Best Ubiquiti UniFi Switches in 2026: Compared & Ranked (Australia)

Choosing a UniFi switch for your home, office or a full commercial rollout? Ubiquiti's UniFi switch range spans everything from a $64 five-port desktop switch to 48-port Layer 3 aggregation switches built for enterprise cores — and it can be genuinely hard to tell which family you actually need. This guide compares every current UniFi switch — Flex, Lite, Standard, Ultra, Pro, Pro HD, Pro Max, Pro XG, Enterprise and Aggregation — with ports, PoE budget, uplinks and pricing, so you can pick the right one the first time.

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Every UniFi switch, compared

Prices and specifications current as of publication — see each product page for full technical detail. The USW-Flex-Utility (pole-mount adapter kit) is an accessory rather than a switch, so it isn't listed above.

Flex — compact and desktop switches

The Flex family is Ubiquiti's smallest and most portable switch line — desktop-sized units for spot expansion rather than a whole network. The Flex Mini is the cheapest way into UniFi switching (no PoE output, just 5 unmanaged-feeling ports run from the UniFi controller). The USW-Flex adds PoE output on 4 of its 5 ports (46W budget) — handy for powering a camera or AP from a spot that doesn't have PoE run to it, and the USW-Flex-3 is simply a 3-pack for kitting out several small sites at once. The 2.5GbE variants (Flex-2.5G-5, Flex-2.5G-8, Flex-2.5G-8-PoE) step up port speed for multi-gig WiFi 6E/7 access points, while the Flex-XG is a 5-port 10 Gigabit switch for NAS and workstation drops. The Flex-Utility is a pole-mount adapter kit accessory for outdoor Flex deployments, not a switch in its own right.

Lite — home and small office essentials

The USW-Lite-8-PoE and USW-Lite-16-PoE are Ubiquiti's budget managed PoE switches — Layer 2 only, no SFP uplinks, but enough PoE+ budget to run a small cluster of access points or cameras. This is the right tier for a home network or a single-room office that just needs reliable PoE without paying for Layer 3 routing features it'll never use.

Standard / Core — Gen2 fixed-configuration switches

The USW-16-PoE, USW-24, USW-24-PoE, USW-48 and USW-48-PoE are Ubiquiti's Layer 2 workhorses — straightforward Gigabit switching with SFP uplinks and, on the PoE models, a solid power budget for APs and cameras. Buy the non-PoE 24/48 if you're only connecting desktops and servers and already have PoE elsewhere; buy the PoE versions if this switch needs to power access points or cameras directly.

Ultra — compact PoE for AP and camera clusters

The USW-Ultra family packs 8 Gigabit ports and 2× 10G SFP+ uplinks into a compact, fanless form factor built specifically to sit near a cluster of access points or cameras and power them locally. The three variants — USW-Ultra, Ultra-60W and Ultra-210W — differ mainly in total PoE power budget, so pick based on how many and how power-hungry the devices you're feeding are (e.g. multiple WiFi 7 APs or PTZ cameras want the 210W model).

Pro — business-grade Layer 3

The Pro line (Pro-8-PoE, Pro-24, Pro-24-PoE, Pro-48, Pro-48-PoE) is the switch tier most UniFi networks are actually built on — Layer 3 routing between VLANs, 10G SFP+ uplinks, and a generous PoE budget on the PoE models. The USW-Pro-24-PoE specifically is the single most popular UniFi switch we sell: enough ports and PoE power for most homes and small-to-medium businesses, with room to grow into VLANs and inter-VLAN routing later.

Pro HD — 2.5GbE Etherlighting

The USW-Pro-HD-24 and USW-Pro-HD-24-PoE step the access layer up to 2.5GbE on most ports (with a handful of true 10GbE ports and 10G SFP+ uplinks) — a good fit if your access points and workstations are starting to outgrow plain Gigabit but you don't need the full Pro Max/Pro XG capacity.

Pro Max — next-generation Etherlighting

Pro Max (16/16-PoE, 24/24-PoE, 48/48-PoE) is Ubiquiti's current-generation access switch line — every port runs at 2.5GbE, with SFP+ uplinks and, on the PoE models, up to 400W of PoE++ budget. This is the tier to buy if you want a future-proof access layer that comfortably powers WiFi 6E/7 access points without hitting bandwidth or power ceilings for years.

Pro XG — 10G Etherlighting

The Pro XG family (8-PoE, 10-PoE, 24/24-PoE, 48/48-PoE) runs true 10 Gigabit to most ports plus 25G SFP28 uplinks on the larger models — built for multi-gig workstations, dense WiFi 7 access point deployments, or as a high-speed core for a mid-sized site.

Enterprise — 2.5GbE Layer 3 access

The Enterprise line (8-PoE, 24-PoE, 48-PoE) targets larger commercial deployments — 2.5GbE across the board with substantial PoE budgets (the 48-port model offers 720W) for sites running dozens of access points, cameras and phones off a single switch.

Aggregation, backbone and WAN failover

These aren't access switches — they're the backbone tier. USW-Aggregation (8× 10G SFP+), Pro Aggregation (4× 25G + 28× 10G) and Pro XG Aggregation (32× 25G) exist to link multiple access switches, servers and storage together at high speed. The EnterpriseXG-24 gives you 24 true 10GbE ports for an all-10G core. The USW-Mission-Critical adds redundant dual power supplies for sites where the network cannot go down. And USW-WAN / USW-WAN-RJ45 are purpose-built for linking two Dream Machines in Shadow Mode high-availability to a single ISP connection.

How to choose the right UniFi switch

• Home / single room: USW-Lite-8-PoE or USW-Flex-Mini if you don't need PoE at all.
• Small business, first UniFi switch: USW-Pro-24-PoE — the default recommendation for most sites.
• Powering a cluster of APs/cameras near the roof or a cupboard: USW-Ultra-210W.
• Future-proofing for WiFi 6E/7 access points: USW-Pro-Max-24-PoE or larger.
• Multi-gig workstations, editing suites, dense AP deployments: USW-Pro-XG-24-PoE.
• Larger commercial site, dozens of PoE devices: USW-Enterprise-48-PoE.
• Linking switches/servers at the core, or need redundancy: USW-Aggregation or USW-Mission-Critical.

Not sure which tier fits your site? See our UniFi routers & gateways guide for what pairs with each switch tier, or browse the full UniFi switch range.

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