A fully managed 52-port PoE switch with a 230 W budget at $429.99. Suits a network that needs VLANs, QoS and central control.
Amazon $429.99
A unmanaged 28-port PoE switch with a 400 W budget at $159.89. Suits a plug-and-play camera or access point setup.
- 400 WPoE budget
- 24 of 28PoE ports
- GbESpeed
- UnmanagedManagement
Price checked November 9, 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
- Costs about $0.40 per PoE watt, cheaper than most here
- A 400 W budget powers a large camera or access point deployment
- Plug and play with nothing to configure
- Fits a 19 inch rack
- Budget works out to 16.7 W per PoE port, so not every port can run at 30 W at once
- No VLANs or monitoring to configure
- Has a fan, so it adds noise
How it scores
The rating comes from 6 measured or published factors, each scored 0-100 against fixed reference points for its PoE budget. How we rank explains each one.
Specifications
| Model number | 28 Gigabit PoE + SFP Unmanaged |
|---|---|
| Power over Ethernet | |
| Total PoE budget | 400 W |
| PoE ports | 24 of 28 |
| PoE standard | 802.3af/at (PoE+) |
| Max per port | 30 W |
| PoE auto recovery | Yes |
| Ports & performance | |
| Total ports | 28 |
| PoE port speed | GbE |
| SFP uplinks | 2 x 1G SFP |
| Switching capacity | 56 Gbps |
| Management | |
| Management level | Unmanaged |
| Build | |
| Fanless | No |
| Rack-mountable | Yes |
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