DreamHost vs. Rocket.net

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DreamHost and Rocket.net compared across Company facts, Pricing, Performance & infrastructure, WordPress management, Support & security and Platform & integrations — every fact sourced and re-verified from each vendor's public material.

DreamHost

Independent host whose DreamPress tier is managed WordPress hosting; WordPress.org-recommended.

HQ Brea, CA

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Rocket.net

Managed WordPress hosting with Cloudflare Enterprise on every plan, focused on raw speed.

HQ West Palm Beach, FL

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DreamHost

Rocket.net

Company facts

Headquarters

Brea, CA DreamHost (New Dream Network, LLC) is headquartered in Brea, California.

West Palm Beach, FL Remote-first; HQ in West Palm Beach, Florida

Employees

300 Roughly 300 employees (LinkedIn band 201-500).

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Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$19.99 DreamPress 1 entry plan; renewal rate. Intro $14.99/mo first year.

$30 Starter plan, billed monthly; 2 months free on annual billing

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

1 sites DreamPress 1 includes 1 WordPress site.

1 sites Starter plan includes 1 WordPress install

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

40k DreamPress 1 includes 40k monthly visits.

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Entry Plan Storage (GB)

15 GB DreamPress 1 includes 15 GB NVMe SSD storage.

10 GB Starter plan includes 10 GB storage

Free Trial Length (Days)

0 days No free trial; DreamPress offers a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.

0 days No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee instead

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee on DreamPress.

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

own datacenters Runs on DreamHost's own US datacenters (Ashburn, VA and Hillsboro, OR).

own datacenters Bare-metal private cloud behind Cloudflare Enterprise (no public hyperscaler)

Datacenter Locations

3 US East (Ashburn), US West (Hillsboro), EU (Amsterdam)

4 Site placement across North America, Europe, Australia, Asia

Free CDN

Free Bunny CDN included on DreamPress.

Cloudflare Enterprise CDN included on every plan

Web Server

NGINX NGINX with FastCGI caching.

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Built-in Object Cache

Redis persistent object cache included.

Object Cache Pro / Relay are Enterprise-tier only; not default on the Starter plan

Latest PHP Version

8.5 Newest panel PHP: 8.5 (8.2–8.5 selectable)

8.4 PHP up to 8.4 selectable (also 5.6, 7.4, 8.0-8.3)

Free SSL Certificate

Free Let's Encrypt SSL, auto-provisioned and renewed.

Free SSL included and auto-renewed on all plans

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Host applies WordPress core updates automatically (cannot opt out).

Automated core, plugin, and theme updates

Staging Environments

1-Click Staging with push-to-live, on every DreamPress plan.

One-click staging clone built into the control panel

Automatic Daily Backups

Automatic daily backups with one-click restore.

Automated daily backups on every plan

Backup Retention (Days)

14 days DreamPress 1 retains 14 days of daily backups (30 days on DreamPress 5 and above).

30 days 30 days of backup retention on the Starter plan

Free Site Migration

Free professional migrations (one per included site) plus a free WordPress migration plugin.

Unlimited free WordPress migrations

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH/shell access with WP-CLI on DreamPress.

SSH access plus a web-based WP-CLI terminal for all customers

WordPress Multisite Support

WordPress Multisite (Network) is not supported on DreamPress.

WordPress Multisite officially supported at no extra cost

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

100% 100% uptime guarantee (service-credit remedy)

99.99% 99.99% uptime guarantee (plus a marketed 100% uptime claim during traffic spikes)

24/7 Support

24/7/365 support from in-house, US-based WordPress experts.

24/7/365 expert WordPress support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

No free hack-fix/malware-removal guarantee; DreamShield (scan/alert) and DreamCare (repair) are paid add-ons.

Real-time malware scanning and removal/patching (Imunify360)

WAF / DDoS Protection

Built-in Web Application Firewall + DDoS protection, included at no extra cost.

Cloudflare Enterprise WAF + DDoS protection included on every plan

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom DreamHost's own custom panel (not cPanel/Plesk).

custom Custom-built Rocket.net WordPress Control Panel (Mission Control)

White-Label / Agency Features

Agency Partner Program is referral/commission/discounts + priority support — no white-label, sub-account, or client-billing tooling.

White-label control panel, reseller tiers, WooCommerce client provisioning/billing

Email Hosting Included

Unlimited mailboxes at your domain included with DreamPress.

No email hosting; use a dedicated email provider

The verdict

DreamHost

Best for cost-conscious single sites that need email

DreamHost starts at $19.99/mo versus Rocket.net's $30, with 15 GB storage to Rocket.net's 10 GB and unlimited mailboxes at your domain included (Rocket.net offers no email hosting). A Redis object cache is built in, where Rocket.net reserves it for Enterprise. The entry plan caps at 40k monthly visits and excludes Multisite.

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Rocket.net

Best for agencies and security-sensitive sites

Rocket.net adds white-label tooling, reseller tiers, and client billing that DreamHost lacks, plus real-time malware removal (a paid add-on at DreamHost) and Multisite support DreamHost omits. Cloudflare Enterprise WAF/CDN spans 4 regions to DreamHost's 3, and backups retain 30 days versus 14. The trade-off: $30/mo, 10 GB, no email hosting.

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