HEAD-TO-HEAD · FACTS ONLY
Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Zenity: AI endpoint control facts side by side
Short answer
Cloudflare AI Gateway describes 1 of the four product control types on the pages we read and Zenity describes 1; they differ on on-device control. On decisions, Cloudflare AI Gateway does not describe tool-call decisions on the pages we read and Zenity decides on a tool call before it runs. We do not score either; the right choice depends on the AI tools people use, your devices, your current stack and whether you block or guide.
By The Device Desk · Endpoint AI Finder · Published 2026-10-11
Desk research from public vendor pages read on 27 September and 11 October 2026. Profiles follow our published method; we did not run the products.
Vendor pages read September and October 2026 · updated 2026-10-13
Where do their controls sit?
- Filled or hatched marker: Cloudflare AI Gateway
- Dashed teal ring: Zenity, described
- DEV Filled marker: described on the product pages we read
- DEV Hatched marker: partly described (another component, a narrower scope, or method not detailed)
- DEV Dashed marker: not in our sources (it may exist; we did not find it)
What are the facts, side by side?
| Fact | Cloudflare AI Gateway | Zenity |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | None | None |
| Positioning | A gateway for AI applications: Cloudflare's documentation describes it as a way to observe and control AI apps, with analytics on requests, tokens and cost, logging, caching, rate limiting, request retry and model fallback across providers including Workers AI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI and Replicate. It governs apps you build, not employees' devices. | An AI agent security platform covering AI observability, posture management, exposure management, runtime boundaries, agentic identity, MCP security and AI detection and response, with a long list of SaaS and cloud agent integrations. |
| How it reaches devices | Routed in front of model providers from your own applications; Cloudflare says it takes one line of code to start. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Native agent hooks and the Zenity MCP gateway for coding agents; how it reaches endpoints is not detailed. Source: Zenity: coding and personal agents · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| On-device controlDiffers | Not in our sourcesNot described on the pages we read. | Partly describedBlocks or modifies a dangerous tool call before it executes through native agent hooks; how it reaches endpoints is not detailed. Source: Zenity: coding and personal agents · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Browser extension | Not in our sourcesNot described on the pages we read. | Not in our sourcesNot described on the pages we read. |
| Network or SSE proxy | Not in our sourcesNot described on the pages we read. | Not in our sourcesNot described on the pages we read. |
| AI or MCP gateway | DescribedAn AI gateway with analytics, logging, caching, rate limiting, retry and model fallback for AI applications. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | DescribedThe Zenity MCP gateway can block or modify a tool call before it executes. Source: Zenity: coding and personal agents · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Names the coding agents it coversDiffers | Not in our sources | MatchesNames Claude Code and Cowork, ChatGPT Codex, GitHub Copilot and Cursor. Source: Zenity: coding and personal agents · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Decides on a tool call before it runsDiffers | Not in our sources | MatchesBlocks or modifies a dangerous tool call before it executes. Source: Zenity: coding and personal agents · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Controls what goes into browser AI | Not in our sources | Not in our sources |
| Rolls out through EDR or device management you run | Not in our sources | Not in our sources |
| Can warn or ask instead of only blockingDiffers | Not in our sources | PartlyCan modify a tool call as well as block it; asking the user is not described. Source: Zenity: coding and personal agents · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Can block an agent, tool or actionDiffers | Not in our sources | MatchesBlocks a dangerous tool call before it executes. Source: Zenity: coding and personal agents · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Has a watch-only or simulation modeDiffers | PartlyAnalytics and logs on requests, tokens and cost without changing the traffic. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Not in our sources |
| Records who or what took each action | PartlyLogs requests; tying a call to a person or an agent is not described. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | PartlyAI observability and agentic identity and access management are named capabilities. Source: Zenity platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Also covers SaaS, cloud or homegrown AI | MatchesBuilt for AI applications you build and run. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | MatchesIntegrations include Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, ChatGPT Enterprise, Claude Enterprise, Copilot Studio, Vertex AI, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power Platform, Salesforce, Agentforce and ServiceNow. Source: Zenity platform · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Has a public price or tiers (vendor site or marketplace) | Not in our sources | Not in our sources |
| Built into | None | None |
| Works with | None in our sources | None in our sources |
| Price | Available on all Cloudflare plans, per the documentation; plan prices are not on the page we read. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Not published. Source: Zenity homepage · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
Where do they differ?
- On-device control: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Zenity partly describes it.
- Names the coding agents it covers: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Zenity matches.
- Decides on a tool call before it runs: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Zenity matches.
- Can warn or ask instead of only blocking: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Zenity partly matches.
- Can block an agent, tool or action: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Zenity matches.
- Has a watch-only or simulation mode: Cloudflare AI Gateway partly matches; Zenity is not in our sources.
Choose Cloudflare AI Gateway if
- You build your own AI apps and want one place to log and control their model calls
- You already use Cloudflare and want AI traffic to pass through it
Choose Zenity if
- Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Salesforce or ServiceNow agents matter as much as laptops
- You want an MCP gateway that can modify a tool call, not only block it
Which limits should you check?
Cloudflare AI Gateway
- It is an application gateway: it does not see employees' AI tools, coding agents or devices.
- Content controls such as blocking prompts are not described on the page we read, and plan prices are not on it.
Zenity
- How it reaches endpoints is not detailed on the pages we read.
- No pricing published, and asking the user before an action is not described.