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RisingWave
San Francisco, California, United States
What it is
RisingWave is a distributed SQL streaming platform for ingesting, transforming, and serving real-time data. Its interface is wire-compatible with PostgreSQL, so PostgreSQL clients, drivers, and tools can connect. Materialized views are computed incrementally and refreshed as events arrive. Barrier-based checkpointing and consistent snapshots support exactly-once processing; RisingWave also persists data in S3-compatible object storage and checkpoints connector offsets for durability and exactly-once delivery. It provides 31+ native connectors, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Iceberg, Snowflake, BigQuery, S3, Redis, and Elasticsearch. Self-managed RisingWave is Apache 2.0 open source with no feature gates, license fees, or usage restrictions, and supports Docker, Kubernetes, cloud VMs, and on-premises servers. The Basic hosted plan is $0.23 a month, pay-as-you-go, limited to 64 cores, and available in select regions; a free plan and 7-day trial are also listed. Basic includes standard support, while premium 24x7 support is available as an option on Pro. Platforms include API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, and web.
For and against
For
- PostgreSQL-compatible SQL interface
- Incrementally updates materialized views as events arrive
- Offers 31+ native connectors
- Self-managed version is Apache 2.0 open source
- Exactly-once processing is supported
Against
- Basic is limited to 64 cores
- Basic is available only in select regions
- The local playground stops after 30 minutes of inactivity
The verdict
RisingWave combines SQL streaming, connectors, and self-managed deployment options. Hosted Basic has a core limit and regional availability restriction; self-managed deployments have no listed price.
Who it suits
RisingWave may suit teams building streaming data pipelines with SQL and PostgreSQL-compatible tools. Teams can choose hosted Basic or self-managed deployment, depending on their needs.
Plans and prices
Basic
Fully hosted on AWS, GCP or Azure · up to 64 cores · standard support
Read 1 Oct 2026 · risingwave.com
Pro
Fully hosted or BYOC · no core limits · premium features · premium 24x7 support available for purchase
Read 1 Oct 2026 · risingwave.com
Self-managed
On-premises or Kubernetes · no core limits · premium features · premium support and SLA
Read 1 Oct 2026 · risingwave.com
On the record
- Basic limit
- The Basic plan is fully hosted, limited to 64 cores, and available in select regions.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Connectors
- RisingWave provides 31+ native connectors, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Iceberg, Snowflake, BigQuery, S3, Redis, and Elasticsearch.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Consistency
- RisingWave guarantees exactly-once processing with barrier-based checkpointing and consistent snapshots.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- dbt integration
- The dbt-risingwave adapter provides a materialized_view materialization for continuously updated streaming transformations.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Self-managed deployments support Docker, Kubernetes with Helm charts, cloud VMs, and on-premises bare-metal servers.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Local playground
- The single-node playground runs in memory and automatically stops after 30 minutes of inactivity.tutorials.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Materialized views
- Materialized views are automatically refreshed and incrementally computed whenever new events arrive.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Self-managed RisingWave is Apache 2.0 open source with no feature gates, license fees, or usage restrictions.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Persistence
- RisingWave persists data in S3-compatible object storage and checkpoints connector offsets for durability and exactly-once delivery.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Premium capabilities
- Premium capabilities include SQL Server CDC, Snowflake and BigQuery sinks, time travel queries, automatic schema evolution, SSO, LDAP governance, and OTEL integration.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Product
- RisingWave is a distributed SQL streaming platform that ingests, transforms, and serves real-time data.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Security
- RisingWave security guidance covers TLS/SSL in transit, S3 encryption at rest, certificate or password authentication, role-based grants, and SQL-based data masking.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- SQL interface
- RisingWave is wire-compatible with PostgreSQL and works with PostgreSQL clients, drivers, and tools.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- RisingWave offers standard support on Basic, premium 24x7 support as an option on Pro, and premium support with SLA and quarterly success reviews for self-managed deployments.risingwave.com · read 1 Oct 2026
