Pressable vs. Rocket.net

Last verified 35 days ago · 24 sources · Updated automatically

Pressable 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.

Pressable

Managed WordPress hosting from Automattic, with Jetpack and a global CDN included.

HQ San Antonio, TX

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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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Pressable

Rocket.net

Company facts

Headquarters

San Antonio, TX Automattic-owned; distributed/remote-first team

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

Employees

125 LinkedIn shows 51-200 employees (midpoint)

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Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

$25 Signature 1 plan, billed monthly

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

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

1 sites 1 WordPress install on Signature 1

1 sites Starter plan includes 1 WordPress install

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

30k 30,000 monthly visits on Signature 1

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Entry Plan Storage (GB)

20 GB 20 GB storage on Signature 1

10 GB Starter plan includes 10 GB storage

Free Trial Length (Days)

0 days

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

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

own datacenters Runs on Automattic's WP Cloud platform

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

Datacenter Locations

4 4 origin regions: Los Angeles, Dallas, Ashburn (VA), Amsterdam

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

Free CDN

Pressable Edge Cache included on every plan

Cloudflare Enterprise CDN included on every plan

Web Server

NGINX NGINX with PHP-FPM

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Built-in Object Cache

Persistent object cache (Memcache) enabled by default

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

Latest PHP Version

8.4 PHP up to 8.4, selectable per site

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 on every site

Free SSL included and auto-renewed on all plans

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Automatic managed WordPress core updates

Automated core, plugin, and theme updates

Staging Environments

One-click staging on all plans

One-click staging clone built into the control panel

Automatic Daily Backups

Daily file backups, hourly DB backups, one-click restore

Automated daily backups on every plan

Backup Retention (Days)

30 days Automatic backups kept at least 30 days

30 days 30 days of backup retention on the Starter plan

Free Site Migration

Free White Glove migrations + free migration plugin, any number of sites

Unlimited free WordPress migrations

SSH & WP-CLI Access

SSH/SFTP access and WP-CLI on all plans

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

WordPress Multisite Support

Multisite supported (path-based all plans; domain-based on 5+ site plans)

WordPress Multisite officially supported at no extra cost

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

100% 100% network uptime guarantee (SLA with credits)

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

24/7 Support

24/7 WordPress support on all plans

24/7/365 expert WordPress support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

Free malware cleaning & hack recovery assistance

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

WAF / DDoS Protection

WAF + DDoS protection included via Jetpack Security on all plans

Cloudflare Enterprise WAF + DDoS protection included on every plan

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

custom MyPressable Control Panel

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

White-Label / Agency Features

White-label, collaborator permissions, agency/reseller hosting

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

Email Hosting Included

Professional email hosting powered by Titan

No email hosting; use a dedicated email provider

The verdict

Pressable

Best for cheaper entry plan with email and object cache

The entry plan undercuts Rocket.net at $25/mo vs $30, doubles storage to 20 GB vs 10 GB, and includes a persistent object cache (Memcache) by default where Rocket.net reserves it for Enterprise. It also bundles email hosting via Titan, which Rocket.net omits, and carries a 100% uptime SLA vs Rocket.net's 99.99%.

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Rocket.net

Best for a Cloudflare Enterprise CDN and WAF stack

Both run on their own datacenters, but Rocket.net fronts every plan with a Cloudflare Enterprise CDN and WAF, against Pressable's in-house Edge Cache and Jetpack-based WAF. The tradeoff: the $30/mo Starter plan starts at 10 GB storage vs Pressable's 20 GB, skips the default object cache, and includes no email hosting.

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Sources · 24 verified references

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