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Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra vs Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7

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Key differences between Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra and Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7

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

Multi Wan (wan redundancy): Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — Yes (The tech specs list Multi-WAN Load Balancing and a maximum WAN port count of 4.); Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 — No.
Wan Failover (wan redundancy): Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — Yes; Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 — No.

Specifications to check side by side

10 Gbps WAN-capable ports (network ports): Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — 0; Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 — 1.
2.5 Gbps LAN ports (network ports): Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — 0; Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 — 1.
2.5 Gbps WAN-capable ports (network ports): Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — 1; Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 — 0.
Lan 1 Gbps Ports (network ports): Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra — 4; Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 — 0.

Information still to confirm

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Option 1 · Ubiquiti

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra

Last updated September 2026

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Option 2 · Ubiquiti

Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7

Last updated October 2026

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What the catalog tells us

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2.5 Gbps LAN ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 71

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Cellular Connectivity

Antennas Gain

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not applicable / unspecified

Cellular Technology

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not applicable / unspecified

External Lte Antennas

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not applicable / unspecified

Max Download Speed

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not applicable / unspecified

Max Upload Speed

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not applicable / unspecified

Sim Card Support

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not applicable / unspecified

Sms Send Receive

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Features

Configuration Backup Restore

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Firewall

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Max Connected Devices

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 300+
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 300+

Mlo

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

New Connection Notifications

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Qos

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Speed Tests

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Catalog note
The tech specs list internet quality and outage reporting.
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Management

Android App

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Cli

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Ios App

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Snmp

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Web Interface

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Network Ports

10 Gbps LAN-capable ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

10 Gbps WAN-capable ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 1

2.5 Gbps LAN ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 1

2.5 Gbps WAN-capable ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 1
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Lan 1 Gbps Ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 4
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Lan Link Aggregation

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Lan Port Count

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 4
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 1

Lan Sfp Plus Ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Lan Sfp Ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Total Ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 5
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 2

Wan 1 Gbps Ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Wan Port Count

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 1
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 1

Wan Sfp Plus Ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Wan Sfp Ports

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Parental Controls

Block Content

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.
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Instant Wifi Pause

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wifi Pause Schedules

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Power

Consumption

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 6.2W
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 22W

Smart Home Protocols

Matter Controller

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Thread border router

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Usb Ports

Usb 2

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Usb 3

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: 0
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Usb Storage

Ftp

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Media Sharing

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Samba

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Time Machine

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Vpn

Ddns

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not recorded
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

L2tp Ipsec Vpn

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Open Vpn

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Pptp Vpn

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: No
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Vpn Client

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Vpn Server

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wireguard Vpn

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wan Redundancy

Cellular Backup

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.
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Multi Wan

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Catalog note
The tech specs list Multi-WAN Load Balancing and a maximum WAN port count of 4.
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Wan Failover

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Yes
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: No

Wifi Antennas

Antennas Gain

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not recorded

External Antennas

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 0

Internal Antennas

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not recorded

Wifi Bands

2 4 Ghz Speed

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 688 Mbps

2.4 GHz bands

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 1

5 GHz bands

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 1

5 Ghz Speed

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 4300 Mbps

6 GHz bands

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 1

6 Ghz Speed

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 5700 Mbps

Wifi Features

Access Point Mode

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Not recorded

Guest Network

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Iot Network

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Max Wifi Speed

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: 10.7 Gbps

Mesh Standard

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Proprietary

Mesh Wifi

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wpa3 Encryption

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wifi Generation

Wi-Fi 5

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wi-Fi 6

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wi-Fi 6E

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra: Not applicable / unspecified
Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7: Yes

Wi-Fi 7

Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra

Not applicable / unspecified

Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7

Yes

Manufacturer source

The model includes Wi-Fi 7.

Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 manufacturer product page →

Source section: Model overview
Model: Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7
Region: US Ubiquiti store
Firmware: Not specified by this source
Checked: 2026-10-04

Client support and regional radio availability affect usable features.

Document check only; not a hands-on test or verification of every regional or firmware variant.

Specifications for Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra versus Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7
Specification	Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Ultra	Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7
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	Not recorded	Yes
Firewall	Yes	Yes
Max Connected Devices	300+	300+
Mlo	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
New Connection Notifications	Not recorded	Yes
Qos	Yes	Yes
Speed Tests	Yes Catalog note The tech specs list internet quality and outage reporting.	Yes
Management
Android App	Yes	Yes
Cli	Not recorded	Yes
Ios App	Yes	Yes
Snmp	Not recorded	Yes
Web Interface	Yes	Yes
Network Ports
10 Gbps LAN-capable ports	0	0
10 Gbps WAN-capable ports	0	1
2.5 Gbps LAN ports	0	1
2.5 Gbps WAN-capable ports	1	0
Lan 1 Gbps Ports	4	0
Lan Link Aggregation	No	No
Lan Port Count	4	1
Lan Sfp Plus Ports	0	0
Lan Sfp Ports	0	0
Total Ports	5	2
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 Catalog note The tech specs list content filtering, ad blocking and zone-based advanced filtering by region, domain and application.	Yes
Instant Wifi Pause	Not recorded	Yes
Wifi Pause Schedules	Not recorded	Yes
Power
Consumption	6.2W	22W
Smart Home Protocols
Matter Controller	No	No
Thread border router	No	No
Usb Ports
Usb 2	0	0
Usb 3	0	0
Usb Storage
Ftp	No	No
Media Sharing	No	No
Samba	No	No
Time Machine	No	No
Vpn
Ddns	Not recorded	Yes
L2tp Ipsec Vpn	Yes	Yes
Open Vpn	Yes	Yes
Pptp Vpn	No	No
Vpn Client	Yes	Yes
Vpn Server	Yes	Yes
Wireguard Vpn	Yes	Yes
Wan Redundancy
Cellular Backup	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.	No
Multi Wan	Yes Catalog note The tech specs list Multi-WAN Load Balancing and a maximum WAN port count of 4.	No
Wan Failover	Yes	No
Wifi Antennas
Antennas Gain	Not applicable / unspecified	Not recorded
External Antennas	Not applicable / unspecified	0
Internal Antennas	Not applicable / unspecified	Not recorded
Wifi Bands
2 4 Ghz Speed	Not applicable / unspecified	688 Mbps
2.4 GHz bands	Not applicable / unspecified	1
5 GHz bands	Not applicable / unspecified	1
5 Ghz Speed	Not applicable / unspecified	4300 Mbps
6 GHz bands	Not applicable / unspecified	1
6 Ghz Speed	Not applicable / unspecified	5700 Mbps
Wifi Features
Access Point Mode	Not applicable / unspecified	Not recorded
Guest Network	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
Iot Network	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
Max Wifi Speed	Not applicable / unspecified	10.7 Gbps
Mesh Standard	Not applicable / unspecified	Proprietary
Mesh Wifi	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
Wpa3 Encryption	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
Wifi Generation
Wi-Fi 5	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
Wi-Fi 6	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
Wi-Fi 6E	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes
Wi-Fi 7	Not applicable / unspecified	Yes Manufacturer source The model includes Wi-Fi 7. Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 manufacturer product page → Source section Model overview Model Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7 Region US Ubiquiti store Firmware Not specified by this source Checked 2026-10-04 Client support and regional radio availability affect usable features. Document check only; not a hands-on test or verification of every regional or firmware variant.

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