LLM Proxies vs. MCP Gateways: What’s the Difference?

This blog post explains the differences between LLM proxies (which manage model traffic, token tracking, and provider routing) and MCP gateways (which govern agent actions, tool discovery, and multi-step workflows), highlights security and governance needs as AI systems act as agents, and introduces the Cequence AI Gateway as a unified enterprise solution for authentication, permissioning, data protection, and observability.