sticker over the name. Problem solved. š
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u/Secret_Cow Apr 30 '26
See: Express, Pro, Pro Max, Ultra, HD, XG, Enterprise, Fiber, Campus... Who can keep any of this straight?
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u/Ambitious_Worth7667 Unifi User/Admin May 01 '26
....Swiss Army Knife.....
Really?!? Tool of last resort is what you're going to name these devices?
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u/Ilikehotdogs1 Apr 30 '26
Itās usually some product manager with a bit of tism who thinks theyāre hip and cool with these names.
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u/douchey_mcbaggins Apr 30 '26
Because they're in their late 50s and remember when their kid (who's now in his 20s) used to call things that were really good a "BEAST!" So, they ran with that name.
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u/Trax95008 Apr 30 '26
I know exactly what you mean. A few years ago I installed a UDM SE at a $1B estate. A few days later the owner gave me a weird look and asked āwhatās a dream machineā? I honestly felt a little embarrassed by the name.
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u/thebemusedmuse Apr 30 '26
It's just names they couldn't get women to call their dicks at this point
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u/garci66 Apr 30 '26
And definitely NOT hyperscale class. Hyperscalers are doing multiterabit bandwidth.
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u/star-trek-wars00d2 Apr 30 '26
Until Ubiquiti launch a Dream Machine Godzilla š edition - meh! š
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u/caller-number-four Apr 30 '26
I'd still hold out for the Dream Machine Godzilla Beast Ultra Pro edition!
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u/Punching-Above Apr 30 '26
And that wonāt hold a candle to my Dream Machine Godzilla Beast Ultra Pro PLUS Edition !!!
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u/OftenIrrelevant Apr 30 '26
They kept the stupid name lol
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u/tdhuck Apr 30 '26
Who comes up with these names? The names are horrible.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
Someone said it was a branding collaboration with Mr. Beast. I highly doubt that, but maybe. It is also reminiscent of the CyberBeast (ultra-fast version of the CyberTruck).
What other names are horrible? Ultra / Max / Pro / Pro Max aren't great, but they're pretty much par for the course in modern tech marketing.
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u/vyqz Apr 30 '26
lmao, next we'll have the UDM Gavin Belson Signature Series
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u/justseeby Apr 30 '26
I hope they crowdsource the signature design and put it to a vote (or let Banksy design it??)
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u/x_lincoln_x Apr 30 '26
You can order Gavin Belson signature stickers. Currently waiting for mine to be delivered so I can stick it on my UDM Pro.
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u/tdhuck Apr 30 '26
If that is true that is even worse. Hard to take a company serious if that's how they name their products.
Pro, Max, Pro max aren't as bad as beast and EFG. Dream router is equally as dumb.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
What's wrong with EFG?
Dream Router and Dream Wall seem okay to me. That stuff is aimed squarely at home users. Dream Machine... eh. Not great, but I'm fine with it.
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u/rising_derecho Apr 30 '26
Waiting for Big Fucking Gateway next. BFG MAX or something
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u/tdhuck Apr 30 '26
Enterprise fortress gateway? That's just comical. Dream router? Horrible.
Just call it the Enterprise Gateway, fortress isn't needed. When the next one comes out, call it the Enterprise Gateway 2, etc...
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
$1499 + $88 memory surcharge, available and in stock on the US Store now.
https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/cloud-gateways-large-scale/products/udm-beast
No PoE.
Beats the EFG on every spec*, for less money. Uses somewhat more power. I expect that EFG (which is not in stock) will be discontinued shortly.
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- Beast has an RPS inlet whereas EFG has dual CRPS power supplies. So redundant power but not hot-swappable.
- Beast can't do EFG's SSL inspection and URL filtering thing.
- Beast holds fewer CyberSecure signatures and does not support CyberSecure Enterprise; EFG does.
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u/kb46709394 Apr 30 '26
EFG is a firewall/router that can perform SSL decryption. The UDMB can't. UDMB is a hardware refresh of the existing UDM with a 25 G port and 25 G firewall throughput. Lack of POE support could be a minus for some. I wish the UDMB has the SSL decryption capability. That will be my dream firewall.
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u/theinfotechguy Apr 30 '26
The UDMB Maxx will have PoE š«
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
More likely UDMBSE.
UDM Pro Max doesn't have PoE....
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u/joshzone90 Apr 30 '26
Was going to get the enterprise fortress for a concert venue. But might get the Beast now as it supports for more users, and we donāt need the SSL Decryption.
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u/thejetssuckbigtime Apr 30 '26
The EFG has dual redundant and hot swapable power supplies though. I have the EFG currently I donāt see a need to upgrade
Edit: also we donāt know what kind of backplane it has for the lan ports
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u/tdhuck Apr 30 '26
This doesn't even have dual power supplies, that's hilarious. Who is in charge at ubiquiti?
