ORA Data Study

Switches: What 1,164 Owner Reviews Reveal

Key findings

  • The average ORA Consensus Score across 25 Switches products is 7.7/10, ranging from 4.5 to 9.7.
  • 51 of 1,164 reviews (4%) were flagged as suspected bot or incentivized entries and excluded from scoring.
  • Owners rate Value for Money highest (8.4/10 average) and Reliability & Endurance lowest (7.4/10) — the most common weakness in this category.
  • The top-scoring product is the Ubiquiti Networks USW-Ultra-60W (60W PoE+ Switch) at 9.7/10.
  • Products in this study span $25–$605.
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The evidence behind this study

1,164reviews analyzed
51bot reviews removed
81off-topic removed
1,007synthesized

The Switches scoreboard

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#ProductORA ScoreReviews synthesizedPrice
1 Ubiquiti Networks USW-Ultra-60W (60W PoE+ Switch) 9.7 24 —
2 TP-Link Omada ES210X-M2 (8 Port 2.5G Switch) 9.4 30 —
3 TP-Link Omada 5 Port 2.5G Switch (ES206X-M2) 9.1 25 —
4 MikroTik CSS318-16G-2S+in (16-Port Gigabit, 2 SFP+) 8.8 10 —
5 Ubiquiti Compact 5-Port Gigabit Switch 8.7 11 —
6 TP-Link Omada ES208G (8 Port Gigabit Switch) 8.7 12 —
7 MikroTik CRS304-4XG-IN (4x 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch) 8.5 47 —
8 Ubiquiti USW-Flex-2.5G-5 (5-Port 2.5GbE) 8.4 88 —
9 MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S+in (10G SFP+ Switch) 8.2 97 —
10 MikroTik CRS328-24P-4S+RM (24-Port Gigabit PoE Switch) 8.0 32 —
11 Ubiquiti US-8-60W UniFi (8-Port Gigabit PoE Switch) 7.8 36 —
12 TP-Link SG2210XMP-M2 Omada Smart Switch (8-Port 2.5G) 7.8 12 —
13 Ubiquiti Networks USW-24-POE (Gigabit Layer 2 Ethernet Switch) 7.7 25 —
14 MikroTik CSS610-8G-2S+in (Cloud Smart Switch) 7.7 31 —
15 Mikrotik CSS326-24G-2S+RM (24-Port Gigabit Switch) 7.7 92 —
16 Ubiquiti UniFi Switch (USW-Lite-16-PoE) 7.6 69 —
17 MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+in (8-Port 10G SFP+ Switch) 7.5 105 —
18 MikroTik CRS326-24S+2Q+RM (24x 10GbE SFP+ / 2x 40GbE QSFP+) 7.5 16 —
19 MikroTik CRS312-4C+8XG-RM (10G Ethernet Switch) 7.3 31 —
20 Mikrotik CRS326-24G-2S+RM (24-Port Gigabit Switch) 6.7 40 —
21 Mikrotik CRS310-8G+2S+IN (2.5G Ethernet Switch) 6.5 58 —
22 TP-Link Omada SG2218 (16-Port Gigabit Switch) 6.4 45 —
23 TP-Link Omada SG3428 (24-Port Gigabit) 6.4 44 —
24 TP-Link Omada 5 Port Gigabit Easy Managed PoE Switch 5.5 14 —
25 MikroTik CRS112-8P-4S-IN (8-Port Gigabit PoE Switch) 4.5 13 —

Where the category shines — and struggles

Average owner-derived score per dimension, across every product in this study scored on that dimension.

Value for Money
8.4
Reliability & Endurance
7.4
Stability
7.7
Ease of Assembly
7.4
Connectivity & Ports
7.5
What this means for buyers: across 25 products, Reliability & Endurance is where Switches owners report the most disappointment — weigh it heavily before you buy.
How ORA built this: every number on this page is computed from the verified owner reviews behind our individual Switches reports. We remove suspected bot or incentivized entries and off-topic complaints, score each product on the dimensions owners actually talk about, then aggregate. Read our full methodology →

Citing this data

Journalists, publishers, and researchers are welcome to cite these findings with attribution to ORA Metrics and a link to this page. The underlying evidence counts are shown on every individual report.