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Context firewall vs AI gateway

AI gateways route, meter, log, and sometimes filter model traffic — useful infrastructure for managing provider requests. A context firewall enforces source-to-sink control across the agent loop, especially at tool calls and actions, deciding whether the context that drove a request was allowed to. The two solve different problems.

By the Ultra13 teamPublished Updated
TL;DR
  • An AI gateway manages provider traffic: routing, metering, logging, some filtering.
  • A context firewall enforces authority across the agent loop.
  • A gateway sees requests; a context firewall sees source-to-sink paths.
  • They can run together.

Traffic management vs authority control

A gateway is valuable for cost, reliability, and observability of model calls. It does not usually decide whether a retrieved document or tool result should be allowed to authorize an action — that is the job of a context firewall.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can an AI gateway stop prompt injection?
Some gateways add basic filtering, but they generally don't enforce source-to-sink authority over tools, memory, and egress across the agent workflow.

See where the firewall stops the path.

Give us one agent workflow. We’ll map the context boundary, replay the abuse paths, and show where the Context Firewall blocks them.

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