https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notesDated notes on MCP gateways from The Datasheet desk.en https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/why-this-guide-weighs-identity-over-routinghttps://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/why-this-guide-weighs-identity-over-routingTue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThis guide puts 60 percent of the score on per-call authorization, credential brokering and human approval. Those decide whether an agent can do harm. Routing, caching and rate limits matter too, but many gateways already do them well. A gateway can rank low here and still be a strong traffic gateway. https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/what-the-2026-07-28-spec-means-for-gateway-buyershttps://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/what-the-2026-07-28-spec-means-for-gateway-buyersTue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe 2026-07-28 MCP release changes three things for gateway buyers. A stateless core makes gateways easier to scale. New headers let gateways route without reading bodies. Authorization gets stricter, with issuer checks and CIMD replacing Dynamic Client Registration. Ask every vendor which of these they already support. https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/gateway-or-authorization-serverhttps://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/gateway-or-authorization-serverTue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTYou usually need both. An authorization server decides who gets a token and with which scopes. A gateway sits in front of tools and enforces policy on every call. Some products bundle the two, some do one. Descope, for example, is an authorization server that plugs into any enforcement point. https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/okta-agent-gateway-and-identity-providershttps://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/okta-agent-gateway-and-identity-providersTue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTOkta for AI Agents reached general availability on 29 April 2026. Agent SSO, built on Cross App Access, reached GA on 24 August 2026. Okta's Agent Gateway is listed as coming after that GA, and we found no GA date. Until it ships, we list Okta unscored. https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/consolidation-in-mcp-gateways-2026https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/consolidation-in-mcp-gateways-2026Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTMCP gateways are being folded into larger platforms. Palo Alto Networks completed its CyberArk acquisition and launched Idira. Snowflake agreed to acquire Natoma. NewCore emerged with $66M of funding. For buyers, this raises questions about roadmaps, licensing and lock-in that are worth asking before you sign. https://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/open-source-mcp-gateways-comparedhttps://mcpgatewaycompare.com/notes/open-source-mcp-gateways-comparedTue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTSix of the gateways we scored are open source: Obot, IBM ContextForge, agentgateway, Microsoft MCP Gateway, Docker MCP Gateway and Lasso. All are free to self-host. Most are strong on routing and registry but describe no human approval, and few tie each call to the person an agent acts for.