Elasticsearch MCP Server vs PagerDuty MCP

A side-by-side comparison of two Monitoring & Observability servers — tools, transport, auth, maintenance, and copy-paste config for each.

	Elasticsearch MCP Server Official Elastic server: list indices, read mappings, and search with Query DSL. Verified stdio (local) API key TypeScript	PagerDuty MCP PagerDuty's official MCP server — agents triage incidents, manage on-call schedules, and query services from your IDE. Unverified stdio (local) API key Python
Category	Monitoring & Observability	Monitoring & Observability
Language	TypeScript	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	API key	API key
GitHub stars	700	72
Last commit	6 months ago	1 month ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`docker run -i --rm -e ES_URL -e ES_API_KEY docker.elastic.co/mcp/elasticsearch stdio`	`uvx pagerduty-mcp`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick Elasticsearch MCP Server if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you want a verified, documented setup.

Pick PagerDuty MCP if you need the broadest set of tools.

Add Elasticsearch MCP Server

Install / run

docker run -i --rm -e ES_URL -e ES_API_KEY docker.elastic.co/mcp/elasticsearch stdio

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elasticsearch-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "ES_URL",
        "-e",
        "ES_API_KEY",
        "docker.elastic.co/mcp/elasticsearch",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ES_URL": "<your-elasticsearch-cluster-url>",
        "ES_API_KEY": "<your-elasticsearch-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires Docker to be installed and running.

Add PagerDuty MCP

Install / run

uvx pagerduty-mcp

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pagerduty-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pagerduty-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PAGERDUTY_USER_API_KEY": "<your-pagerduty-user-api-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires `uv` (the Python package runner). Install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ if `uvx` is not found.

FAQ

Elasticsearch MCP Server or PagerDuty MCP — which is better?

Pick Elasticsearch MCP Server if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you want a verified, documented setup. Pick PagerDuty MCP if you need the broadest set of tools.

Can I use both Elasticsearch MCP Server and PagerDuty MCP?

Yes — MCP clients let you enable multiple servers at once. Add both configs to your client's mcpServers and use whichever tool fits the task.

Do Elasticsearch MCP Server and PagerDuty MCP work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

Both do. Copy the per-client config below into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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