RisingWave vs StreamNative
RisingWave
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| Figure | RisingWave | StreamNative |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.23/mo | $73/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Spec score · Event Streaming Platforms | 8.0 (#9) | 7.5 (#15) |
| Connectors | RisingWave provides 31+ native connectors, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Iceberg, Snowflake, BigQuery, S3, Redis, and Elasticsearch. | Universal Connect runs Kafka Connect and Pulsar IO connectors, including change data capture, on one runtime. |
| Founded | 2021 | StreamNative says it was founded in 2019 by the original creators of Apache Pulsar. |
| 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. | The pricing comparison lists multi-tenancy, authentication, authorization, audit logs, data-at-rest encryption, TLS encryption, and end-to-end encryption as security features. |
| 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. | The pricing page says support is included in all plans and 24/7 technical support is available. |
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In their own words
RisingWave
RisingWave is a distributed SQL platform for ingesting, transforming, and serving real-time data. Its SQL interface is wire-compatible with PostgreSQL, so PostgreSQL clients, drivers, and tools can connect. New events incrementally refresh materialized views. Barrier-based checkpointing and consistent snapshots support exactly-once processing, while data is persisted in S3-compatible object storage and connector offsets are checkpointed for delivery durability. RisingWave lists 31+ native connectors, including Kafka, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Iceberg, Snowflake, BigQuery, S3, Redis, and Elasticsearch. Self-managed deployments are Apache 2.0 open source, with Docker, Kubernetes, cloud VM, and on-premises options. The hosted Basic plan is $0.23 a month, pay-as-you-go, limited to 64 cores and available in select regions; a free plan and 7-day trial are also listed. Basic includes standard support. Premium 24x7 support can be purchased with Pro, while self-managed deployments offer premium support with an SLA and quarterly success reviews. Listed platforms include API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, and web.
StreamNative
StreamNative is a cloud data platform for capturing, transporting, transforming, governing, and serving business data in real time for applications, analytics, and agents. It provides native Kafka and Pulsar services powered by the Ursa engine, stream processing, schema registry support, and both listed delivery guarantees. Streams can be written directly to Iceberg and Delta tables in object storage. Universal Connect runs Kafka Connect and Pulsar IO connectors, including change-data-capture connectors, on one runtime. The platform supplies agents with governed context through open interfaces such as the StreamNative MCP Server. Deployment choices are Serverless, Dedicated, and BYOC in your cloud account, with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure options. Serverless supports up to 100 MBps per namespace. Plans start at $73 a month for Serverless, $505 a month for Dedicated, and $365 a month for BYOC. Support is included in all plans, with 24/7 technical support available.