MCP GatewayNot just a proxy

Every MCP Gateway logs traffic. This one controls it.

Other MCP gateways are HTTP proxies with a new label. They record what happened. Hoop intercepts the payload, masks sensitive data before it reaches the agent, blocks dangerous operations, and federates identity so your developers never touch real credentials.

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Raw
{
"result": {
"customers": [
{
"name": "Sarah Chen",
"email": "sarah@acme.io",
"ssn": "284-19-7653",
"balance": "$42,891.00"
}
]
}
}
hoop
Delivered
{
"result": {
"customers": [
{
"name": "[PERSON]",
"email": "[EMAIL]",
"ssn": "[SSN]",
"balance": "$42,891.00"
}
]
}
}
3 fields masked|1 field passed
hoop

THE MARKET TODAY

Every MCP gateway on the market is an HTTP proxy with a brand.

They sit between the client and the MCP server. They log requests. They show you a dashboard. That is the entire product. No payload inspection. No masking. No guardrails. No auth federation. The data flows through unmodified, and you get a recording of it.

What others deliver
/HTTP proxy that logs requests
/No payload inspection
/No data masking
/No guardrails
/Credentials shared with developers
/No data classification
What Hoop delivers
Protocol-aware payload inspection
Real-time PII/PHI/PCI masking in JSON payloads
Pattern-based guardrails on MCP operations
Auth federation with temporary tokens
Automatic sensitive data catalog
Full audit trail with payload context

AUTH FEDERATION

Developers get temporary tokens. Real credentials never leave the gateway.

The MCP server connects to your database, your API, your internal service with a real credential. Your developers authenticate through the gateway with short-lived tokens tied to their identity. The credential is never shared, never exposed, never stored on a laptop.

SSO/OIDC identity federation built in
Temporary tokens with configurable TTL
Zero standing credentials for developers
SC
Hoop MCP Gateway
✓ Identity verifiedTemporary token issuedReal credentials never exposed
MCP Server (Postgres, API, etc.)
Authenticated via service accountapi_key: ●●●●●●●●●● Connection: active
Developer never sees real credentials
Raw
{
"result": {
"customers": [
{
"name": "Sarah Chen",
"email": "sarah@acme.io",
"ssn": "284-19-7653",
"balance": "$42,891.00"
}
]
}
}
hoop
Delivered
{
"result": {
"customers": [
{
"name": "[PERSON]",
"email": "[EMAIL]",
"ssn": "[SSN]",
"balance": "$42,891.00"
}
]
}
}
3 fields masked|1 field passed

PAYLOAD MASKING

The agent gets the context. The PII stays behind.

The gateway reads every JSON payload in transit. Names, emails, SSNs, card numbers, medical records. Identified and redacted before the response reaches the MCP client. The agent works with full structural context. The sensitive values never enter the model.

Plug your data lake into an MCP server. Connect it through Hoop. Your developers query freely. The data that comes back is already anonymized. No one notices. No workflow changes. The protection is invisible.

GUARDRAILS

Dangerous operations blocked at the gateway. Before they execute.

Schema changes, destructive deletes, configuration mutations. Define the patterns that should never pass through your MCP Gateway. The gateway evaluates every request against your rules and blocks what should not run. The agent gets a clear rejection. The operation never reaches your infrastructure.

Schema change via MCP? Routed for human approval. Bulk delete on your data lake? Blocked. Config mutation on a production service? Denied. The same guardrail engine that protects SQL and kubectl protects MCP.

DATA CATALOG

Every sensitive field that flows through MCP. Discovered. Classified. Tracked.

The gateway inspects every payload. It builds a living catalog of sensitive data types flowing through your MCP connections: emails, SSNs, phone numbers, card numbers, medical records, API keys. You see which MCP servers expose which data types, how often, and to whom. This catalog did not exist before the gateway. Now it updates with every request.

23,847EmailsPostgres MCP, CRM API
4,291SSN/Tax IDsPostgres MCP
8,102Card NumbersPayment API, Data Lake
342API KeysConfig Service, Vault

COMPARISON

Not the same product category.

CapabilityHTTP ProxiesHoop
Payload inspectionHeaders onlyFull JSON body
Data maskingNot availableReal-time in transit
GuardrailsNot availablePattern + semantic blocking
Auth modelPass-throughFederation with temp tokens
Data catalogNot availableAuto-generated from traffic
Session recordingRequest logsFull payload + response

ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT

MCP traffic governed. Sensitive data cataloged. Compliance evidence generated.

Every MCP request through the gateway produces audit evidence. Masked payloads, blocked operations, identity verification. Continuously.

Sensitive data catalog built automatically from MCP traffic
Compliance evidence generated from every governed request
Full payload audit trail for SOC 2, GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA
Framework Coverage0 / 27 controls covered
Data Masking
Session Recording
Access Control
Guardrails
JIT Reviews
SIEM Integration
CC6
CC7
CC8
P4
Art5
Art25
Art30
Art32
Req3
Req7
Req8
Req10
312a
312b
312e

Your MCP connections deserve more than a proxy.

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