---
specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: RisingWave
providerId: risingwave
created: '2026-06-12'
modified: '2026-06-12'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
  - Streaming
  - Database
description: >-
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps for RisingWave Cloud. Compute is metered in RisingWave
  Units (RWU-hours), where 1 RWU equals 1 vCPU or 4 GB of memory (whichever is
  higher). Storage is billed per GB-month. Network transfer (ingress and egress)
  is billed separately per GB. Monthly bills aggregate all three cost dimensions
  across all projects.
sources:
  - https://risingwave.com/pricing/
  - https://docs.risingwave.com/cloud/pricing
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: RisingWave
serviceCategory: Database
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Usage-Based
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: RisingWave Cloud
  ServiceCategory: Database
  ProviderName: RisingWave
  PublisherName: RisingWave Labs
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: Compute (RWU-hour)
    unit: RWU-hour
    aggregation: sum
    description: >-
      Billed per RisingWave Unit per hour. 1 RWU = MAX(1 vCPU, Memory GB / 4).
      Basic plan rate starts at $0.227/RWU/hour.
  - name: Storage (GB-month)
    unit: GB-month
    aggregation: sum
    description: >-
      Billed per GB of persisted data per month including tables, materialized
      views, and internal states. Example rate: $0.0299/GB-month.
  - name: Network Ingress (GB)
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    description: >-
      Public network ingress charged per GB transferred. Example rate:
      $0.07/GB; varies by cloud provider and region.
  - name: Network Egress (GB)
    unit: GB
    aggregation: sum
    description: >-
      Public network egress charged per GB transferred. Example rate:
      $0.17/GB; varies by cloud provider and region.
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >-
      Track RisingWave Cloud consumption monthly across compute (RWU-hours),
      storage (GB-month), and network transfer (GB) per project.
  - name: Optimization
    description: >-
      Right-size RWU allocation to workload; pause or scale down idle clusters;
      monitor materialized view complexity to reduce state size and storage costs.
  - name: Accountability
    description: >-
      Use project-level billing segmentation in RisingWave Cloud to attribute
      costs to teams or use cases. Review quarterly via Pro/Self-Managed success
      reviews.