Comparison

Cloptima vs Cloudflare AI Gateway

Cloudflare AI Gateway is a fast edge proxy with caching, rate limits, analytics, content guardrails, DLP, and spend limits — a natural fit for teams already on Cloudflare. Cloptima governs AI usage across your organization: one policy on every request, personal data redacted before the provider and restored in the response, tool policies for agents, budgets per team, app, and environment, and an attributed spend record — hosted or in your VPC.

FeatureCloptimaCloudflare AI Gateway
AI FinOps Capabilities
Full request latency (p95), budget checks and execution includedp95 7–9msNot published as a policy-on measurement
Policy on every requestNo policy, no traffic: models, tools, guardrails, size, rate, and budgets in one policy per team, app, and environmentGateway settings with rate limits and dynamic routes
GuardrailsBuilt-in credential detection and personal-data rules, plus Azure AI Content Safety, AWS Bedrock Guardrails, Google Model Armor, a webhook, or Cloptima-managed scansHarmful-content guardrails on prompts and responses, plus DLP profiles
Redact and restorePersonal data and secrets are redacted before the provider sees them, then restored to the original text in the response, including streamed responses, tool calls, and structured outputFlag or block
BudgetsDaily and monthly budgets per team, app, environment, or key, one org-wide ceiling, Alert only or Block, held before the provider callDollar spend limits by model, provider, or metadata
Org baseline policyOne organization-wide baseline for models, tools, guardrails, limits, and budgets. Every request gets its own policy plus the baseline, and the stricter setting wins, so teams can tighten the rules but never loosen themSettings per gateway
MCP and tool governanceAllow and deny lists for tool servers and tools (denied tools are taken out of the request), approvals before a server goes live, tool definition changes flagged, and spend by tool, set per policy on top of your org baselineNot its focus
Response cachingPolicy-scoped exact and semantic cache, both with Monitor only before ServeResponse caching at the edge
Attribution and chargebackAttributed spend record by team, app, environment, and your own fields, with chargeback, AI unit economics, and FOCUS exportRequest, token, and cost analytics
Private deploymentPrivate edge gateway in your VPC with provider credentials kept in your environmentRuns on Cloudflare's network
Where Cloptima fits

When Cloptima is the better fit

Governance, Not Just A Proxy

Cloptima decides who may call which model and tool, protects the content, and holds the budget before the provider call, in one policy security and finance can read.

Protect Data Without Breaking Apps

Blocking every request with personal data stops the app. Cloptima redacts personal data before the provider sees it and restores the original text in the response.

Full Governance At Negligible Latency Cost

Cloptima publishes what the full governed request costs end to end, and what guardrails add on real personal data. See our benchmark for the current figures.

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