Microsoft MCP Gateway alternatives

Reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers on Kubernetes, providing session-aware stateful routing and lifecycle management. Full Microsoft MCP Gateway record →

  1. 1 Kong AI Gateway MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 44k released 2026-10-19 Apache-2.0 (Kong Gateway OSS); enterprise… Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

  2. 2 IBM ContextForge MCP Gateway MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 4.7k released 2026-10-29 Apache-2.0 Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

  3. 3 Obot MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 1.1k released 2026-10-29 MIT Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

  4. 4 Official MCP Registry MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ? ★ 7.4k released 2026-10-29 Apache-2.0 (transitioning from MIT) Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

  5. 5 Docker MCP Catalog, Toolkit & Gateway MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also has MCP

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 1.6k released 2026-10-26 proprietary; mcp-gateway MIT Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

  6. 6 Lunar.dev MCPX MCP gateways & registries ⚠ acquired — acquired by Boomi

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also open source · also self-hostable · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ? MCP ✓ ★ 506 released 2026-10-29 MIT (open-source gateway); enterprise… Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

  7. 7 Cloudflare MCP server portals MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries · also has MCP

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ✓ proprietary Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

  8. 8 Glama MCP MCP gateways & registries

    also in MCP gateways & registries

    OSS — Self-host ? Managed ? MCP ? proprietary Compare with Microsoft MCP Gateway →

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