Should you buy a UniFi Cloud Gateway — or keep hosting your own controller? Here’s the thing: the Cloud Gateway isn’t the “dumbed down” option anymore. It’s the default now — and the controller-on-a-server build is the one that needs justification.

I break down how the two setups actually differ.

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