Ubiquiti UniFi Switches Reviews

We are a customer of Ubiquiti. The key for us is the switch. The edge with the core switch, servicing office environments. I believe we use the US-48 and US-24, with a 10 gig with the SFP+ port. We have about 200 deployments scheduled for the next few weeks, so I'd say in total we will have 200 to 300 people involved and we plan to increase usage. 

The ability to manage firmware revisions is probably the most valuable feature. 

The management console could be improved, It's very, very slow. In the next release, I'd like to see some amalgamation of the two different consoles. I believe it's difficult to manage both the WiFi on the edge switches in the same console. Some more SFP+ ports would also be helpful. They should also try lowering the price of cloud management, it's mostly about management. If you can manage it quickly, and it's a little more cost-effective to manage it in the cloud, that would be a big improvement. 

I've been using the product for six months. 

The stability so far has been very good. No downtime, no outages.

It's a scalable solution but the limit on the number of 10 gig ports was an issue.

Our technical support is carried out through a third party so I haven't had any experience with that. 

The company previously has another solution but I wasn't involved with that. I was responsible for the company switching to UniFi.

The setup was straightforward and deployment took about three weeks. We used a consultant for the process and were very satisfied. 

We haven't had to pay any licensing costs at all.

Something people need to look out for is the cost of cloud management. For us, that's been handled externally at the moment, so we're not actually paying for that directly. It's something people should consider with Ubiquiti.

I would rate this product an eight out of 10. 

I use the solution for connecting Ubiquiti access points.

I can see which ports are connected and which ones are disconnected. This information is very useful.

We need to upgrade everything too often.

I have been using the solution for six months.

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten.

It's impossible to expand the network with old versions of devices. I manage around 30 devices.

We have used cheaper products like TP-Link. Ubiquiti is a better alternative. It is more advanced.

The initial setup is simple if we have the right version of the controller. We always need to upgrade the software. The products are not compatible with all the versions. I bought a new switch but couldn’t see it in my controller. The controller version was lower, and I couldn't upgrade it then.

Compared to Cisco, the solution is not so expensive. However, it is a bit more expensive than TP-Link. The price could be improved.

I recommend the product to others. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case for Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is setting up a large campus network.

I think they need to provide a better firewall solution.

Availability has been an issue for us as well. There was a patch during the early days of the COVID 19 pandemic where it was really hard to get stock. We couldn't get what we wanted, so we had to choose non-POE switches. Eventually POE switches became available and that resolved the issues that we had earlier this year and last year.

I have been working with Ubiquiti UniFi Switches for a couple of years. 

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches are very stable. 

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches are scalable. We have around 600 users at the school we deployed the switches at. 

I am very satisfied with Ubiquiti's tech support. 

Positive

We previously used Alloy. We switched because Alloy was very hard to manage. 

The initial setup was very straightforward. However, a lot has been going on for many months. We are deploying 50 plus switches.

We deployed the solution in-house. 

I would gladly recommend Ubiquiti UniFi Switches. 

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches does everything I need it to do. I've been pretty happy with it. It's a wired switch, that's what it does.

It performs better, has better throughput than my previous switch and it's also a managed switch, whereas my previous one was just a dumb switch. 

This gives me more flexibility in how I configure it.

Because it's a managed switch, I have the ability to set controls and configure traffic priorities, VLAN ports, etc.

It doesn't really have anything that sets it apart from any other professional grade switch. It essentially does what they all do.

This falls under the category of a nice-to-have feature. It's not much of anything.

It would be nice if there was a way to label all of the ports on it so that I could include information about where the various connections go. 

I have a wired switch in my server room that runs cabling throughout the facility, and it would be nice to be able to look at a port and immediately know the location and load on that port, and what's running on it. 

I have worked with Ubiquiti UniFi Switches for two years.

I have an EdgeSwitch 24.

In terms of stability, I like it pretty well, though one of the ports on it went dead about two or three weeks ago. 

I am a little concerned about that, but it's not uncommon for a switch to have a bad port. I am keeping an eye on it to see if it continues to degrade or if I have only lost that one port. Apart from that, I am pretty pleased with it.

It's a switch. You buy it based on how many ports you require. This one has 24 ports, and if I wanted to expand it, I would have to get a different model with more ports. 

There are two SFP ports available for inserting and connecting to a different type of driver.

I'm not using them right now because I don't need them, but they are there in case I do.

We are a consulting firm. We do remote support for various customers. It's basically the in-house network that connects all of my workstations to each other and also gives us all access to the internet.

It's pretty stable right now. We don't have any immediate expansion plans. We hope to in the future, but for now, it's doing everything we need it to.

Technical support has changed over the years. 

I haven't needed any technical support with this switch. Although, I do have a lot of their other equipment, such as wifi access points and routers, and the like.

I don't want to say that they are worse than anyone else, but they are certainly not any better.

