Product comparison
Verdictan vs. Lunar.dev AI Gateway: comparison
A platform team governing calls from applications and agents.
Why Verdictan
Verdictan applies policy at the gateway and records request-level decision evidence for supported AI traffic. Run it in a self-hosted or air-gapped environment.
Key differences
Verdictan vs. Lunar.dev AI Gateway: Key differences
Model, API and tool traffic can cross different gateways and produce fragmented evidence.
Lunar.dev joins AI and MCP gateways
Its current documentation presents separate AI and MCP gateways with shared policy, identity and observability.
Gateway flows are YAML graphs
Lunar flows combine filters, processors and request or response graph branches.
Hosted and self-hosted paths exist
Lunar documents hosted gateway use and a self-hosted gateway that can integrate with MCPX.
Side by side
Feature comparison
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| Feature | Verdictan | Lunar.dev AI Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Platform and deployment | ||
| AI request gateway | Documented | Documented |
| Self-hosted deployment | Documented | Documented |
| Hosted deployment | Documented | Documented |
| Model and MCP request handling | Limited: Documented routes only | Documented |
| YAML gateway configuration | Documented | Documented |
| State for scale | Documented | Documented |
| Control and evidence | ||
| Identity-aware routing | Documented | Documented |
| Request quota enforcement | Documented | Documented |
| Retries and traffic optimization | Documented | Documented |
| Inline data controls | Documented | Documented |
| Per-agent MCP tool permissions | Not documented in the reviewed sources | Documented |
| Request-level traffic records | Documented | Documented |
Common questions
What to ask before you decide
Does Lunar.dev cover MCP traffic?
Yes. MCPX aggregates MCP servers and adds scoped permissions, secret handling and audit trails.
Can Lunar.dev run self-hosted?
Yes. Its documentation describes self-hosted gateway containers and Kubernetes-oriented deployments.
Can Lunar quotas count LLM tokens?
Yes. A custom-counter quota can extract and accumulate a token field.
How are Lunar gateway rules configured?
Versioned API Gateway documentation uses YAML flows made from filters, processors and routing graphs.
Why does version verification matter?
The public site contains a current AI platform overview and versioned API Consumption Gateway sections. Confirm the exact bundled capability set.
What should the trial include?
Test identity routing, a custom token quota, Redis loss, data redaction, MCP permissions and control-plane logs.
How we researched this page
We checked the official sources below on Aug. 11, 2026. Product scope, plan access, beta status and support can change.
- Confirm the exact Lunar.dev version and edition because the documentation spans several product generations.
- Verify which AI Gateway security and routing features ship with the selected self-hosted topology.
- Test Redis loss and quota consistency across more than one gateway instance.
- 1. Verdictan: Verdictan | AI Governance Gateway
- 2. Verdictan: Verdictan Docs
- 3. Verdictan: Runtime Request Families
- 4. Verdictan: verdictan gateway run
- 5. Verdictan: Usage Costs and Budgets
- 6. Verdictan: Govern AI Agents from the CLI
- 7. Lunar.dev: Welcome to Lunar.dev
- 8. Lunar.dev: API Consumption Gateway Installation
- 9. Lunar.dev: Architecture
- 10. Lunar.dev: API Quotas Configuration Template
- 11. Lunar.dev: Flow Configuration Template
- 12. Lunar.dev: Lunar AI Gateway Integration
Verdictan is not affiliated with Lunar.dev. Product names can be trademarks of their respective owners.
Put the comparison to work
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