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Bring your MCP and API tools together behind one self-hosted gateway.

What you can use it for

Bring your MCP and API tools together behind one self-hosted gateway.

  • Aggregate tools and expose one gateway to agents.
  • Control discovery, authentication and deployment on your own infrastructure.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes

Replace the gateway and tool aggregation slice of Monid with a self-hosted MCP/API gateway. Bring the underlying tools yourself; this does not replace paid data, enrichment, media generation or vendor subscriptions.

Before you switch

Technical setup required. You supply hosting, tools, credentials and any paid API or model accounts. No bundled provider credit, managed tool marketplace or Monid-style shared wallet. Free software does not mean free infrastructure or free tool execution.

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