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 pageRisingWave vs Tinybird
Our take
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. Pick Tinybird if app teams who will buy Developer at the printed $49/month (0.5 vCPU, 25 GB) while they publish a first Pipe, then talk to sales for SaaS when they need up to 32 vCPUs and 500 GB.
RisingWave
streaming SQL database
Tinybird
hosted ClickHouse analytics-API desk
Best for
RisingWave Always-on SQL views you start with a 7-day Cloud trial or Apache 2.0 on your metal
Tinybird SQL APIs you meter by vCPU
Free plan
RisingWave No free plan
Tinybird No free plan
Lowest paid
RisingWave Not published by the vendor
Tinybird Meters $0.0002
Next step up
RisingWave
Tinybird Developer (table header) $25/mo
Runs where
RisingWave Hosted
Tinybird Hosted
Watch out
RisingWave Cloud Basic is a 7-day trial, then RWU-hours
Tinybird The page prints both $49 and “starting at $25” for Developer
Last checked
RisingWave 2026-10-22 · risingwave.com/pricing
Tinybird 2026-10-23 · tinybird.co/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Tinybird if
app teams who will buy Developer at the printed $49/month (0.5 vCPU, 25 GB) while they publish a first Pipe, then talk to sales for SaaS when they need up to 32 vCPUs and 500 GB.
Read the Tinybird page