Apache Storm vs RisingWave
No clear leader: Apache Storm (52.0) and RisingWave (52.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for streaming analytics. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Apache Storm
A free and open-source framework that reliably processes continuous streams of data across distributed systems with guaranteed delivery and fault tolerance.
RisingWave
Processes continuous data streams using SQL, delivering low-latency results directly without requiring separate databases or caches. Available as open-source self-hosted software or a managed cloud service.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Kafka
Apache Storm
- Hadoop
RisingWave
- Apache Iceberg
- DataFusion
- S3
- PostgreSQL
- Slack
- NGINX
- Envoy
- Kong
Apache Storm or RisingWave: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.