Alibaba Cloud Hologres MCP Server

Official MCP server from Alibaba Cloud (aliyun org) for Hologres — Alibaba's cloud-native real-time interactive analytics database. Hologres is PostgreSQL-compatible with HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing) capabilities. Enables AI agents to query and manage Hologres data warehouses through Alibaba Cloud's database service.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent

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⚙ Agent Friendliness

/ 100

Can an agent use this?

🔒 Security

/ 100

Is it safe for agents?

⚡ Reliability

/ 100

Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality

Documentation

Error Messages

Auth Simplicity

Rate Limits

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement

Auth Strength

Scope Granularity

Dep. Hygiene

Secret Handling

Official Alibaba Cloud. HTTPS. RAM access control. CN/AP data residency. ISO27001/SOC2.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA

Version Stability

Breaking Changes

Error Recovery

Best When

An enterprise data team on Alibaba Cloud using Hologres for real-time analytics wants AI agents to query and manage their Hologres data warehouse.

Avoid When

You use other data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift). Also: Hologres is primarily Alibaba Cloud — data residency in CN/AP regions.

Use Cases

• Querying Hologres real-time analytics data from reporting agents
• Managing Hologres schema and data operations from data engineering agents
• Running analytical SQL queries on Hologres for business intelligence agents
• Integrating Hologres HTAP capabilities into AI-driven data workflows

Not For

• Teams not using Alibaba Cloud Hologres
• Non-Alibaba Cloud environments
• Teams using PostgreSQL without Hologres (use PostgreSQL MCP instead)

Interface

REST API

Yes

GraphQL

gRPC

MCP Server

Yes ↗

SDK

Yes

Webhooks

Authentication

Methods: api_key username_password

OAuth: No Scopes: No

Hologres connection credentials (AccessKey + endpoint) required. Uses Alibaba Cloud RAM for access control.

Pricing

Model: usage_based

Free tier: No

Requires CC: Yes

Hologres is a paid Alibaba Cloud service. MCP server is free open source from aliyun org.

Agent Metadata

Pagination

cursor

Idempotent

Partial

Retry Guidance

Not documented

Known Gotchas

⚠ Documentation primarily in Chinese — international users may face translation challenges
⚠ Hologres is PostgreSQL-compatible but has specific extensions — test SQL compatibility
⚠ Data residency primarily in Alibaba Cloud CN/AP regions — review for compliance
⚠ Official from aliyun org — quality implementation from Alibaba's cloud team

Alternatives

alibabacloud-dataworks-mcp-server postgres-mcp-server snowflake-mcp-server

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.