# Materialize vs RisingWave

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Materialize

| Attribute | Materialize | RisingWave |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 67.7 (42% (low)) | 51.6 (52% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"soc2":true,"autoscaling":true,"open_source":true,"latency_class":"sub-second","streaming_sql":true,"deployment_model":"managed-saas","processing_model":"micro-batch","delivery_guarantee":"exactly-once","stateful_processing":true,"event_time_watermarks":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Redpanda"},{"name":"Metabase"},{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Prometheus"}]` | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"DataFusion"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"Envoy"},{"name":"Kong"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Cloud On-Demand","summary":"$1.50/compute credit/hour","features":["All cluster sizes","Automated upgrades","Auto-scaling","RBAC","Always-on encryption","Backups and recovery","Materialize Console","Prometheus exporter","Datadog & Grafana templates","AI chatbot and helpdesk support","Unlimited storage and input sources"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"compute credit/hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB/hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0000411,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.12,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-as-you-go fully managed SaaS with monthly billing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud Capacity","summary":"Annual prepaid with volume discounts and dedicated support","features":["All cluster sizes","Automated upgrades","Auto-scaling","RBAC","SOC II compliance","Always-on encryption","HA/DR","Materialize Console","Prometheus exporter","Datadog & Grafana templates","Dedicated account team","Guided onboarding","Volume discounts","Unlimited storage and input sources"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Prepaid annual plan with volume discounts and dedicated support","contactSales":false},{"free":true,"name":"Community License","summary":"Free forever (24GiB memory, 48GiB disk)","features":["Production-ready","Self-managed","Community Slack support","AI chatbot"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Self-managed, free forever for development and small deployments","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"disk":"48GiB","memory":"24GiB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise License","summary":"Annual license—contact for pricing","features":["Unlimited scale","Priority support","Optional SLAs"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Self-managed unlimited-scale deployment for production at large scale","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier (Community License). Cloud On-Demand from $1.50/compute credit/hour. Annual Cloud Capacity and Enterprise plans available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://materialize.com/materialize-pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:34:33.133Z","freeTrialDays":7,"startingPrice":{"unit":"GB/hour","amount":0.0000411,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Self-Hosted"},{"free":false,"name":"RisingWave Cloud"}],"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://risingwave.com/blog/discover-exist-db-pricing-and-top-alternatives-unveiled/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T15:47:19.954Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.0000411,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:51:46.180Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*