Hostinger vs. Rocket.net

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Hostinger 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.

Hostinger

Low-cost managed WordPress and shared hosting with an in-house hPanel control panel.

HQ Kaunas, Lithuania

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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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Hostinger

Rocket.net

Company facts

Headquarters

Kaunas, Lithuania Headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuania

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

Employees

900 Around 900 employees (company-stated)

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Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$10.99 Premium plan; intro $2.99/mo on a 48-month term

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

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

3 sites Up to 3 websites on the Premium plan

1 sites Starter plan includes 1 WordPress install

Entry Plan Storage (GB)

20 GB 20 GB SSD on the Premium plan

10 GB Starter plan includes 10 GB storage

Free Trial Length (Days)

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

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

own datacenters Custom-built servers in Hostinger's own Tier-3 datacenters

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

Datacenter Locations

12 12 datacenter locations across 4 continents

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

Free CDN

Free CDN included from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

Cloudflare Enterprise CDN included on every plan

Web Server

LiteSpeed LiteSpeed web server with LiteSpeed Cache (LSCache)

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Built-in Object Cache

Object Cache (LSMCD) available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

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

Latest PHP Version

8.5 PHP selectable up to 8.5 (8.3 default)

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

Free SSL Certificate

Free unlimited lifetime SSL (auto-provisioned and renewed)

Free SSL included and auto-renewed on all plans

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Automatic WordPress core updates managed by the host

Automated core, plugin, and theme updates

Staging Environments

Built-in WordPress staging available from the Business plan up, not on entry Premium

One-click staging clone built into the control panel

Automatic Daily Backups

Entry Premium plan has weekly auto backups; daily backups start at the Business plan

Automated daily backups on every plan

Backup Retention (Days)

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30 days 30 days of backup retention on the Starter plan

Free Site Migration

Free unlimited automated WordPress migrations

Unlimited free WordPress migrations

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH access with WP-CLI pre-installed on Premium and above

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

WordPress Multisite Support

WordPress Multisite officially supported on managed WordPress plans

WordPress Multisite officially supported at no extra cost

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

99.9% 99.9% uptime guarantee

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

24/7 Support

24/7 live chat support on all plans (priority support on Cloud)

24/7/365 expert WordPress support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

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

WAF / DDoS Protection

In-house WAF + Cloudflare-nameserver DDoS protection on all plans

Cloudflare Enterprise WAF + DDoS protection included on every plan

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom hPanel, Hostinger's in-house control panel

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

White-Label / Agency Features

Hostinger Pro: unified multi-site dashboard with unbranded (white-label) client dashboards and per-site client access

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

Email Hosting Included

Free email mailboxes included (2 per website on Premium, free for 1 year)

No email hosting; use a dedicated email provider

The verdict

Hostinger

Best for multiple sites on a low budget

Starts at $10.99/mo versus Rocket.net's $30, and the entry plan covers 3 sites with 20 GB storage against 1 site and 10 GB. It also bundles email mailboxes Rocket.net omits, runs PHP up to 8.5, and spans 12 datacenters across 4 continents. The trade-off: entry tier skips the free CDN, staging, daily backups, and malware removal.

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Rocket.net

Best for managed features on the entry plan

Its $30 Starter plan includes what Hostinger gates behind higher tiers: Cloudflare Enterprise CDN, one-click staging, daily backups with 30-day retention, and real-time malware removal. It also guarantees 99.99% uptime versus 99.9%. The cost: one site, 10 GB storage, and no email hosting, so multi-site or budget buyers pay more for less capacity.

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