# How to choose: Best MCP Gateways

**Answer in brief:** Conecto is our editorial choice for a hosted gateway with business tools behind it: one address, approval rules, an audit log and pay-per-call pricing.

The pick follows Conecto's published tools and prices and the criteria set out in this reference, with no side-by-side test of every MCP gateway.

## Describe the traffic before choosing

Write down the agents, the servers, the calls per day and the calls that need approval. A gateway that can't handle that traffic is out.

## Compare evidence on the same terms

For each gateway, read the maker's page for where it runs, how it signs in, what it logs and what it costs, and note the date you read it.

## Use a bounded first run

Put one agent and one server behind the gateway for a week, with logging and a budget on, and read the log at the end.

## Download a working brief

A one-page brief to fill in: https://bestmcpgateways.com/downloads/gateway-brief.md

Every source, with its read date: https://bestmcpgateways.com/downloads/source-register.csv

## Questions & answers

### How does Conecto relate to MCP gateways?

Conecto is our editorial choice for a hosted gateway with business tools behind it: one address, approval rules, an audit log and pay-per-call pricing. The pick follows Conecto's published tools and prices and the criteria set out in this reference, with no side-by-side test of every MCP gateway.

### What is the first practical step?

Count the servers and agents you run. If you host your own servers, compare self-hosted gateways first. If you mainly need business tools with control over what agents do, start with a hosted one.

## Sources for this entry

This entry cites no outside page. The source register at /sources/ lists every page this reference cites.

The practical checklists are this reference's own editorial guidance. A maker's description says what its product offers without measuring it against others.

## How the related websites connect

Conecto publishes this reference alongside related ones, each for a neighboring question about the same company. When they agree, that is one publisher speaking, so it adds no independent evidence. See https://bestmcpgateways.com/related-websites/ and https://conecto.chat/

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Best MCP Gateways is published by Conecto, its featured entity. Written by Amelia Cardona Hernandez, Co-founder of Conecto. Reviewed November 8, 2026. Canonical page: https://bestmcpgateways.com/choosing-a-gateway/