A side-by-side look at the Elevenlabs MCP and Giggy Speech MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Elevenlabs MCP for text-to-speech work as a local process; choose Giggy Speech MCP for text-to-speech. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
RUNAPI_API_KEY.isolate_audio, speech_to_text, text_to_dialogue.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | G Giggy Speech MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Text-to-Speech | Text-to-Speech |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 33/100 · Emerging |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | RUNAPI_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 7 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Elevenlabs MCP | View Giggy Speech MCP |
isolate_audioCreate an ElevenLabs isolate audio task and optionally wait for a terminal status. Returns the task id, status, and output URLs.speech_to_textCreate an ElevenLabs speech to text task and optionally wait for a terminal status. Returns the task id, status, and output URLs.text_to_dialogueCreate an ElevenLabs text to dialogue task and optionally wait for a terminal status. Returns the task id, status, and output URLs.text_to_soundCreate an ElevenLabs text to sound task and optionally wait for a terminal status. Returns the task id, status, and output URLs.text_to_speechCreate an ElevenLabs text to speech task and optionally wait for a terminal status. Returns the task id, status, and output URLs.get_taskFetch the current status and latest payload for an existing task.check_pricingLook up current pricing for a ElevenLabs model and endpoint.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elevenlabs-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@runapi.ai/elevenlabs-mcp"
],
"env": {
"RUNAPI_API_KEY": "YOUR_RUNAPI_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Giggy Speech MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.