Cloudflare opens Monetization Gateway beta to charge AI agents via HTTP 402
michellechen · x · 2026-09-30
Cloudflare launched its Monetization Gateway in closed beta, letting domain owners charge AI agents for access to websites, APIs, MCP tools, or datasets — priced per request, query, or token — built on HTTP 402 with x402 wallet support.
Key points:
- Subscriptions and prepaid credits don't match how agents consume: agents pursue outcomes, visiting new sites, calling MCP tools, ingesting feeds
- Businesses want to be in agents' critical path, get paid for their contributions, and lead headless agentic commerce
- Four customer use cases are already in production; access is available via the Cloudflare Dashboard
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