The band most homelab and small-office equipment ends up in. 44 units in stock at 100-1500 W of maker-stated real power, covering a NAS plus a switch plus a machine or two. 24 of them are rackmount. 28 state pure sine.
Prices updated · 44 units in this band · maker-stated watts run 100-1500 W · from $189.99
28 in-stock listings · VA, watts, waveform and outlet counts are the maker’s claims, read from the listing · refreshed every few hours
| Unit | VA | Watts | Waveform | Form | Comms | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
APC BR1000MS APC UPS 1000VA/600W Pure Sine Wave UPS for Computer, Electronics, BR1000MS | 1000 VA | 600 W | pure sine | not stated | USB, LCD | $191.43 | Buy Now |
CyberPower PR1000LCDRT1U CyberPower PR1000LCDRT1U Smart App Sinewave UPS Battery Backup and Surge Prote | 1000 VA | 800 W | pure sine | Rackmount | SNMP, LCD | $530.76 | Buy Now |
APC SMT1500RM2U APC Smart-UPS RM SMT1500RM2U 1000W/1440VA 2U Rackmount LCD UPS System (Renewed | 1440 VA | 1000 W | pure sine | Rackmount | USB, LCD | $499.00 | Buy Now |
APC SMT1500RM2U APC MAIN-62525 Smart-UPS RM SMT1500RM2U 1000W/1440VA 2U Rackmount LCD UPS Syst | 1440 VA | 1000 W | pure sine | Rackmount | USB, LCD | $512.68 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1440VA Eaton Electrical - 5P1500RTG2 - Eaton 5P Gen2 5P1500RTG2 1440VA Rack/Tower UPS | 1440 VA | not stated | pure sine | Rackmount | not stated | $959.83 | Buy Now |
Eaton OMNIVS1500LCD Eaton Tripp Lite OMNIVS1500LCD 1500VA UPS 900W 8 Outlets 5ft Extension Cord | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | Tower | not stated | $198.18 | Buy Now |
APC BR1500MS2 APC UPS 1500VA/900W Pure Sine Wave UPS for Computer, Electronics, BR1500MS2 | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | not stated | LCD | $299.99 | Buy Now |
APC APC-1500VA APC 1500VA/900W Back-UPS Pro Pure Sinewave UPS for Gaming PC, Xbox Series X | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | not stated | USB | $306.99 | Buy Now |
Eaton SMART1500PSGLCD Eaton Tripp Lite SMART1500PSGLCD Pure Sine Wave 1500VA Gaming UPS 900W | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | not stated | LCD | $315.99 | Buy Now |
APC APC-1500VA APC 1500VA/900W Back-UPS Pro Pure Sinewave UPS for Gaming PC, Xbox Series X | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | not stated | USB | $316.99 | Buy Now |
APC SMC1500C APC 1500VA Smart Standing UPS Battery Backup with SmartConnect | Sinewave, AVR | 1500 VA | not stated | pure sine | not stated | USB | $399.00 | Buy Now |
APC SMC1500C APC Smart-UPS 1500VA/900W Line Interactive UPS with SmartConnect, SMC1500C | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | not stated | not stated | $569.99 | Buy Now |
APC SMC1500C APC 1500VA Smart UPS with SmartConnect, SMC1500C Sinewave UPS Battery Backup, | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | not stated | not stated | $600.00 | Buy Now |
Vertiv Vertiv-1500VA Vertiv Liebert PSI5-1500MT120 1500VA UPS 120V Battery Backup AVR Mini Tower | 1500 VA | 1350 W | pure sine | Tower | not stated | $605.58 | Buy Now |
APC SMC1500 APC Smart-UPS 1500VA/900W Rackmount UPS, Line Interactive, SMC1500-2UC | 1500 VA | 900 W | pure sine | Rackmount | not stated | $790.50 | Buy Now |
