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TP-Link Archer BE230 vs Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra

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Key differences between TP-Link Archer BE230 and Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra

A summary of selected recorded differences between these routers. Check the full specification table below for details and conditions.

Feature differences among your selected devices

Speed Tests (features): TP-Link Archer BE230 — No; Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — Yes (The tech specs list internet quality and outage reporting.).
Ftp (usb storage): TP-Link Archer BE230 — Yes; Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — No.
Media Sharing (usb storage): TP-Link Archer BE230 — Yes; Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — No.
Samba (usb storage): TP-Link Archer BE230 — Yes; Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — No.

Specifications to check side by side

2.5 Gbps LAN ports (network ports): TP-Link Archer BE230 — 1; Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — 0.
Lan 1 Gbps Ports (network ports): TP-Link Archer BE230 — 3; Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — 4.
Usb 3 (usb ports): TP-Link Archer BE230 — 1; Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — 0.

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Option 1 · TP-Link

TP-Link Archer BE230

Last updated October 2026

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Option 2 · Ubiquiti

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra

Last updated September 2026

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What the catalog tells us

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2.5 Gbps LAN ports

TP-Link Archer BE2301
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Cellular Connectivity

Antennas Gain

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Cellular Technology

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

External Lte Antennas

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Max Download Speed

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Max Upload Speed

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Sim Card Support

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Sms Send Receive

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Features

Configuration Backup Restore

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Catalog note
Section 17.2 Backup and Restore Configuration Settings of the Archer BE230 user guide documents saving the configuration file to a computer and restoring it to the router.
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded

Firewall

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Max Connected Devices

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not recorded
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 300+

Mlo

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

New Connection Notifications

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded

Qos

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Speed Tests

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Catalog note
The tech specs list internet quality and outage reporting.

Management

Android App

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Cli

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded

Ios App

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Snmp

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded

Web Interface

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Network Ports

10 Gbps LAN-capable ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

10 Gbps WAN-capable ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

2.5 Gbps LAN ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 1
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

2.5 Gbps WAN-capable ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 1
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 1

Lan 1 Gbps Ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 3
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 4

Lan Link Aggregation

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Catalog note
The Archer BE230 is absent from the model list in TP-Link's own link aggregation FAQ, and its official specification page lists no link aggregation among the Ethernet port features.
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Lan Port Count

TP-Link Archer BE230: 4
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 4

Lan Sfp Plus Ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

Lan Sfp Ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

Total Ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 5
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 5

Wan 1 Gbps Ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

Wan Port Count

TP-Link Archer BE230: 1
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 1

Wan Sfp Plus Ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

Wan Sfp Ports

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

Parental Controls

Block Content

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Catalog note
The tech specs list content filtering, ad blocking and zone-based advanced filtering by region, domain and application.

Instant Wifi Pause

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded

Wifi Pause Schedules

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded

Power

Consumption

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not recorded
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 6.2W

Smart Home Protocols

Matter Controller

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Thread border router

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Usb Ports

Usb 2

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

Usb 3

TP-Link Archer BE230: 1
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0

Usb Storage

Ftp

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Media Sharing

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Samba

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Time Machine

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Catalog note
The official specification page lists the USB port's supported functions as FTP Server, Media Server and Samba Server, without Time Machine, and the USB Settings chapter of the user guide documents only local/remote access and Media Sharing.
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Vpn

Ddns

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded

L2tp Ipsec Vpn

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Open Vpn

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Pptp Vpn

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No

Vpn Client

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Vpn Server

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Wireguard Vpn

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Wan Redundancy

Cellular Backup

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Catalog note
There is no cellular modem in the unit. The tech specs offer additional internet failover only through UniFi LTE Backup, which is a separate accessory.

Multi Wan

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Catalog note
The tech specs list Multi-WAN Load Balancing and a maximum WAN port count of 4.

Wan Failover

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes

Wifi Antennas

Antennas Gain

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not recorded
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

External Antennas

TP-Link Archer BE230: 4
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Internal Antennas

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Wifi Bands

2 4 Ghz Speed

TP-Link Archer BE230: 688 Mbps
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

2.4 GHz bands

TP-Link Archer BE230: 1
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

5 GHz bands

TP-Link Archer BE230: 1
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

5 Ghz Speed

TP-Link Archer BE230: 2882 Mbps
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

6 GHz bands

TP-Link Archer BE230: 0
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

6 Ghz Speed

TP-Link Archer BE230: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Wifi Features

Access Point Mode

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Guest Network

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Iot Network

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Max Wifi Speed

TP-Link Archer BE230: 3.6 Gbps
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Mesh Standard

TP-Link Archer BE230: EasyMesh
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Mesh Wifi

