Pick Airbyte if
teams who will burn the 14-day Cloud trial (400 credits, ~100 GB) or stay on Core $0, then buy Standard at $20/month when they want hosted hourly syncs without standing up Docker.
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Our take
Pick Airbyte if teams who will burn the 14-day Cloud trial (400 credits, ~100 GB) or stay on Core $0, then buy Standard at $20/month when they want hosted hourly syncs without standing up Docker. Pick RisingWave if streaming teams who will burn the 7-day Cloud trial (no setup), then pay $0.227 per RWU-hour on Basic — or stay on Apache 2.0 self-managed when they will operate Kubernetes themselves.
RisingWave
streaming SQL database
Best for
Airbyte Move data on a schedule you can self-host
RisingWave Always-on SQL views you start with a 7-day Cloud trial or Apache 2.0 on your metal
Free plan
Airbyte $0 · community Slack/GitHub support. You run the metal
RisingWave No free plan
Lowest paid
Airbyte Standard $20/mo
RisingWave Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Airbyte Plus $189/mo
RisingWave
Runs where
Airbyte Local; you host it
RisingWave Hosted
Watch out
Airbyte Standard is $20 plus leftover credits
RisingWave Cloud Basic is a 7-day trial, then RWU-hours
Last checked
Airbyte 2026-10-22 · airbyte.com/pricing
RisingWave 2026-10-22 · risingwave.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick RisingWave if
streaming teams who will burn the 7-day Cloud trial (no setup), then pay $0.227 per RWU-hour on Basic — or stay on Apache 2.0 self-managed when they will operate Kubernetes themselves.
Read the RisingWave page