Comparison

Materialize vs RisingWave

On the evidence we track, Materialize leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Materialize68

RisingWave52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MaterializeLeader	RisingWave
Vioscale score	68 / 100low · 42%updating	52 / 100medium · 52%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.00	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	7	9
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US, EU	-

Score

Vioscale score

Materialize68 / 100low · 42%updating

RisingWave52 / 100medium · 52%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Materialize✓

RisingWave✓

Model

Materializefreemium

RisingWavefreemium

Price level

Materializelow

RisingWavelow

Starting price

Materialize$0.00

RisingWave–

Transparent

Materialize✓

RisingWave–

Integrations

Count

Materialize7

RisingWave9

Security

Disclosure policy

Materialize✓

RisingWave–

Gdpr

Materialize–

RisingWave✓

Hipaa

Materialize–

RisingWave✓

Soc2

Materialize✓

RisingWave✓

Market

Availability

MaterializeAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, EU

RisingWave–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for streaming analytics. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Streaming Analytics
Capability	Materialize	RisingWave
Capabilities
Processing model	-	Micro batch
Delivery guarantee	-	Exactly once
Streaming sql	-	✓
Event time watermarks	-	✓
Stateful processing	-	✓
Cdc support	-	-
Deployment model	-	Managed saas
Autoscaling	-	✓
Connector breadth	-	-
Latency class	-	Sub second
Open source	-	✓
SOC2	-	✓
Pricing model	-	-

Capabilities

Processing model

Materialize-

RisingWaveMicro batch

Delivery guarantee

Materialize-

RisingWaveExactly once

Streaming sql

Materialize-

RisingWave✓

Event time watermarks

Materialize-

RisingWave✓

Stateful processing

Materialize-

RisingWave✓

Cdc support

Materialize-

RisingWave-

Deployment model

Materialize-

RisingWaveManaged saas

Autoscaling

Materialize-

RisingWave✓

Connector breadth

Materialize-

RisingWave-

Latency class

Materialize-

RisingWaveSub second

Open source

Materialize-

RisingWave✓

SOC2

Materialize-

RisingWave✓

Pricing model

Materialize-

RisingWave-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Materialize

Leader

Ingests and unifies data from multiple systems using SQL to create live data products that agents and applications can query with minimal latency. Offers both cloud-managed and self-hosted deployment options with incremental computation for efficient processing of streaming data.

Independently observed

RisingWave

A streaming database that ingests and transforms event streams using PostgreSQL-compatible SQL, serving real-time analytics and materialized results without requiring separate message queues, caches, or databases.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Materialize

Leader

from $0.00/GB/hourHybridFree tier7-day trial

Free tier (Community License). Cloud On-Demand from $1.50/compute credit/hour. Annual Cloud Capacity and Enterprise plans available.

Cloud On-Demand$1.50/compute credit/hour
- All cluster sizes
- Automated upgrades
- Auto-scaling
- RBAC
- Always-on encryption
- +6 more
Cloud CapacityAnnual prepaid with volume discounts and dedicated support
- All cluster sizes
- Automated upgrades
- Auto-scaling
- RBAC
- SOC II compliance
- +9 more
Community LicenseFree
- Production-ready
- Self-managed
- Community Slack support
- AI chatbot
Enterprise LicenseContact sales
- Unlimited scale
- Priority support
- Optional SLAs

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

RisingWave

HybridFree tier

Self-HostedFree
RisingWave Cloud-

as of 2026-08-25verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Materialize	RisingWave
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Materialize✓

RisingWave✗

CLI

Materialize✓

RisingWave✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Materialize✓

RisingWave✓

Self-hosted

Materialize✓

RisingWave✓

Air-gapped

Materialize✓

RisingWave✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

Kafka

Materialize

Leader

7 total - 6 not shared

Redpanda
Metabase
dbt
Datadog
Grafana
Prometheus

Independently observed

RisingWave

9 total - 8 not shared

Apache Iceberg
DataFusion
S3
PostgreSQL
Slack
NGINX
Envoy
Kong

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.