APC SMC1500 APC 1500VA Smart UPS with SmartConnect, Rack Mount UPS Battery Backup, Sinewav | 1500 VA | 100 W | pure sine | Rackmount | USB | $795.50 | Buy Now |
Eaton SMC15002URM Eaton Tripp Lite SMC15002URM 1500VA Pure Sine Wave 2U Rack Mount UPS 1000W | 1500 VA | 1000 W | pure sine | Rackmount | USB, LCD | $801.10 | Buy Now |
Vertiv Vertiv-1500VA Vertiv Liebert PSI5-1500RT120 1500VA Battery Backup UPS Pure Sine Wave AVR | 1500 VA | 1350 W | pure sine | Rackmount | LCD | $749.99 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA Eaton Tripp Lite SMART1500RMXL2U 1500VA UPS Extend Run Online Option 1440W | 1500 VA | 1440 W | pure sine | Rackmount | SNMP, LCD | $625.97 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA Eaton Tripp Lite SMART1500RM2U SmartPro 1500VA Pure Sine Wave UPS 1350W AVR | 1500 VA | 1350 W | pure sine | Rackmount | USB, SNMP, LCD | $859.95 | Buy Now |
APC SMX1500RM2UNC APC Network UPS, 1500VA Smart-UPS Sine Wave UPS with Extended Run Option, SMX1 | 1500 VA | 1200 W | pure sine | Rackmount | SNMP | $993.00 | Buy Now |
APC SMX1500RM2UC APC Network UPS, 1500VA Smart-UPS Sine Wave UPS with Extended Run Option, SMX1 | 1500 VA | 1200 W | pure sine | Rackmount | not stated | $637.22 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA Eaton Tripp Lite SMART1500RM2UN SmartPro 1500VA UPS Network Card 1350W AVR | 1500 VA | 1350 W | pure sine | Rackmount | SNMP, LCD | $1329.95 | Buy Now |
CyberPower PR1500RTXL2UN CyberPower PR1500RTXL2UN Smart App Sinewave UPS System, 1500VA/1500W, 8 Outlet | 1500 VA | 1500 W | pure sine | Rackmount | SNMP, LCD | $1350.00 | Buy Now |
CyberPower CyberPower-1500VA CyberPower OL1500RTXL2U Smart App Online UPS System, 1500VA/1350W, 8 Outlets, | 1500 VA | 1350 W | pure sine | Rackmount | LCD | $1395.95 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA Eaton Tripp Lite SU1500RTXLCDN 1500VA Online Double-Conversion UPS 1350W | 1500 VA | 1350 W | pure sine | Tower | USB, Serial, LCD | $1499.95 | Buy Now |
APC SMT1500RM2UCNC APC 1500VA Smart UPS with SmartConnect and Network Card, SMT1500RM2UCNC, Rackm | 1500 VA | 1000 W | pure sine | Rackmount | SNMP | $1099.99 | Buy Now |
Vertiv Vertiv-1500VA Vertiv Liebert PSI5-1500RT120LIN Lithium-Ion UPS 1500VA AVR 2U w/ RDU120 | 1500 VA | 1350 W | pure sine | Rackmount | SNMP | $1794.99 | Buy Now |
16 in-stock listings · unknown is not the same as safe - check the maker's datasheet · VA, watts, waveform and outlet counts are the maker’s claims, read from the listing · refreshed every few hours
| Unit | VA | Watts | Waveform | Form | Comms | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eaton 5P1500R Eaton 5P 1500 RACKMOUNT - UPS - 1100 Watt - 1440 VA (5P1500R) - | 1440 VA | 1100 W | not stated | Rackmount | not stated | $1182.07 | Buy Now |
APC APC-1500VA APC UPS 1500VA/900W Battery Backup for PCs, Office Electronics, BX1500M | 1500 VA | 900 W | not stated | not stated | not stated | $189.99 | Buy Now |
Eaton OMNI1500LCDT Eaton Tripp Lite OMNI1500LCDT 1500VA UPS 810W 10 Outlets 650 Joules AVR LCD | 1500 VA | 810 W | not stated | Tower | LCD | $239.67 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA Eaton Tripp Lite ECO1500LCD 1500VA UPS 900W Battery Backup Surge Protector | 1500 VA | 900 W | not stated | not stated | USB | $254.13 | Buy Now |
