UniFi Protect cameras: resolution, sensor size, IR range, and smart-detection features compared across indoor, outdoor, and PTZ models.
Ten UniFi Protect G6 cameras fall into three groups. The core — G6 Instant ($179, indoor Wi-Fi), G6 Bullet and G6 Turret ($199) — shares a 1/1.8" 8MP 4K sensor, and the G6 Dome ($279) puts that sensor behind an IK10 vandal dome. The G6 Pro Bullet and Pro Turret ($479) and Pro Dome ($499) step up to a 1/1.2" sensor with 2.36× optical zoom and 40 m IR on PoE+. For coverage rather than detail, the G6 180 ($299) stitches two sensors into a 16MP 180° strip, the G6 Pro 360 ($499) is a 12MP ceiling fisheye, and the G6 PTZ ($399) is the only motorized camera, with 10× hybrid zoom and auto-tracking.
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The plug-and-play way into 4K UniFi Protect — Wi-Fi and USB-C power mean no Ethernet run, but the IPX5 rating keeps it indoors and the 6 m IR limits it to small rooms.
The default outdoor G6 — a weatherproof IP66 bullet with 30 m IR reach and a light 9.9 W draw, at the same $199 as the Turret.
The same 4K image as the Bullet in a lower-profile turret that aims more easily and is rated colder (-30 °C) — the better pick under eaves or in harsh climates, at the same $199.
The only moving camera in the G6 line — dual lenses, 10× hybrid zoom, and 350° / 100° auto-tracking cover a whole forecourt from one mount, but at $399 and 24.5 W PoE+ it is twice the Turret.
The G6 Bullet and Turret's 4K sensor behind an IK10 vandal-rated dome. The $80 premium buys impact resistance and nothing else — same 30 m IR, same plain PoE, and the lowest draw of the wired line at 9.25 W.
Two 8MP sensors stitched into one 16MP, 180° strip — a whole frontage or car park from a single wall mount, for $299. The trade is frame rate (20 fps), IR reach (20 m), and a PoE+ port.
One ceiling-mounted fisheye that sees the whole room: a 12MP, 3504 × 3504 square image with digital pan-tilt-zoom, IK10 housing, and -30 °C rating. It lists no face or licence-plate recognition and its IR stops at 15 m — an overview camera, not an identification one.
The G6 Bullet with a bigger sensor and a real zoom lens: 1/1.2" against 1/1.8", 2.36× optical zoom, 40 m IR (60 m with the Vision Enhancer), two-way audio, and microSD — for $280 more and a PoE+ port.
The Pro Bullet's 1/1.2" sensor and 2.36× optical zoom in an eyeball housing rated to -30 °C, at the same $479. It gives up the Bullet's 60 m Vision Enhancer option and weighs 1.2 kg.
The Pro optics — 1/1.2" sensor, 2.36× optical zoom, 40 m IR — inside an IK10 vandal dome, for $20 more than the Pro Turret. The spec sheet lists a microphone only, so two-way audio stays with the Turret and Bullet.
