Gate Hub is the one I would choose when a normal door controller would be forcing the wrong job onto the hardware.
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The Gate Hub is an outdoor-rated UniFi Access controller designed for electric gates, sliding doors, and magnetic strike locks that are exposed to weather. It takes the same role as a Door Hub but adds the weatherproofing and electrical specifications required for gate hardware.
It powers connected readers and handles lock relay output, all over PoE from the network.
Standard Door Hubs are not rated for outdoor mounting. A Gate Hub is built for direct outdoor exposure. If your gate controller needs to live in a weathered enclosure rather than inside a building, this is the purpose-built answer.
Third-party outdoor access controllers often require proprietary software. The Gate Hub integrates fully with UniFi Access, which means gate events appear alongside door events in the same interface and the same credential system covers both.
Relay response to a credential read is nearly instantaneous. Gate hardware timing, including how long the relay holds open for a slow gate motor, is configurable in UniFi Access. That configurability matters because gate motors vary widely in how much time they need.
IP55 outdoor rated and designed for the power cycling that gate motors introduce when they pull from the same circuit. The hardware has held up well in real outdoor installations.
Gate hardware failures, like a gate motor drawing too much current when it stalls, can affect connected devices. Proper electrical separation between the gate motor power and the Gate Hub PoE power is important.
Mount the Gate Hub near the gate mechanism, run PoE from the nearest switch, connect the relay output to the gate's access input, and adopt in UniFi Access. The relay wiring step depends on the specific gate controller hardware and requires understanding the gate's own wiring diagram.
Gate access control from third-party systems often runs hundreds of dollars for the controller alone, without network integration. The Gate Hub at its price point is a reasonable cost for what you get, especially if UniFi Access is already in the mix.
For a residential single gate, this plus a reader like the Reader Flex and a single credential type is a complete solution. The complexity scales up for multi-gate commercial properties but the per-gate hardware cost remains consistent.
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