What Prefect Horizon does
Provides an MCP gateway and governance layer for enterprise agents.
Why teams reach for it: Gives a FastMCP server in a GitHub repo managed hosting at a production URL with built-in OAuth authentication.
Worth knowing
It deploys via Git push, dashboard, supporting Python.
How Prefect Horizon compares
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- Deploy Method
- Git push, dashboard
- Framework Lock In
- Specific framework only
- Runtime Languages
- Python
- Auth Built In
- Yes
- Logs And Traces
- Built-in
Where will the MCP server run?
Hosting & deployment tools are where an MCP server actually runs once it's built, usually a cloud platform.