$6.0M
Funding
Seed, November 2023
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Should I Use Lunar.dev | Enterprise MCP Gateway & AI Control Plane?
The only Enterprise AI Control Plane for MCP, LLM, and API governance. Full observability and runtime governance across every AI interaction, in a single audit trail. Self-hosted in your VPC.
Depends
DependsBuy if your security team governs many AI agents and needs audit trails inside your own VPC.
Enterprise AI governance in your VPC. Buy if compliance demands it; small teams should use the free open-source core.
Confidence: Medium
Yes
Free tier
Open-source MCPX core
~$499/mo
Reported paid floor
Up to ~$2,999/mo (competitor comparison)
By Boomi
Acquired
July 2026
Value for money
4
Free core to evaluate; paid tiers reportedly $499–$2,999/mo
Ease of use
4
Open-source core evaluates without a sales call
Feature depth
5
Audit trail, ABAC, sandboxing, guardrails, anomaly detection
Security posture
5
SOC 2, VPC, air-gapped, vault-based secrets, PII redaction
Pros
- One immutable audit trail across MCP, LLM, and API traffic²
- Secrets injected from your existing vault at request time, never stored²
- Open-source core (MCPX) lets you evaluate without a sales call⁴
- Pre-deployment risk scoring and sandbox testing for new MCP servers²
- SOC 2, self-hosted, VPC, and air-gapped deployment options²
Cons
Gotchas
- highFree core lacks the governance features; the real value requires the paid enterprise tier.⁴
- mediumPricing is unlisted; a competitor comparison reports $499–$2,999/mo floors for open-core governance vendors.⁴
- mediumSelf-hosting means your team owns deployment, upgrades, high availability, and uptime.²
- mediumBoomi acquisition (July 2026) could change pricing, packaging, or roadmap after you commit.⁵
Best for
- Security teams governing many AI agents
- Regulated enterprises needing one audit trail
- Companies self-hosting in their own VPC
- Enterprises approving many MCP servers
Not for
- Small teams with a few tools and no compliance pressure
- Startups that cannot staff self-hosted infrastructure
- Buyers wanting simple hosted SaaS with published pricing
- Solo devs — the free MCPX core already covers you
Pricing
Open Source (MCPX)
Free
- MCP gateway core
- Evaluate without a sales call
Enterprise
Not disclosed
- Governance: audit trail, ABAC, guardrails
- Self-hosted in your VPC
- SOC 2, air-gapped options
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
No verbatim user reviews surfaced; third-party comparisons describe the open-source core as legitimate and easy to evaluate without a sales call.
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Based on 14 public sources; no independent user reviews or named customers found.
Sources
- Lunar.dev homepagelunar.devofficial
- Lunar.dev product security pagelunar.devsecurity
- Lunar.dev on GitHubgithub.comofficial
review
- Boomi acquires Lunar.devboomi.comnews
- lunar.dev: Funding, Team & Investorsstartupintros.comnews
- Agent Monitoring vs Lunar.dev MCP Gateway (MCPX) comparisoncybersectools.comreview
- 10 Best Mint MCP Alternatives for AI Agents in 2026truefoundry.comreview
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