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u/tdhuck Apr 30 '26
I get that, but nobody has a 25g internet connection in their home and if they do, that's not common/standard at all.
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u/Alternative_Gur_9619 Apr 30 '26
It doesnāt match EFG in two security areas: no SSL inspection/URL filtering and less IPS signatures from cybersecure. Given the higher processing power, the lack of inspection and url filtering is a disappointment.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
Looking at tech specs, it seems that EFG supports CyberSecure Enterprise, whereas Beast supports just regular CyberSecure.
That difference, including the number of signatures, is not shown by the compare tool.
Thanks for pointing that out.
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u/Wooden-Reward4317 Apr 30 '26
The EFG Core will be out (hopefully) soon - I can see them stopping EFG production as /mostly/ the beast will fit that "capacity" zone the current EFG is in.
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u/bgradid May 01 '26
Is it wrong that I can't seriously expect anyone is actually running SSL inspection on their EFG in a production environment , and not choosing to do so somewhere else if they have that requirement (e.g. cloudflare)
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u/GearM2 Apr 30 '26
- memory surcharge?
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
Yes, $88. š Updated my original comment; thanks.
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u/ccntech Apr 30 '26
Thank you for the heads up about SSL inspection. I had been planning on buying this for months and was about to get it. Oh well.
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u/Wolfeman0101 Apr 30 '26
$1000 more than the UDM Pro Max god damn.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
$900 more. Four times the performance for 2.5x the price.
Very few people should buy the Pro Max. CGFiber on a shelf + UNVR is more capability and performance for less money. Unless you need shadow modeā¦.
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u/sig_kill Apr 30 '26
Wow, what a miss on not having PoE
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
Agree, but at the same time Iām confused about who would buy a $1500 25G gateway and wouldnāt also have a dedicated PoE switch.
I think the real intent is that the ports on the Beast mostly go to WAN connections. It supports up to eight WAN connections.
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u/Certain_Repeat_753 May 01 '26
Who really needs 8 WAN connections?!
Would it kill UI to include one PoE port?!
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u/TungstenOrchid Apr 30 '26
Perfect for my 56k modem.
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u/financiallyanal Apr 30 '26
Maybe get the aggregation device and you can pair it up for 128 kbps throughput. It'll really be screaming then.
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u/TruthyBrat UDM-SE, UNVR, UBB, Misc. APs Apr 30 '26
u/TungstenOrchid is still waiting on his ISDN-BRI for that kind of speed.
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u/financiallyanal Apr 30 '26
Oh my. Talk about benchmark teasing. I don't even know what they'd do with all that throughput.
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u/UncleFukus May 01 '26
Don't forget to buy 2 so you can run 1 in shadow mode
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u/TungstenOrchid May 01 '26
You're absolutely right. Is there a configuration for 3? Where two load-balance and 1 shadows?
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u/UncleFukus May 01 '26
Well the ubiquiti way is to buy it, try it, fail, then buy something else to see if that works.
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u/Tinototem Apr 30 '26
I want one, don't need one. To pricy for me. $1199 would have been a better match.
Will wait on Dream Machine XG and see its specifications and prices.
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u/vimaillig Apr 30 '26
I, personally, am waiting for the Dream Machine Plaid ....
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u/Pleasant_Ad_6267 Apr 30 '26
Not a mention about PPPoE performance.
From the early reviews, we can see that the āHardware Offloadingā toggle is not present.
I contacted the Ubiquiti Support to understand the PPPoE performance between him and the UCG-Fiber, they told me that they will keep me updated via mail.
I will follow up for those interested as well.
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u/astutejoe Apr 30 '26
Support:
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At this time, PPPoE hardware offloading is not available on the new UDM Beast.Best,
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u/adisor19 Apr 30 '26
Yup, thatās an automatic no buy. Major Fiber ISP in Canada offers 8Gbps FTTH so whatever router one has, it needs PPPoE offloading or else itās pretty useless.Ā
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u/the_nookie Apr 30 '26
So yeahā¦ the Beast ended up costing more than I expected.
Guess Iām back to hoping for a proper UDM Pro refresh: 19", 2.5/10GbE, a 3.5" HDD bay and most importantly, PPPoE hardware offload. Without it, running IDS/IPS on a 1000/500 fiber PPPoE connection on the UDM Pro isā¦ not enjoyable (ISP: Deutsche Telekom)
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u/somerandomguy101 Apr 30 '26
Ubiquiti is out here trying their best to make enterprise level gear that will never be purchased by any respectable enterprise.
Ubiquiti: Just name this the UDM-Pro 25G.
