# Gateways inside your own network: Best MCP Gateways

**Answer in brief:** If your company already runs Cloudflare Zero Trust or Kubernetes, the gateway can live there too.


## Cloudflare portals

A Cloudflare MCP server portal gives users one endpoint for the servers you approve, and Cloudflare Access logs tool, prompt and resource activity. Portals became generally available on September 24, 2026.[1]

## Kubernetes and Azure

Microsoft's MCP Gateway is a reverse proxy and control plane for MCP servers on Kubernetes, with a 1-click deploy to Azure. The current version requires MCP 2026-07-28 clients.[2]

## Who owns it

Name the team that runs the gateway and approves new servers before the first agent connects.

## Connected entries

- [Hosting & systems](/topics/hosting/): Self-hosted or hosted, and your own systems behind it.
- [Self-hosted or hosted gateways](/self-hosted-or-hosted/): Run the gateway yourself when you run the servers. Use a hosted one when you mostly need tools and control.
- [Putting your own systems behind a gateway](/your-systems-behind-a-gateway/): Reach an ERP or any REST API through the gateway, with the credential encrypted and every call logged.
- [Conecto and Best MCP Gateways](/conecto/): 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.

## 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 should I verify first?

Confirm the clients you use speak the protocol version the gateway requires before you deploy it.

## Sources for this entry

1. [MCP server portals are now generally available, Cloudflare changelog, September 24, 2026](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-09-24-mcp-portals-ga/), read November 8, 2026
2. [MCP Gateway README, Microsoft on GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-gateway), read November 8, 2026

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/gateways-inside-your-network/