Article · · 1 min read
What an AI gateway actually costs to run
The operational bill for one gateway in front of a dozen tool servers, including the costs nobody budgets for.
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Gateway
3 entries.
In the glossary: API gateway, Model gateway, what each means and how to say it in a review
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Explainer · · 2 min read
Every model call should go through something you own
Routing, budgets, fallbacks and policy need one place to live. Scattered SDK calls give you none of them.
Deep dive · · 5 min read
One MCP server is an integration. Thirty is why you need a gateway
Notes from building an MCP gateway. The protocol standardised how agents call tools, then stayed silent about credentials, context budgets and who may call what. That silence gets expensive as the servers multiply.