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Wpa3 Encryption

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Wifi Generation

Wi-Fi 5

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Wi-Fi 6

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Wi-Fi 6E

TP-Link Archer BE230: No
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Wi-Fi 7

TP-Link Archer BE230: Yes
Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified

Specifications for TP-Link Archer BE230 versus Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra
Specification	TP-Link Archer BE230	Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra
Cellular Connectivity
Antennas Gain	Not applicable / unspecified	Not applicable / unspecified
Cellular Technology	Not applicable / unspecified	Not applicable / unspecified
External Lte Antennas	Not applicable / unspecified	Not applicable / unspecified
Max Download Speed	Not applicable / unspecified	Not applicable / unspecified
Max Upload Speed	Not applicable / unspecified	Not applicable / unspecified
Sim Card Support	Not applicable / unspecified	Not applicable / unspecified
Sms Send Receive	No	No
Features
Configuration Backup Restore	Yes Catalog note Section 17.2 Backup and Restore Configuration Settings of the Archer BE230 user guide documents saving the configuration file to a computer and restoring it to the router.	Not recorded
Firewall	Yes	Yes
Max Connected Devices	Not recorded	300+
Mlo	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
New Connection Notifications	No	Not recorded
Qos	Yes	Yes
Speed Tests	No	Yes Catalog note The tech specs list internet quality and outage reporting.
Management
Android App	Yes	Yes
Cli	No	Not recorded
Ios App	Yes	Yes
Snmp	No	Not recorded
Web Interface	Yes	Yes
Network Ports
10 Gbps LAN-capable ports	0	0
10 Gbps WAN-capable ports	0	0
2.5 Gbps LAN ports	1	0
2.5 Gbps WAN-capable ports	1	1
Lan 1 Gbps Ports	3	4
Lan Link Aggregation	No Catalog note The Archer BE230 is absent from the model list in TP-Link's own link aggregation FAQ, and its official specification page lists no link aggregation among the Ethernet port features.	No
Lan Port Count	4	4
Lan Sfp Plus Ports	0	0
Lan Sfp Ports	0	0
Total Ports	5	5
Wan 1 Gbps Ports	0	0
Wan Port Count	1	1
Wan Sfp Plus Ports	0	0
Wan Sfp Ports	0	0
Parental Controls
Block Content	Yes	Yes Catalog note The tech specs list content filtering, ad blocking and zone-based advanced filtering by region, domain and application.
Instant Wifi Pause	Yes	Not recorded
Wifi Pause Schedules	Yes	Not recorded
Power
Consumption	Not recorded	6.2W
Smart Home Protocols
Matter Controller	No	No
Thread border router	No	No
Usb Ports
Usb 2	0	0
Usb 3	1	0
Usb Storage
Ftp	Yes	No
Media Sharing	Yes	No
Samba	Yes	No
Time Machine	No Catalog note The official specification page lists the USB port's supported functions as FTP Server, Media Server and Samba Server, without Time Machine, and the USB Settings chapter of the user guide documents only local/remote access and Media Sharing.	No
Vpn
Ddns	Yes	Not recorded
L2tp Ipsec Vpn	Yes	Yes
Open Vpn	Yes	Yes
Pptp Vpn	Yes	No
Vpn Client	Yes	Yes
Vpn Server	Yes	Yes
Wireguard Vpn	Yes	Yes
Wan Redundancy
Cellular Backup	No	No Catalog note There is no cellular modem in the unit. The tech specs offer additional internet failover only through UniFi LTE Backup, which is a separate accessory.
Multi Wan	No	Yes Catalog note The tech specs list Multi-WAN Load Balancing and a maximum WAN port count of 4.
Wan Failover	No	Yes
Wifi Antennas
Antennas Gain	Not recorded	Not applicable / unspecified
External Antennas	4	Not applicable / unspecified
Internal Antennas	0	Not applicable / unspecified
Wifi Bands
2 4 Ghz Speed	688 Mbps	Not applicable / unspecified
2.4 GHz bands	1	Not applicable / unspecified
5 GHz bands	1	Not applicable / unspecified
5 Ghz Speed	2882 Mbps	Not applicable / unspecified
6 GHz bands	0	Not applicable / unspecified
6 Ghz Speed	Not applicable / unspecified	Not applicable / unspecified
Wifi Features
Access Point Mode	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
Guest Network	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
Iot Network	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
Max Wifi Speed	3.6 Gbps	Not applicable / unspecified
Mesh Standard	EasyMesh	Not applicable / unspecified
Mesh Wifi	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
Wpa3 Encryption	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
Wifi Generation
Wi-Fi 5	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
Wi-Fi 6	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified
Wi-Fi 6E	No	Not applicable / unspecified
Wi-Fi 7	Yes	Not applicable / unspecified

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