RisingWave

Connects via PostgreSQL wire protocol, allowing seamless use with tools like psql and JDBC, and supports expressive SQL without manual state tuning, reducing integration effort.

Uses S3 as primary storage for tables and states, enabling high performance, fast recovery within seconds, and dynamic scaling to handle workload spikes, while elastic disk cache minimizes S3 access costs.

Directly hosts and manages Apache Iceberg REST catalogs, supporting continuous ingestion, built-in table maintenance like compaction, and ensuring interoperability with other query engines.

Performs incremental computations with end-to-end freshness under 100 ms and serves materialized views with 10–20 ms p99 query latency, ideal for real-time dashboards and monitoring.