RisingWave

RisingWave is ranked #9 of 24 in streaming analytics software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $0.23/mo.

RisingWave plans and pricing

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Basic $0.23/mo Pay-as-you-go Fully hosted on AWS, GCP or Azure · up to 64 cores · standard support risingwave.com · 1 Oct 2026

Self-managed Not published Annual contract On-premises or Kubernetes · no core limits · premium features · premium support and SLA risingwave.com · 1 Oct 2026

Pro Not published Pay-as-you-go or annual contract Fully hosted or BYOC · no core limits · premium features · premium 24x7 support available for purchase risingwave.com · 1 Oct 2026

Compared on streaming analytics software

Free plan: No
Deployment model: hybrid
Stream processing: Yes
Schema registry: Yes
Delivery guarantee: exactly-once
Connectors listed: 31 connectors
Supported client languages: Python, Java, Node.js

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RisingWave

Product: RisingWave is a distributed SQL streaming platform that ingests, transforms, and serves real-time data.
SQL interface: RisingWave is wire-compatible with PostgreSQL and works with PostgreSQL clients, drivers, and tools.
Consistency: RisingWave guarantees exactly-once processing with barrier-based checkpointing and consistent snapshots.
Persistence: RisingWave persists data in S3-compatible object storage and checkpoints connector offsets for durability and exactly-once delivery.
Materialized views: Materialized views are automatically refreshed and incrementally computed whenever new events arrive.
Connectors: RisingWave provides 31+ native connectors, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Iceberg, Snowflake, BigQuery, S3, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
Premium capabilities: Premium capabilities include SQL Server CDC, Snowflake and BigQuery sinks, time travel queries, automatic schema evolution, SSO, LDAP governance, and OTEL integration.
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.
Open source: Self-managed RisingWave is Apache 2.0 open source with no feature gates, license fees, or usage restrictions.
Deployment: Self-managed deployments support Docker, Kubernetes with Helm charts, cloud VMs, and on-premises bare-metal servers.
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.
dbt integration: The dbt-risingwave adapter provides a materialized_view materialization for continuously updated streaming transformations.
Basic limit: The Basic plan is fully hosted, limited to 64 cores, and available in select regions.
Local playground: The single-node playground runs in memory and automatically stops after 30 minutes of inactivity.
Price from: $0.23/mo

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Streaming Analytics Software in 2026#9 of 24
Best Stream Processing Software in 2026#12 of 23
Best Event Streaming Platforms in 2026#5 of 22

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risingwave.com/faq/· checked 1 Oct 2026
risingwave.com/understanding-materialized-views/· checked 1 Oct 2026
risingwave.com/connectors/· checked 1 Oct 2026
risingwave.com/pricing/· checked 1 Oct 2026
risingwave.com/blog/streaming-data-security-encryption· checked 1 Oct 2026
risingwave.com/self-managed/· checked 1 Oct 2026
risingwave.com/blog/how-to-use-dbt-with-risingwave-for· checked 1 Oct 2026
tutorials.risingwave.com/docs/install/· checked 1 Oct 2026
risingwave.com· checked 28 Sept 2026