--- title: "Cloudflare AI Gateway: rubric and evidence | Agent MCP Directory" description: "Cloudflare AI Gateway: A proxy in front of model providers with free caching, rate limiting and analytics, optional Unified Billing." canonical: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/cloudflare-ai-gateway site: "Agent MCP Directory" last_updated: 2026-11-04 section: "Hosts and registries" --- # Cloudflare AI Gateway: rubric and evidence | Agent MCP Directory > Cloudflare AI Gateway: A proxy in front of model providers with free caching, rate limiting and analytics, optional Unified Billing. Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/cloudflare-ai-gateway Site: Agent MCP Directory Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 # Cloudflare AI Gateway Cloudflare AI Gateway (Cloudflare): A proxy in front of model providers with free caching, rate limiting and analytics, optional Unified Billing, and from 3 Nov 2026 required authentication on new gateways. Protocols fronted: model APIs; MCP goes through portals. Price read 4 November 2026: Core free. ## Fact sheet | Product | Cloudflare AI Gateway | | --- | --- | | Operator | Cloudflare | | Kind | AI gateway | | Home | developers.cloudflare.com | | Pricing | Core free; Unified Billing 5 percent on credits; logs per Workers Logs pricing for new gateways (read 2026-11-04). (source, read 4 November 2026) | | In this directory | Cloudflare: has an open MCP server with tools listed | | Vendor profile | Cloudflare | ## Rubric | Dimension | Value | Evidence | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Protocols fronted | model APIs; MCP goes through portals | MCP traffic is fronted by MCP server portals, a separate product. | developers.cloudflare.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Auth passthrough | BYOK or Unified Billing | Provider keys or Cloudflare credits. | developers.cloudflare.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Caching | yes, free | Core feature. | developers.cloudflare.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Pricing | free core, 5 percent on credits | Dated 2026-11-04. | developers.cloudflare.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Observability | analytics and logs | Workers Logs for new gateways. | developers.cloudflare.com, read 2026-11-04 | ## What it does not do - Does not front MCP servers itself; portals do that. - Does not accept PayPal for Unified Billing. ## Dated facts - Core features (analytics, caching, rate limiting) are free on all plans. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/), read 4 November 2026) - Unified Billing adds a 5 percent fee on purchased credits; provider inference passes through without markup. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/), read 4 November 2026) - Gateways created on or after 24 Sep 2026 log through Workers Logs; older gateways keep Legacy Logs (100,000 total on Workers Free, 10,000,000 per gateway on Workers Paid). ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/), read 4 November 2026) - New AI Gateways require authentication from 3 Nov 2026. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-11-03-required-authentication/), dated 3 November 2026, read 4 November 2026) - Model aliases that route across a pool of models shipped on 4 Nov 2026. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-11-04-model-aliases/), dated 4 November 2026, read 4 November 2026) - AI Gateway added payment for inference with Machine Payments on 30 Sep 2026. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-09-30-machine-payments/), dated 30 September 2026, read 4 November 2026) ## Compare and alternatives - [Alternatives to Cloudflare AI Gateway](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/cloudflare-ai-gateway/alternatives/) - [Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Vercel AI Gateway](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/cloudflare-ai-gateway-vs-vercel-ai-gateway/) - [Portkey vs Cloudflare AI Gateway](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/portkey-vs-cloudflare-ai-gateway/) Edition 4 November 2026 Method [How rows are verified](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/method/) Data [CSV and JSON](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/data/) Markdown [This page as markdown](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/cloudflare-ai-gateway/index.md) ## Sources - [Cloudflare AI Gateway home](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/), read 4 November 2026 - [Cloudflare AI Gateway pricing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/), read 4 November 2026 - [Cloudflare AI Gateway: developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/ai-controls/mcp-portals](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/ai-controls/mcp-portals/), read 4 November 2026 - [Cloudflare AI Gateway: developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-11-03-required-authentication](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-11-03-required-authentication/), read 4 November 2026 - [Cloudflare AI Gateway: developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-11-04-model-aliases](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-11-04-model-aliases/), read 4 November 2026 - [Cloudflare AI Gateway: developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-09-30-machine-payments](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-09-30-machine-payments/), read 4 November 2026 Last reviewed 4 November 2026