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UDM Pro Max

Physical Product · Routers, mesh Wi-Fi & networking · 42 mentions · 3 subreddits · discussed in r/Ubiquiti, r/homelab, r/smarthome

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Pros

  • If you're going to be running a ton of devices, all the apps, and everything else memory intensive, but you have <2Gbps Internet, get the UDM Pro Max. The 8GB versus 3GB of RAM will help there.
  • UDM pro max is a better ver. of the UDM pro
  • I bought the UDM Pro Max as I have six 4k cameras and three 2K ones. Think on the spec sheet it recommended no more than 5. Also wanted the dual HDD bays and front screen.
  • I run a UDM Pro Max (have quite a few 4k cameras)
  • So the Pro Max is a great box, but in my opinion if you don't have a rack it's a bit of a gawdy beast.

Cons

  • Parent context: Is the Pro Max a significant upgrade over the UDM SE? Reply: Depends on what you're using it for. The main advantages seem to be the second HDD slot and double the IPS/IDS performance. No PoE though.
  • Parent context: Get the Cloud Gateway Fiber. It's a much more powerful device than the UDM Pro Max at half the price. Reply: Well, it's a much more powerful _router_ (though actually on paper their rated IDS is the same, 5Gbps). It has w...
  • Just FYI that second HDD slot can only be used for redundancy. No extra storage.
  • Parent context: Hah. Agreed. — It was weird though because in the "Settings" -> "Internet" -> "Gateway Ports", I attempted to reassign WAN1, WAN2, WAN3, etc. and once I did, it completely messed up the "Connection" and the "WAN Mode" fai...
  • So far other than the UDM Pro Max needing to be RMA'ed due to a dead power supply (Thank you HA/Shadow Mode for saving my butt), it has worked flawlessly. ... The hiccup at 8:50AM in the picture was due to my stupidity for trying to rena...

Sentiment

20 positive (48%) · 9 mixed (21%) · 13 negative (31%)

Trust + time weighted score: +11% · raw score 17%

What redditors said (10 of 42)

Parent context: Is the Pro Max a significant upgrade over the UDM SE? Reply: Depends on what you're using it for. The main advantages seem to be the second HDD slot and double the IPS/IDS performance. No PoE though.
mixed · u/I****4 · r/Ubiquiti · comment · Dec 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If you're going to be running a ton of devices, all the apps, and everything else memory intensive, but you have <2Gbps Internet, get the UDM Pro Max. The 8GB versus 3GB of RAM will help there.
positive · u/i****n · r/Ubiquiti · comment · Feb 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: Get the Cloud Gateway Fiber. It's a much more powerful device than the UDM Pro Max at half the price. Reply: Well, it's a much more powerful _router_ (though actually on paper their rated IDS is the same, 5Gbps). It has way less RAM, so its Protect capacity is significantly lower.
mixed · u/a****e · r/Ubiquiti · comment · Dec 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Just FYI that second HDD slot can only be used for redundancy. No extra storage.
negative · u/I****A · r/Ubiquiti · comment · Dec 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Parent context: Hah. Agreed. — It was weird though because in the "Settings" -> "Internet" -> "Gateway Ports", I attempted to reassign WAN1, WAN2, WAN3, etc. and once I did, it completely messed up the "Connection" and the "WAN Mode" failover and then it because unresponsive and Shadow Mode took over so I had to hard-cycle the UDM Pro Max. I chalk it up to using an EA build. Reply: Believe it or not, I have done the same on a non-EA, and it has certainly caused mine to croak as well. Usually in the form of Network crashing.
negative · u/c****o · r/Ubiquiti · comment · Dec 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
So far other than the UDM Pro Max needing to be RMA'ed due to a dead power supply (Thank you HA/Shadow Mode for saving my butt), it has worked flawlessly. ... The hiccup at 8:50AM in the picture was due to my stupidity for trying to rename the WANs and the UDM Pro Max croaked on me.
negative · u/K****e · r/Ubiquiti · Dec 18, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
UDM pro max is a better ver. of the UDM pro
positive · u/O****6 · r/homelab · comment · Dec 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I bought the UDM Pro Max as I have six 4k cameras and three 2K ones. Think on the spec sheet it recommended no more than 5. Also wanted the dual HDD bays and front screen.
positive · u/H****3 · r/Ubiquiti · comment · Nov 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I have the pro max and would honestly recommend the gateway fiber, if nothing else then just for the hardware offloading for PPPoE. The UDM Pro Max doesn’t have that, so if you have an isp using pppoe you'll be crippled for max throughput at multi gig speeds.
negative · u/H****a · r/Ubiquiti · comment · Nov 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I accept the fact that the capacity provided by a UDM understates the term 'overkill' for my home LAN but isn't that why we're here?!
mixed · u/m****n · r/Ubiquiti · Nov 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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