Cloud Key Gen 2

Definitely an upgrade from the Cloud Key Gen 1, worth the money.

I bought this to replace my gen 1 Cloud Key. It has a few key features that the gen 1 does not. The most important being that if it senses that power is out it will shut itself down. The GEN one cloud key has an issue that if it lost power it could corrupt the site info stored on it. The gen 2 also has mush better specs and internal storage so no need for the micro ad card.

I replaced my gen 1 cloud key with the gen 2 plus...this thing is awesome...with the NVR built in made this decision a no brainer...I might upgrade it to the 5tb hard drive in the near future...about a ago I started using ubiquiti product...I installed these products in our church...easy installation, easy adoption of switches and,access points....they work flawlessly..I also installed them in my home and my job....usg pro, 24 port poe switch and 7 access points...just awesome...back to the cloud key...the gen 2 plus is to nice to be hidden in a server room or closet.

Upgraded from the cloud key gen 1 and uvc-nvr. This device was the perfect replacement!

Upgraded from a USG with Cloud Key Gen 1. This is a massive upgrade. Built-in VPN (wireguard, openvpn, teleport), much higher performance than USG with cloud key, allows for cameras to be connected as well. Very happy with this purchase.

Four ports are POE and power cameras, WAPs and even the Cloud Key Gen 2. Price can't be beat. Integrates fully into the Ubiquiti managed network.

The Cloud Key (Gen 1) works the same. But the battery and memory card will save you more headaches from unplanned power outages and reloading that will be greater savings than the price difference.

The Gen 2 cloud key is much more stable than their first generation. If needing to manage 1 Ubiquiti WAP or 100, the cloud key allows a single point of configuration and makes upgrading WAPs very simple as well. Highly recommend. The Plus version also supports video cameras which is cool.

I bought this to replace a Gen 1 Cloud Key and to play around with the video recording functions that Unifi Protect offers. For my home build out this is perfect. Migrating from my old controller to this was straight forward, but required the online how to docs from Unifi. As always it's imperative to get your new devices up to the current firmware before connecting them to your network, and this has gotten much easier with their newer hardware. I'm curious to see how it will scale over time as I add new cameras.

Works great powers my Unifi g3flex and cloud key gen 2 plus without any issues. They don't even seem to be getting warm either major plus for me.