HEAD-TO-HEAD · FACTS ONLY
Cloudflare AI Gateway vs Koi: 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 Koi describes 1; they differ on on-device control and AI or MCP gateway. On decisions, Cloudflare AI Gateway does not describe tool-call decisions on the pages we read and Koi describes some control over tool calls. 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: Koi, 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 | Koi |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | None | Palo Alto Networks (acquisition completed 14 April 2026) |
| 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. | Koi, now sold by Palo Alto Networks as Cortex Agentic Endpoint Security, gives visibility into models, MCPs and extensions on endpoints, removes insecure packages, extensions and AI tools in one click, and stops malicious actions. |
| 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 | Available as a Cortex XDR module or as a standalone agent. koi.ai now redirects to the Palo Alto Networks page. Source: Palo Alto Networks: Cortex Agentic Endpoint Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| On-device controlDiffers | Not in our sourcesNot described on the pages we read. | DescribedAgent-based visibility into models, MCPs and extensions, one-click removal of insecure packages, extensions and AI tools, and blocking of unsafe AI application interactions. Source: Palo Alto Networks: Cortex Agentic Endpoint Security · 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 gatewayDiffers | 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 | Not in our sourcesNot described on the pages we read. |
| Names the coding agents it coversDiffers | Not in our sources | MatchesA Palo Alto Networks blog of 18 August 2026 names Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Antigravity. Source: Palo Alto Networks blog: A Quarter of Innovation with Koi Agentic Endpoint Security · Read 11 Oct 2026 |
| Decides on a tool call before it runsDiffers | Not in our sources | PartlyBlocks unsafe AI application interactions and prevents prompt injections; decisions on individual tool calls are not described. Source: Palo Alto Networks: Cortex Agentic Endpoint Security · 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 runDiffers | Not in our sources | PartlyA Cortex XDR module, or its own standalone agent. Source: Palo Alto Networks: Cortex Agentic Endpoint Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| Can warn or ask instead of only blocking | Not in our sources | Not in our sources |
| Can block an agent, tool or actionDiffers | Not in our sources | MatchesStops malicious actions and removes insecure packages, extensions and AI tools in one click. Source: Palo Alto Networks: Cortex Agentic Endpoint Security · 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 actionDiffers | PartlyLogs requests; tying a call to a person or an agent is not described. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | Not in our sources |
| Also covers SaaS, cloud or homegrown AIDiffers | MatchesBuilt for AI applications you build and run. Source: Cloudflare AI Gateway documentation · Read 11 Oct 2026 | PartlyPalo Alto Networks plans integration with Prisma AIRS, its wider AI security platform. Source: Palo Alto Networks press release: acquisition of Koi completed · 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 | Offered as a Cortex XDR module. Source: Palo Alto Networks press release: acquisition of Koi completed · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
| 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: Palo Alto Networks: Cortex Agentic Endpoint Security · Read 27 Sep 2026 |
Where do they differ?
- On-device control: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Koi describes it.
- AI or MCP gateway: Cloudflare AI Gateway describes it; Koi is not in our sources.
- Names the coding agents it covers: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Koi matches.
- Decides on a tool call before it runs: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Koi partly matches.
- Rolls out through EDR or device management you run: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Koi partly matches.
- Can block an agent, tool or action: Cloudflare AI Gateway is not in our sources; Koi matches.
- Has a watch-only or simulation mode: Cloudflare AI Gateway partly matches; Koi is not in our sources.
- Records who or what took each action: Cloudflare AI Gateway partly matches; Koi is not in our sources.
- Also covers SaaS, cloud or homegrown AI: Cloudflare AI Gateway matches; Koi partly matches.
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 Koi if
- You already run Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
- You want to find and remove risky extensions and packages across the fleet
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.
Koi
- Agent-based: it adds an agent unless you run it as a Cortex XDR module.
- Warn or ask actions and a record that separates a person from an agent are not described on the pages we read, and no pricing is published.