--- title: "FastMCP and FastMCP Gateway: MCP vendor profile | Agent MCP Directory" description: "FastMCP and FastMCP Gateway: SDK or framework. 2 products, 9 dated facts, prices, standards and two checks, each sourced, read 5 November 2026." canonical: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/vendors/prefect-fastmcp site: "Agent MCP Directory" last_updated: 2026-11-05 section: "Vendors" --- # FastMCP and FastMCP Gateway: MCP vendor profile | Agent MCP Directory > FastMCP and FastMCP Gateway: SDK or framework. 2 products, 9 dated facts, prices, standards and two checks, each sourced, read 5 November 2026. Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/vendors/prefect-fastmcp Site: Agent MCP Directory Last reviewed: 2026-11-05 # FastMCP and FastMCP Gateway: MCP vendor profile FastMCP is Prefect's open-source Python framework for MCP servers, clients and apps, and FastMCP Gateway is Prefect's commercial service that hosts and governs FastMCP servers from a git push, as documented by the vendor. The FastMCP site banner on 5 Nov 2026 announced FastMCP 4 as "built for the new MCP protocol" (gofastmcp.com). ## At a glance | Listed as | FastMCP and FastMCP Gateway (Prefect) | | --- | --- | | Type | SDKs and frameworks | | Also covers | host or runtime, gateway or proxy | | Operator | Prefect | | Home | gofastmcp.com | | Price | open source, Apache-2.0; free start, paid plans | | Read | 5 November 2026 | ## What it does for this layer FastMCP says it created the high-level Python API that was incorporated into the official MCP Python SDK in 2024 ([gofastmcp.com](https://gofastmcp.com/)). FastMCP says the standalone project is downloaded "more than a million times a day" and that some version of it "powers 70% of MCP servers across all languages" ([gofastmcp.com](https://gofastmcp.com/), vendor's own claim). FastMCP's source at PrefectHQ/fastmcp carries the Apache-2.0 license and showed about 28.3k GitHub stars on 5 Nov 2026 ([github.com](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp), observed 5 November 2026). Prefect's FastMCP Gateway page cites "58M+ downloads a month" for FastMCP ([www.prefect.io](https://www.prefect.io/horizon), vendor's own claim). A git push deploys a FastMCP server to FastMCP Gateway at a horizon.prefect.io address, for example https://my-tools.horizon.prefect.io ([www.prefect.io](https://www.prefect.io/horizon)). Prefect says FastMCP Gateway puts one governed endpoint between AI clients and tools, with every call authenticated, authorised and logged ([www.prefect.io](https://www.prefect.io/horizon)). Prefect's pricing page refers to FastMCP Gateway as "our managed MCP platform", and the FastMCP Gateway page offers a free start ([www.prefect.io](https://www.prefect.io/pricing)). The www.prefect.io/horizon URL redirected to www.prefect.io/fastmcp on 5 Nov 2026 ([www.prefect.io](https://www.prefect.io/horizon), observed 5 November 2026). ## Products and plans | Product | What it does | Price | | --- | --- | --- | | FastMCP | Open-source Python framework for MCP servers, clients and apps. | open source, Apache-2.0; from 0 USD (source, as of 5 November 2026) | | FastMCP Gateway | Managed hosting and governance for FastMCP servers. | free start, paid plans; from 0 USD; Commercial; plan prices not read (source, as of 5 November 2026) | ## Standards | Standard | Part of it | Status | What the page says | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | MCP | new protocol revision | Supports | FastMCP 4 is described as built for the new MCP protocol. | gofastmcp.com | ## Checks on its own domain | Check | Domain | Result | Scanned | Method | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Ora cached score | gofastmcp.com | 63 of 100, grade C | 7 September 2026 | how it was taken | | Cloudflare agent-readiness scan | gofastmcp.com | 53 of 100, L4 Agent-Integrated; 8 of 15 counted checks passed | 5 November 2026 | how it was taken | ## What it does not do - FastMCP is Python only; TypeScript users need another framework. - FastMCP Gateway does not host servers written outside FastMCP, per the push-to-deploy flow on the page read. ## Related on this site Type - [SDKs and frameworks](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/vendors/by-type/sdk-or-framework/) - [Hosts and runtimes](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/vendors/by-type/host/) - [Gateways and proxies](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/vendors/by-type/gateway/) Standards - [MCP](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/standards/mcp/) Section - [All vendors](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/vendors/) 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/vendors/prefect-fastmcp/index.md) ## Sources - [FastMCP: The Framework for MCP - FastMCP](https://gofastmcp.com/), read 5 November 2026 - [GitHub - PrefectHQ/fastmcp](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp), read 5 November 2026 - [FastMCP Gateway: Deliver context and tools to every agent, safely | Prefect](https://www.prefect.io/horizon), read 5 November 2026 - [Pricing - Prefect Cloud](https://www.prefect.io/pricing), read 5 November 2026 Last reviewed 5 November 2026