Eaton SMART1500LCD Eaton Tripp Lite SMART1500LCD 1500VA 2U Rack Mount UPS 900W Battery Backup | 1500 VA | 900 W | not stated | Rackmount | LCD | $290.00 | Buy Now |
Eaton SMART1500LCDT Eaton Tripp Lite SMART1500LCDT 1500VA UPS 900W 10 Outlets 650 Joules AVR | 1500 VA | 900 W | not stated | Tower | LCD | $311.05 | Buy Now |
Eaton SMX1500LCDT Eaton Tripp Lite SMX1500LCDT 230V 1500VA UPS 900W 8 Outlets AVR LCD | 1500 VA | 900 W | not stated | not stated | LCD | $249.99 | Buy Now |
Eaton SMART1500LCDTXC Eaton Tripp Lite SMART1500LCDTXC 1500VA UPS Extended Run 1000W 10 Outlets | 1500 VA | 1000 W | not stated | not stated | LCD | $590.83 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA Eaton 5P rackmount Compact 1500VA UPS | 1500 VA | 1100 W | not stated | Rackmount | USB, Serial | $949.95 | Buy Now |
Tripp Lite Tripp Lite-1500VA Tripp Lite SUINT1500LCD2U 1500VA 1350W Ups Smart Online Intl LCD Rackmount 208 | 1500 VA | 1350 W | not stated | Rackmount | USB, LCD | $1184.40 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA Eaton Tripp Lite SUINT1500LCD2U 230V 1500VA Double-Conversion UPS 1350W | 1500 VA | 1350 W | not stated | Rackmount | LCD | $1215.66 | Buy Now |
Vertiv Vertiv-1500VA Vertiv Liebert PSI5-1500RM1201UN 1500VA UPS Battery Backup AVR 1U w/ RDU120 | 1500 VA | 1350 W | not stated | Rackmount | not stated | $1297.24 | Buy Now |
Eaton Eaton-1500VA EATON 5PX G2 1500VA 1500W 208V LINE-Interactive UPS - 8 C13 OUTLETS, CYBERSECU | 1500 VA | 1500 W | not stated | not stated | not stated | $1342.27 | Buy Now |
Vertiv Vertiv-1500VA Vertiv - GXT5-1500IRT2UXL - Vertiv Liebert GXT5 UPS - 1500VA/1500W 230V | Onli | 1500 VA | 1500 W | not stated | Rackmount | LCD | $1555.99 | Buy Now |
Vertiv Vertiv-1500VA Vertiv Liebert GXT5 Lithium-Ion Online UPS 1500VA/1350W 120V Tower/Rack UPS (G | 1500 VA | 1350 W | not stated | Tower | not stated | $2456.05 | Buy Now |
Vertiv Vertiv-1500VA Vertiv Liebert GXT5 Lithium-Ion N Online UPS 1500VA/1350W 120V Tower/Rack UPS | 1500 VA | 1350 W | not stated | Tower | not stated | $2699.99 | Buy Now |
Of the 44 in-stock units we track, 28 state an output waveform - 64%. Of those, 28 say pure sine and 0 say simulated. The remaining 16 say nothing at all.
The asymmetry is the finding. Pure sine is a selling point and gets printed; a stepped approximation is not and does not. So a silent listing is more likely to be the cheaper waveform than the better one, and we still do not claim to know which - we count it as unknown and tell you to check the datasheet.
1000 to 1500VA is where the market is thickest and it is not an accident. It is the smallest size that comfortably carries the realistic homelab load - a NAS, the switch, a small server or a mini PC, and the router - with enough left over that drive spin-up at power-on does not trip it.
Across the units we hold in this band the maker-stated real power runs 100-1500 W. That spread is worth staring at, because every one of these units is sold under a four-digit VA number that suggests they are interchangeable. They are not: two units with identical VA ratings routinely state materially different watts, and watts is the number your equipment actually consumes.
