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Is there a cheap as in < $1000 router with 10GbE (for fiber or copper) ports?

https://mikrotik.com/product/ccr2004_1g_12s_2xs

You pay the SFP module tax on every port for that model, and also have a loud fan. You also probably can't put a copper SFP module in every cage without overheating.

https://mikrotik.com/product/rb5009upr_s_in

That will let you receive 10Gbps fiber, and maybe route 3Gbps or so. No fans. No SFP module tax. And PoE on every port.

Mikrotik is definitely missing a product that has maybe 1 SFP28 port, 1 SFP+ port, 4 10GBps ports and 5 2.5Gbps ports. That would let you take in 25Gbps fiber, have a 10Gbps fiber run to a switch someplace, and run 10Gbps ethernet as needed.

I need 10Gbps in, two 10Gbps out and another 1Gbit out if it doesn't have WiFi.

Mikrotik has plenty of switches with those specs, but they won't be able to route at line speed. If you can arrange your network to be primarily switched rather than routed (i.e. all the high speed hosts have their own static IP addresses, and the rest are behind a slower router), then you can do that.

Otherwise, you can get a powerful router with 2 SFP+ ports and link an SFP+ switch for the rest.

Routing performance is often lower than switching/bridging performance.

Mikrotik has some very affordable & capable routers under $1000 with SPF or SPF+. Depends on how many ports, but they'd start with RB5009UG+S+IN which has a suggested retail price of $219.

Thanks I will give Mikrotik a look.

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