TP-Link Festa FS328G 28-Port Gigabit Smart Managed Switch, 4 SFP

The Festa FS328G is a 28-port rackmount switch built for small and mid-size offices that want managed features without a full controller setup. You get 24 Gigabit copper ports for workstations, printers, and access points, plus 4 SFP slots for fiber uplinks to another building or a core switch. The 56 Gbps switching fabric is non-blocking, so every port runs at full Gigabit at the same time. Management runs through the Festa Cloud, which is free and reachable from the app or a browser. You get VLANs, access control lists, IGMP snooping, loopback detection, and static routing, which is more than most 24-port switches in this price range offer. The catch is the ecosystem: Festa gear will not join an Omada controller, and there is no standalone mode, so the cloud account is part of the deal. There is also no PoE here, so cameras and wireless APs need their own power source. 99 the math is hard to argue with. 57 per port for a managed, rackmountable Gigabit switch with four fiber uplinks.