About RisingWave
RisingWave is an open source streaming database that processes and serves live data with SQL. It is designed for analytics, search and decisions over data that changes all the time.
What it does
RisingWave ingests events from streams, databases and data lakes, processes them in real time and serves the results to applications. It uses PostgreSQL compatible SQL, so existing tools and skills carry over. It can also manage Apache Iceberg tables for analytics, with a built-in OLAP engine.
Key features
- Ingests from Kafka, change data capture and data lakes
- PostgreSQL compatible SQL
- Managed Iceberg tables for analytics
- Monitoring and alerting over live event streams
- Exactly-once processing guarantees
Who it's for
Data engineers and teams that build live dashboards, alerts or fraud checks on streaming data. Teams building AI agents that need current data may also find it useful.
Pricing and good to know
RisingWave is licensed under Apache 2.0 and can be downloaded for free. Enterprise options are available through the sales team. Streaming systems add some operational complexity, so plan monitoring and testing before you use one in production.
Highlights
- Ingests from Kafka, change data capture and lakes
- PostgreSQL compatible SQL
- Managed Iceberg tables for analytics
- Alerts over live event streams
- Exactly-once processing guarantees
