Switches with a budget under 100 W suit two to four cameras, a pair of access points or a few phones. Most are fanless desktop units with 4 to 8 PoE ports. Watch the budget more than the port count: an 8-port model with a 60 W budget cannot run eight devices that each draw 15 W.
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- Omada ES206GP 6-Port PoE+#1 of 11Full review
A smart managed 6-port PoE switch with a 65 W budget at $56.99. Suits a small network that wants VLANs without a full managed switch.
Amazon $56.99$56.9965 W4 of 6Smart managed - MokerLink 4-Port 2.5G PoE Managed#2 of 11Full review
A smart managed 6-port PoE switch with a 78 W budget at $64.99. Suits a small network that wants VLANs without a full managed switch.
Amazon $64.99$64.9978 W4 of 6Smart managed - Netgear GS305EP 5-Port PoE+#3 of 11Full review
A smart managed 5-port PoE switch with a 63 W budget at $54.99. Suits a small network that wants VLANs without a full managed switch.
Amazon $74.99$74.9963 W4 of 5Smart managed - Zyxel XMG-105HP 2.5G PoE++#4 of 11Full review
A unmanaged 6-port PoE switch with a 70 W budget at $99.99. Suits a plug-and-play camera or access point setup.
Amazon $99.99$99.9970 W4 of 6Unmanaged - Zyxel GS1915-8EP 8-Port Smart PoE+#5 of 11Full review
A smart managed 8-port PoE switch with a 60 W budget at $149.99. Suits a small network that wants VLANs without a full managed switch.
Amazon $149.99$149.9960 W8 of 8Smart managed - Zyxel GS1008HP 8-Port PoE+#6 of 11Full review
A unmanaged 8-port PoE switch with a 60 W budget at $59.99. Suits a plug-and-play camera or access point setup.
Amazon $59.99$59.9960 W8 of 8Unmanaged - Netgear GS308PP 8-Port PoE+#7 of 11Full review
A unmanaged 8-port PoE switch with a 83 W budget at $84.99. Suits a plug-and-play camera or access point setup.
Amazon $69.99$69.9983 W8 of 8Unmanaged - TRENDnet TPE-TG83 8-Port PoE+#8 of 11Full review
A unmanaged 8-port PoE switch with a 65 W budget at $76.15. Suits a plug-and-play camera or access point setup.
Amazon $73.41$73.4165 W8 of 8Unmanaged - TP-Link LS108GP 8-Port PoE+#9 of 11Full review
A unmanaged 8-port PoE switch with a 62 W budget at $53.99. Suits a plug-and-play camera or access point setup.
Amazon $53.99$53.9962 W8 of 8Unmanaged - Netgear GS310TPv2 10-Port Smart PoE+#10 of 11Full review
A smart managed 10-port PoE switch with a 55 W budget at $109.99. Suits a small network that wants VLANs without a full managed switch.
Amazon $109.99$109.9955 W8 of 10Smart managed - Ubiquiti UniFi USW-Ultra-60W#11 of 11Full review
A fully managed 8-port PoE switch with a 52 W budget at $169.99. Suits a network that needs VLANs, QoS and central control.
Amazon $169.99$169.9952 W7 of 8Fully managed
