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What sets Guardway apart.
AI gateway vendors see traffic but miss the machine. Endpoint tools see the machine but miss the traffic. Guardway covers both.
Endpoint visibility
Skills, MCP configs, hooks, and agents scanned on the machine itself.
No endpoint visibility. Gateway only.
Agent and tool inventory on the device.
Shadow AI
Personal API keys and unregistered agents found automatically.
Only sees traffic that hits the proxy.
Can flag unapproved tools locally.
Gateway and guardrails
Built-in gateway with guardrails. BYOG supported: bring your own gateway and keep full visibility.
Core product. Proxy-based guardrails.
No gateway. No request-level guardrails.
MCP security
Every server checked against the MCP Top 10 and scoped per key.
Not covered.
Not covered.
AI bill of materials
Every skill, MCP server, model, and agent across laptops and clouds in one inventory.
Models and traffic only.
Local agents only. No cloud view.
Deployment
Self-hosted container or SaaS. Prompts stay in your network when self-hosted.
SaaS only. Data transits a third-party cloud.
Agent installed on each device.
Agent identity
Every agent gets an identity. Every request has a name on it.
Requests are anonymous or keyed by API token.
Device-level identity, not agent-level.
Enforcement
Requests checked on the way out, responses on the way back.
Proxy-level enforcement only.
Logging after the fact.