It is also the band where the two form factors genuinely overlap. A tower unit here will carry the same load as a rackmount one at a lower price, and the rackmount premium is buying you the mounting, not the capacity. If the equipment sits on a shelf, take the tower and the discount.
The load figures are yours to supply. Every device publishes its own power consumption in its own specifications; we do not publish a table of what a four-bay NAS draws, because we have not sourced one per machine and a plausible-looking number is not a source.
At this size you are usually protecting more than one machine, and the question of how the machines that do not hold the USB cable find out about the outage becomes real.
The vendors all solve it the same way under different names. One machine takes the USB cable and relays the state over the network - Synology calls it Network UPS Server, QNAP calls it network UPS master and slave, TrueNAS calls it master and slave. All three sit on Network UPS Tools underneath, which is why mixed environments generally work even though nobody guarantees a specific pairing.
The alternative is SNMP, where the UPS carries a management card and every machine queries it directly. That is more common a band up, but it exists here and it removes the failure mode where the machine holding the cable is also the machine that went down. QNAP's documentation lists USB, SNMP and network slave as three first-class options, so none of this requires unsupported configuration.
Whichever route you take, the comms column in the table above is doing more work than the runtime claims. A large battery with no data connection is a delay, not a protection.
Synology publish the method and we use theirs rather than inventing one: total the real wattage of everything you intend to plug in, then divide by the UPS's output power factor, and the result is the output power the unit needs to be rated for.
Their worked example takes a 650 W load against a 70% output power factor and lands on 928.5 W. That number is instructive precisely because it is awkward: a unit sold as 1000VA but rated at 600 W does not carry that load, despite sitting in this band and carrying the reassuring four-digit label.
Their accompanying caveat is the one to remember when comparing two units in the table above: different manufacturers use different VA ratings based on the performance of their unit, so the watt figure has to come from the manufacturer's own manual rather than being inferred from VA. Where a listing states one, it is in the table; where it does not, the cell says so.
Sellers lead with VA because it is the bigger number. VA is apparent power; watts is real power, and watts is what decides whether your load fits. The ratio between them is the unit’s power factor and it is not a constant - Synology’s own guidance is that “Different manufacturers have different volt-ampere (VA) ratings based on the performance of their UPS. To determine the total power (W) that the UPS can support, we recommend consulting the manufacturer’s product manual.”
Their published method, which is the one these pages use rather than one of our own:
Synology’s worked example takes a 650 W load and a UPS with a 70% output power factor and arrives at 928.5 W - so a “1000VA” unit rated at 600 W would not have carried it, despite the reassuring four-digit number on the box. Add your own devices’ figures from their spec sheets; we publish no wattage on your behalf.
The UPS hub carries the waveform rule, the sizing method and the battery economics · 600-900VA · 1500VA and up · For a NAS · For a rack · tower vs rackmount (7 tower and 24 rackmount units sit in this band).
This page exists because the catalogue holds at least 4 units in the band. Bands below that floor are not published rather than published thin.
Usually, but check it rather than assuming. Units in this band state 100-1500 W of real power. Total your devices' own wattage figures from their spec sheets, divide by the UPS's output power factor, and compare that against the watt rating in the table - not against the VA number on the box.
Both exist here - 24 of the 44 units we track in this band are rackmount. If the equipment sits on a shelf, the tower is the same capacity for less money and the rackmount premium buys you mounting you do not need. If it goes in a rack, check the depth rather than the U count before ordering.
Because it is the specification that decides whether the unit works with your hardware. An active power factor correction power supply - most servers, desktops and NAS units - can shut down unexpectedly when fed a stepped approximation of a sine wave, which CyberPower's own documentation names as the failure sine wave output exists to prevent. A listing that does not state its waveform is marked not stated rather than assumed safe.
Specification claims on this page were checked against the pages below on 4 August 2026. Where a widely-repeated figure did not survive that check, we report what the source says now and say so in the text rather than repeating the familiar number.