MCP Server Gateway: a comparison

A comparison of agent-tool governance under the Model Context Protocol, comparing four approaches: hyperscaler agent platforms, AI-control-plane SaaS, DIY MCP servers and sovereign workspace-integrated MCP gateways.

What changes between approaches

Data plane jurisdiction, auth model, audit log unification, multi-vendor agent compatibility, deployment model. Each family hits a different point in the sovereignty/convenience trade-off.

Where Coelion lands

Sovereign, on customer infrastructure, multi-agent compatible (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Cursor) under one platform identity and one audit log.

Solutions

• Digital Workspace for CIO and IT Lead audiences.
• Enable Secure External Access for partners, contractors, customers, auditors and regulators reaching the designated app.
• Guest WiFi that opens only designated web services, confined by the network to Coelion and by Coelion to one service per request.
• Sovereign File Sharing for sending large files on your own server through a designated directory.
• App Creation and Marketplace for COO and IT Lead audiences.
• Remote Work and Connectivity for CTO and Network Architect audiences.
• MCP Server Gateway for CISO and Head of AI Enablement audiences.

Platform

• Architecture
• Coelion vs Kubernetes
• Coelion vs VPN
• Coelion vs ZTNA
• Positioning

Articles

• The Cost of Fragmentation
• Secure Browser Workspace
• Remote Work and Unified Access
• Site-to-Site Connectivity
• Data Sovereignty and Compliance
• Governed AI and Shadow AI
• App Creation: a comparison
• MCP Server Gateway: a comparison

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