# RisingWave vs Timeplus Proton

**Leader by Vioscale score:** RisingWave

| Attribute | RisingWave | Timeplus Proton |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.6 (52% (medium)) | 11.3 (15% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Timeplus Proton is a unified platform for streaming SQL workloads that processes data at millisecond latencies with high throughput, supporting analytics, observability, and AI use cases across edge, cloud, and self-hosted deployments. |
| 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 | 9 | 15 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"DataFusion"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"Envoy"},{"name":"Kong"}]` | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"ClickHouse"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"Postgres"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"S3"},{"name":"Iceberg"},{"name":"OpenSearch"},{"name":"Redpanda Connect"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Elastic"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Python SDK"},{"name":"Java SDK"},{"name":"Go SDK"}]` |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Self-Hosted","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Cloud","contactSales":true}],"sourceUrl":"https://www.timeplus.com/post/usage-based-pricing-with-timeplus-and-paigo","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:36:57.820Z","freeTrialDays":30}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | quote |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Streaming Analytics)

| Capability | RisingWave | Timeplus Proton |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T14:43:38.146Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*