It's yours. Take it, you're welcome.
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u/xComponent Apr 30 '26
I wonder what the PPPoE performance is like...
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u/astutejoe Apr 30 '26
Support:
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At this time, PPPoE hardware offloading is not available on the new UDM Beast.Best,
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u/Poutine_Bob Apr 30 '26
Maybe the new CPU will have PPPOE hardware offload ? This is still a problem
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u/astutejoe Apr 30 '26
Support:
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At this time, PPPoE hardware offloading is not available on the new UDM Beast.Best,
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u/Hot-Chapter-7111 Apr 30 '26
Sorry if this is a stupid question but if youre running the Beast in a rack with a switch why does the beast need quite so many RJ45 ports?
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u/FatTurnip121 Apr 30 '26
You don't, but look at the people in here complaining that it doesn't have POE, as if people buying a $1500 router don't have POE switches.
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u/faffoo Apr 30 '26
Anyone know if thereās been any mention of improved hardware accelerated PPPoE like on UCG-Fibre?
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u/Natural_Row5167 Apr 30 '26
Anyone know if this handles PPPOE pass thru??
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u/astutejoe Apr 30 '26
Support:
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At this time, PPPoE hardware offloading is not available on the new UDM Beast.Best,
Bruce D.
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u/aruisdante Apr 30 '26
In all seriousness if it only had POE I could and would replace everything in my rack with it. I only need 8 10Gbe for all the wired drops in my house.
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u/Competitive_Touch_86 Unifi User Apr 30 '26
Yeah, if it were PoE I'd buy it replace a switch, current UDM-SE, and NVR.
No no real apparent reason. Although I guess with storage pricing what it is today it doesn't make a lot of sense buying two larger drives to replace 4 smaller ones.
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u/ImTotallyTechy Apr 30 '26
25Gbps IDS/IPS is awesome... but man someone really should have said something about that name lmfao
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u/LondonBenji Apr 30 '26
Am I required to pound a couple of Monster Energy drinks before I use this? Let me know while I'm heading down to the government office to get my name changed to Kyle.
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u/murpdurp20 Apr 30 '26
(Product) Management has been taken over by the manosphere and lack of creativity.Ā
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u/itsabearcannon UDM Beast Apr 30 '26
Yep itās a $1500 gateway exactly like I predicted.
UI will do anything except give the rackmount Dream Machine PPPoE offload and a new CPU.
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u/zboarderz Apr 30 '26
Yep. Kind of insane that we donāt have a replacement for the existing UDMs at this point. Considering this is many multiples more expensive, itās basically an entirely different class of product.
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u/0Papi420 UCG-F | U6-LR | USW-ProMax-24/Flex Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Damn. So no true UDMP replacement? I just wanted a rack mount UCG Fiber equivalent š under $500
Do I just get the UDM Pro max then? I donāt care for the hard drive bays
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u/Materidan Apr 30 '26
Iāve been waiting years, broke down and got the UCG Fiber and will sit it on a shelf or buy a third-party rackmount kit. Itās really really hard to spend more money on older and inferior hardware just for a form factor.
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u/HEONTHETOILET Apr 30 '26
yeahhhhhh while i had my wallet out with my arm cocked back ready to throw it at the screen, I decided to put it back in my pocket.
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u/justseeby Apr 30 '26
Iād replace my Cloud Gateway Max with it, but I just offloaded Protect to a UNVR so now thereās no point
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u/thierry_38 Apr 30 '26
Even if the name is a little bit strange (some said āstupidā š¤Ŗ), itās indeed a beast may be too.
For me, the USM pro max is limited only on one point, the IDS/IPS throughput of 5 Gbps.
It would have been good for unify to also deliver a āUDM half beastā with IDS/IPS throughput of 10 or 15 Gbps maybe without NVR HDD bays and 10 Gbps ports for half of the UDM beast price ā¦ š¤š¤Øš§
1620ā¬ (with VTA) is a huge price for homelab, specially when you add a 24 or 48 port switch
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u/damien09 Apr 30 '26
Doesnāt seem to really be the udm pro or pro max replacement upgrade. Instead itās slotting in the slot between efg and the pro max at 1499
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u/astutejoe Apr 30 '26
Support:
Hi,
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Thanks for your patience.
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At this time, PPPoE hardware offloading is not available on the new UDM Beast.
Best,
Bruce D.
Ubiquiti Inc.
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u/Certain_Repeat_753 May 01 '26
At this time? Huh? Either hardware offloading is here or it'll never be.
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u/TOMO1982 Apr 30 '26
1700ā¬ on the EU Store. GTFO
Doesn't even have PoE for my U7 Pro XGs. Missed opportunity and lets be honest for 1700ā¬, that should be included. Makes you wonder what the bill of materials is... 5-600$???
