Cloudflare brings paid access to MCP tools — who controls the agent’s spending?
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Summary
Cloudflare opened a closed beta of its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday, letting domain owners charge AI agents for access to MCP tools.
Key facts
- Cloudflare opened a closed beta of its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday.
- The gateway lets domain owners charge AI agents for MCP tool access.
- The beta is closed, not generally available.
Why it matters
Developers building agents may soon face per-call costs for MCP tools, and domain owners gain a way to bill agent traffic.
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Technologies
- Monetization Gatewayproduct
Original sources (1)
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- The New StackOfficial · PrimaryCloudflare brings paid access to MCP tools — who controls the agent’s spending? · By Amanda CaswellRead at The New Stack