MCP Gateway
Route, authenticate, and monitor all your MCP servers from a single control plane.
Why Do You Need an MCP Gateway?
86% of MCP servers never leave localhost. STDIO transport, hardcoded credentials, and no observability make production deployment painful.
Without a Gateway
- ✗STDIO transport — agents and servers must run on the same machine
- ✗Each server manages its own auth — credentials scattered across configs
- ✗No request routing — agents hard-coded to specific server instances
- ✗Zero visibility into which tools agents are actually using
- ✗Manual scaling — your servers or nothing
With AINative MCP Gateway
- ✓HTTP/SSE transport — agents connect from anywhere over the internet
- ✓Centralised OAuth — one auth layer for all servers
- ✓Intelligent routing — capability-based, latency-aware, with failover
- ✓Full observability — per-tool usage, latency, and error rates
- ✓Auto-scaling built in — zero ops overhead
How It Works
Connect
Register your MCP servers with the gateway. Works with any MCP-compliant server — self-hosted or AINative-managed.
Route
Configure routing rules: capability-based, round-robin, or weighted. Set health checks and failover policies.
Monitor
Watch every request in real time. Per-agent, per-server dashboards with alerting and budget controls.
Everything Your MCP Infrastructure Needs
Built for production from day one.
Managed OAuth
One OAuth flow to rule them all. The gateway handles token issuance, refresh, and revocation for every connected MCP server.
Auto-scaling
Traffic spikes handled automatically. Scale from zero to thousands of requests per second without touching infrastructure.
Request Routing
Route agent requests to the right MCP server based on capability, latency, or custom rules. Weighted routing and failover built in.
Health Monitoring
Continuous health checks on all connected servers. Automatic failover to healthy replicas when issues are detected.
Usage Analytics
Per-server and per-agent usage metrics. Know exactly which tools your agents are calling and how often.
Credit-based Billing
Pay only for what you use. Granular per-request billing with budget controls and overage alerts.
Simple, Usage-based Pricing
Start free. Pay only for the requests you route. No seat fees, no monthly minimums.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an MCP gateway?
An MCP gateway is a managed control plane that sits between AI agents and their MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. It handles authentication, request routing, load balancing, health monitoring, and usage analytics — so developers don't have to wire these concerns into every individual server.
How does MCP gateway authentication work?
AINative MCP Gateway provides managed OAuth 2.0 flows for each connected MCP server. Agents authenticate once at the gateway level using API keys or OAuth tokens. The gateway forwards requests with the correct credentials, so individual servers never need to handle per-agent auth logic.
MCP gateway vs self-hosted: which should I choose?
Self-hosted MCP servers work well for local development but break down in production: no centralised auth, manual scaling, no observability, and STDIO transport that never leaves localhost. AINative MCP Gateway gives you HTTP/SSE transport, managed OAuth, auto-scaling, and a unified dashboard — without managing infrastructure.
How do I deploy an MCP gateway?
Connect your MCP servers to AINative in three steps: (1) Register each server via the dashboard or API, (2) Configure routing rules and authentication, (3) Point your AI agents at the gateway endpoint. No Kubernetes knowledge required — AINative handles orchestration, TLS, and scaling.