I have almost exclusively worked with Ubiquiti products.

I have their EdgeSwitch product line.

As IT support consultants, we work for a wide range of companies, some of which are quite large. I am sure they have a wide range of products available.

They are networking hardware, which I usually don't get involved in because I work on the software side.

It is not overly complicated. It all depends on which features you intend to use. If you don't want to change anything, you can run the thing pretty much plug and play out of the box. Aside from that, it all depends on how fancy you want to get with it.

One of the reasons I chose it was because it is flexible. Because you have to configure some things on it, it's obviously more difficult to set up than a simple unmanaged plug and place switch, but it's not overly difficult in my opinion.

This one that I am running now probably took me less than two hours to get it up and running and doing what I needed it to do.

The deployment was completed entirely in-house.

We are not a large company. I do all of the maintenance and deployment myself.

We are not big enough to care about that kind of thing. I just need equipment that will help our business here, and it has done so so far.

There are no licensing fees; you just purchase it and run it.

Occasionally there are upgrades to the firmware that you have to check for, download, and install. But, you basically buy it, set it up, and run it.

I suppose if I needed a support contract with them or something, there might be some annual fees or something like that, but I don't need that level of support.

The only other operating costs would be the power required to run it.

Pricing is somewhere in the middle. It is not as expensive as some of the other name brands, such as Cisco and other similar products. But nowadays, you pay as much for the name as you do for anything else. But I would say that it's in the middle.

Ubiquiti may be about to or has already discontinued its Edge product line. They have upgraded their switches and routers to replace them. I don't have any of those, so I'm not familiar with them. I am not really sure, and I could be wrong about it discontinuing. I just saw some comments on some of the forums about this possibly happening.

It is somewhat dependent on the class. When compared to what I call home consumers, it is far superior because it has more capabilities. However, if I were to compare it to other commercial grades, such as Cisco and some of the others, I would rate Ubiquiti UniFi Switches a seven out of ten.

The tool's most valuable feature is port security, which allows blocking/disabling ports. The ports also have PoE capability. 

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches need to add DNS lookup features. 

I have been working with the product since 2016. 

I rate the product's stability a nine out of ten. 

I rate Ubiquiti UniFi Switches' scalability a nine out of ten. 

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches' support is good. 

Positive

The tool's deployment is straightforward. The deployment took a week to complete. 

I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten. 

I evaluated Cisco before Ubiquiti UniFi Switches. Its cost was high. 

I rate Ubiquiti UniFi Switches an eight out of ten. 

We use the product for accessing controls for video conferencing.

The product’s most valuable features are stability and scalability.

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches’s pricing could be less expensive.

We have been using Ubiquiti UniFi Switches for two years.

I rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten.

The product has good scalability.

The technical support services are good.

The initial setup is straightforward. It takes less than 30 minutes and requires a manager and an engineer to execute the process.

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches are more expensive than HP and Aruba. We purchase its yearly license.

I rate Ubiquiti UniFi Switches a nine out of ten.

I am in the audio-visual industry. All the TVs, PCs, mobile phones, iPads, and tablets connect to the solution.

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is a stable solution.

Ubiquiti UniFi Switches is not a cheap solution.

I have been using Ubiquiti UniFi Switches for over six years.

The solution's stability is very good.

I rate Ubiquiti UniFi Switches ten out of ten for stability.

Around 50 customers are using Ubiquiti UniFi Switches.

I rate Ubiquiti UniFi Switches ten out of ten for scalability.

The solution's initial setup is straightforward.

The solution's deployment doesn't take too long and can be done within 10 to 15 minutes. To deploy the solution, you must have the controller, connect everything up, adopt it, and then go into your settings. It doesn't take long.

We are a small company, and I do all the deployment myself.

With Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, you get what you pay for.

I would recommend Ubiquiti UniFi Switches to other users because it is stable, reliable, and easy to deploy.

Overall, I rate Ubiquiti UniFi Switches ten out of ten.

One of the primary use cases we have for this solution is integration with UDM/and WIFI access point.

The integration with the controller is one of the most valuable features of these switches. They are also very stable. For example, we have some equipment that we haven't touched for four years that is still reliable.

Firmware stability and accurate documentation regarding advanced networking. 

I have been using Ubiquiti UniFi switches for five years.

We were not having any issues.

Having a range of customers with moderate needs, I'm not sure I can comment on the scalability.

We have never needed to contact tech support. 

At my previous place of employment, we used NETGEAR. I'm not sure what my current employer was using before this solution.

The initial setup was easy. We did run into a few funny bumps, but we got over them.

Their pricing is reasonable and fair.

I would say: first read about networking, second, read about the hardware scope. Some people expect the machines to do magic by themselves; a little touch and knowledge should make a difference.

UniFi is marketing a wide range of special purpose products to choose from.