ContextGate alternatives

Tools that do what ContextGate does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from ContextGate.

Read 2026-11-04

With a free plan or free to use: Kadent, Agentic Control Plane, OneUptime, UptimeRobot, Hexmos.

10 alternativesUnlike ContextGate

#1
Kadent Developer tools MCP · open
Sits between AI agents and MCP servers, recording every tool call and blocking calls that would leak data, by policy.
Own MCP serverMore widely used
Little sign of use
From $39/mo
#2
Elaichi Developer tools MCP · sign-in
Hosted MCP gateway that gives Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor one org-wide endpoint with per-person permissions and audit logging.
More widely used
5
Active
From $10/user/mo
2026
#3
Phinq Developer tools
Intercepts AI agent tool calls, classifies them by risk, and holds dangerous actions for human approval before execution.
More widely used
2
Active
#4
Speakeasy Agents MCP · sign-in
Routes agent traffic through one identity-checked MCP gateway, enforcing security policy on every prompt and tool call.
Also: AgentsMore widely used
5.8k
Active
From $0.35 per use
2021
#5
Doberman Developer tools
Proxies an AI coding agent's MCP tool calls, blocking, holding for approval, or passing each one before it runs.
Open sourceMore widely used
276 ★
Active
#6
Agentic Control Plane Developer tools MCP · sign-in
Checks every tool call a coding agent makes against allow, ask, or never rules and records its cost.
More widely used
56
Active
From $100/mo
#7
GitLab Developer tools MCP · sign-in
Hosts source repositories, CI/CD pipelines and security scanning, with AI agents running under the same merge request approvals and audit trail.
Also: Workflow automationMore widely used
591k
Active
2011
#8
OneUptime Developer tools MCP · open
Monitors infrastructure and applications, detects incidents in seconds, pages on-call engineers, and opens fix pull requests.
Own MCP serverCan run on your servers
221k
Active
From $22/user/mo
2020
#9
UptimeRobot Developer tools MCP · sign-in
Checks websites, APIs, ports and cron jobs on a schedule and sends alerts when they fail or slow down.
More widely used
283k
Active
From $12/mo
#10
Hexmos Developer tools
AI code reviewer that flags logic errors, credential leaks and bugs at commit time before reaching production.
Also: Code generationMore widely used
26.2k
Active
From $32/mo
2023

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How this list is made: the words ContextGate is described with (what it does, for whom, what it is used for) are matched against every tool in the Atlas. A tool on the same shelf, or doing the same kind of work, counts for a little more. Nothing here is paid for.