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Ubiquiti has added a third model to its managed power line-up, the UniFi UPS 2U Pro, a rack-mount unit built around a 720Wh battery with per-outlet switching and pure sine wave output. It sits above the UPS Tower and UPS 2U that arrived from late 2025, and it is the first of the uninterruptible power supplies in the range aimed squarely at larger installs.
As reported by HostiFi, the UPS 2U Pro is currently listed in the United States only, at a retail price of US$679. HostiFi reports that the earlier Tower and 2U models later picked up separate EU and UK SKUs, so a similar pattern for regional variants would not be surprising, though Ubiquiti has not announced anything for Australia.
For anyone who has deployed the existing UniFi UPS models behind a gateway or a stack of switches, the headline change is not just capacity. It is control.
The battery is the obvious jump: 720Wh, which HostiFi reports is more than three times the capacity of the pack in the standard UPS 2U. Ubiquiti states a 22 minute runtime at half load, with half load being 960W and maximum output rated at 1920W.
The other significant additions are functional rather than raw numbers:
The 2U Pro is 630mm deep. That is a number worth measuring against before ordering anything, because plenty of the shallow wall-mount and comms-cupboard data racks and cabinets used in Australian residential and small office work simply will not take a chassis that long once you allow for cable bends and rear clearance.
Weight is the second consideration. A 720Wh lead acid pack in a 2U chassis is not something to hang off two front rails and hope for the best, so mid-mount rails or a shelf and proper rear support should be part of the plan.
The appeal of the UniFi UPS models has always been that the power layer reports into the same interface as everything else. Runtime, load and battery condition appear alongside the rest of the UniFi ecosystem, with notifications and graceful shutdown of supported devices handled without a separate agent or vendor utility.
Per-outlet control changes what you can do with that. Being able to reboot a single leg remotely, or shed a non-critical outlet to preserve runtime for a gateway, a core switch and a Protect recorder, is the kind of capability that previously meant adding a separate switched PDU.
This is the first UniFi UPS we would consider genuinely useful in a comms rack that is doing real work, and per-outlet switching is the reason. Remote power cycling of one device without dropping the whole rack has been the missing piece in every UniFi UPS to date, and it is worth more day to day than the extra watt-hours.
Pure sine wave output is the other change we would not skip past. If a site has anything with an active PFC power supply on it, a stepped waveform is a compromise you accept rather than choose, and removing that compromise makes the 2U Pro a defensible specification for a rack full of gateways, switches, recorders and storage.
The lead acid chemistry is the part we would flag honestly. It is cheaper up front, but it is heavy, it recharges slowly and it degrades with age, which means a replacement cost somewhere down the track that needs to be in the conversation with the client at handover rather than discovered later. Integrators who have moved to LFP elsewhere in their kit will notice the difference.
On availability, there is nothing to report for Australia. Ubiquiti has released the 2U Pro in the United States at US$679 and has not published Australian pricing, a local SKU or a date, so we would not build it into a quote yet. Anyone specifying a rack in the next few weeks should plan around what can actually be delivered here, and keep the 630mm depth in mind for when it does land.
Originally reported by HostiFi.
The UniFi UPS 2U Pro uses a 720Wh battery, which Ubiquiti rates for 22 minutes of runtime at half load. Half load is defined as 960W, and maximum output is rated at 1920W. The battery is sealed lead acid, the same chemistry used in the UPS Tower and UPS 2U.
Yes. Each outlet on the UniFi UPS 2U Pro can be switched independently, either from the unit's 3.7-inch front touchscreen or from the UniFi dashboard. Each outlet also reports its own power monitoring statistics, so consumption can be attributed to a specific device rather than the unit as a whole.
The UniFi UPS 2U Pro is 630mm deep, which is longer than many shallow wall-mount and comms-cupboard cabinets can accommodate once rear cable clearance is allowed for. Anyone planning an install should measure the available depth before committing. Its weight also makes mid-mount rails or a supported shelf the sensible approach.
Ubiquiti has released the UniFi UPS 2U Pro in the United States only, and has not announced an Australian SKU, price or release date. Earlier UniFi UPS models eventually gained separate regional variants, but nothing has been confirmed for Australia at this stage.
The UniFi UPS 2U Pro retails for US$679 in the United States. Ubiquiti has not published pricing for Australia or any other region, so local cost cannot be confirmed. Australian pricing for Ubiquiti hardware also depends on regional SKUs, freight and exchange rates at the time of release.
The UniFi UPS 2U Pro has a significantly larger 720Wh battery, individually switchable outlets with per-outlet power monitoring, a 3.7-inch touchscreen and pure sine wave output on battery. The standard UPS 2U has a smaller battery and switches all outlets together rather than individually. The 2U Pro is also a larger chassis at 630mm deep.
Pure sine wave output delivers a waveform closer to mains power when a UPS is running on battery, which suits equipment with active power factor correction supplies. Simulated or stepped waveforms can cause extra heat or unreliable behaviour in sensitive gear. The UniFi UPS 2U Pro provides pure sine wave output, unlike the earlier UniFi UPS models.
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