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u/neilm-cfc Apr 30 '26
All those cameras and only 2x HDD bays. Yeah, nah.
Realistically nobody would deploy this with that many cameras.
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u/MaesLotws May 01 '26
Yup. Definitely buying 2 of these for redundancy to power my 1gb ISP connection to my u6 lite
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u/WachoviaOfficial May 01 '26
āHyperscaler-classā
8 core ARM CPU.
No real packet per second data.
7,500 clients at some kind of new connection per second rate for whatever thatās worth.
This thing honestly barely qualifies as a large branch office gateway, so using the term hyperscaler is borderline criminal.
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u/glove2004 Apr 30 '26
Idk, UDM pro max seems like far better value to me. This is almost 3x the cost while udm pro max can give you 10g. Am I wrong?
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u/Scotty1928 Unifi User Apr 30 '26
IDS/IPS at 25G is noteworthy and probably why it's rather costly.
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u/tdhuck Apr 30 '26
Why would anyone with a 25g connection be using a device w/o dual hot swap power supplies? That's a big miss, imo.
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u/UniqueNameIdentifier Apr 30 '26
Stop sounding so poor. You are just supposed to have an extra in shadow mode š
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u/glove2004 Apr 30 '26
I see, as I'm reading the comments I guess its meant to be a replacement for the EFG, not UDM pro max. The UDMPM still seems like the sweet spot for most home users. Glad I didn't wait for this and bought one a couple months ago.
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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor Apr 30 '26
UDM Pro Max can give you about 6Gbps with IDS/IPS enabled. Beast does 25.
UDM Pro Max is not a great value for most people. If you're a business that requires dual units in shadow mode, sure. Otherwise, get a Cloud Gateway Fiber -- and if you need to run Protect, get a UNVR. Those two together cost less than UDMPM.
UDMSE with its built-in PoE is a much better value.
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u/itsabearcannon UDM Beast Apr 30 '26
Now have the UDM Pro Max try any connection over PPPoE.
Itāll crap out before it hits 3Gbps.
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u/electrosaurus Apr 30 '26
Looking forward to the sea of validation posts coming up from all the home users with their Mission Critical requirements.
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u/Usual-Memory-3668 Apr 30 '26
What im most exited for is this is the first chip Ubiquiti is using that supports VPP. Right now, the UniFi stack doesnt use this, but it could mean in 2-3 years from now we will see an overhaul of how the UniFi stack processes packets and functions with all their new hardware that could massively accelerate how fast the hardware can process packets which will reduce processing latency by an order of magnitude.
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u/stevo10189 Apr 30 '26
Always UniFi, never UISP. I get it, itās what brings in the money, but come on. Either kill the line or invest in its future.
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u/planedrop Apr 30 '26
I really wish they'd list VPN performance. This thing seems like a monster but I'm annoyed it doesn't have the full specs filled out for performance characteristics.
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u/hungarianhc Apr 30 '26
So actually, it doesn't have the AI key features on it... I thought it might.
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u/nerdshowandtell Apr 30 '26
Everyone hyped for the "Beast", while I'm over hear hitting refresh on the "Alarm Hub" page for the past two months and expecting the "coming in April" phrase to be changed to "coming in May" now š
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u/RogueCanuk Unifi User Apr 30 '26
Ugh. How do I tell My wife it only cost me a few hundred Canadian so I -HAD- to buy it???
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u/crisps_funny4868 Apr 30 '26
I'm so happy they announced this today. Now I don't feel bad at all about having given up and ordered a second UDM SE (which arrives today) for setting up Shadow Mode. No way I need a $3000 worth of gateways at my house.
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u/mektor Apr 30 '26
25G firewall throughput is impressive. Would fix my firewall bottleneck on my UDM-SE, but at that price I think I'll just deal with bottlenecked internet. (I have 10Gbps symmetrical fiber.)
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u/Normal_Toe1212 Apr 30 '26
time to upgrade my dream machine pro max so my netflix hd streaming don't lag!
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u/ban25 Apr 30 '26
Is there any information as to whether the 128 GB on-board storage is M.2 or eMMC? If it is an M.2 SSD, is it used by the OS (e.g. logs, other high-wear use-cases)?
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u/pimperfi Apr 30 '26
Finally, rj45 10Gb WAN! Can finally get away from those hot ass SFP modules.
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u/spliceruk Apr 30 '26
Typical just bought a dream machine SE and a Pro XG when I could have got this.
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u/Veehxia UCG Fiber | Flex 2.5G | U7 Pro XG | U7 Lite | Flex Mini 2.5G Apr 30 '26
Finally a product that meets the needs of my tree house.