Rocket.net vs. WP Engine

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Rocket.net and WP Engine 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.

Rocket.net

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

HQ West Palm Beach, FL

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WP Engine

Managed WordPress platform for businesses and agencies, with staging, CDN, and developer tooling.

HQ Austin, TX

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Rocket.net

WP Engine

Company facts

Headquarters

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

Austin, TX Founded 2010 in Austin, Texas

Employees

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1k 1,000+ globally distributed employees (lower bound)

Pricing

Starting Monthly Price (USD)

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

$30 Startup plan, billed annually ($30/mo)

Entry Plan WordPress Sites

1 sites Starter plan includes 1 WordPress install

1 sites Startup plan: 1 WordPress install

Entry Plan Monthly Visits

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25k Startup plan: 25,000 monthly visits

Entry Plan Storage (GB)

10 GB Starter plan includes 10 GB storage

10 GB Startup plan: 10 GB local storage

Free Trial Length (Days)

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

0 days No free trial; 60-day money-back guarantee instead

Money-Back Guarantee (Days)

30 days 30-day money-back guarantee

60 days 60-day money-back guarantee (annual plans)

Performance & infrastructure

Underlying Cloud

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

Google Cloud, AWS Google Cloud on all plans; AWS (and Azure) on Premium

Datacenter Locations

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

28 across Google Cloud, AWS & Azure; AWS and Azure regions plus 3 GCP regions are Premium-tier only

Free CDN

Cloudflare Enterprise CDN included on every plan

Global CDN included on all plans

Web Server

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NGINX NGINX-based stack

Built-in Object Cache

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

Object caching enabled by default; dedicated Redis on higher tiers

Latest PHP Version

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

8.4 PHP 8.4 (beta; requires WordPress 6.7+)

Free SSL Certificate

Free SSL included and auto-renewed on all plans

Auto-renewing SSL included on all plans

WordPress management

Automatic WordPress Updates

Automated core, plugin, and theme updates

Managed WP, PHP & MySQL updates included

Staging Environments

One-click staging clone built into the control panel

1-click staging & dev environments on all plans

Automatic Daily Backups

Automated daily backups on every plan

Daily & on-demand automatic backups

Backup Retention (Days)

30 days 30 days of backup retention on the Starter plan

40 days Revert to any backup up to 40 days

Free Site Migration

Unlimited free WordPress migrations

Free automated migration plugin (WP Migrate)

SSH & WP-CLI Access

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

SSH gateway with WP-CLI and Git on all plans

WordPress Multisite Support

WordPress Multisite officially supported at no extra cost

Multisite supported as add-on (Growth+); not on Startup

Support & security

Uptime SLA (%)

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

99.99% 99.99% uptime SLA

24/7 Support

24/7/365 expert WordPress support on all plans

24/7/365 chat support on all plans

Malware Removal / Hack Fix

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

Free hack fix / malware cleaning for infections on-platform

WAF / DDoS Protection

Cloudflare Enterprise WAF + DDoS protection included on every plan

Basic network DDoS included; managed WAF + advanced DDoS via paid Global Edge Security

Platform & integrations

Control Panel

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

custom Custom dashboard (WP Engine User Portal / my.wpengine.com)

White-Label / Agency Features

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

Agency plans, partner program, multi-site client management

Email Hosting Included

No email hosting; use a dedicated email provider

No email hosting; recommends a dedicated provider (e.g. Google Workspace)

The verdict

Rocket.net

Best for bundled security and multisite

At the same $30 entry price, Rocket.net includes Cloudflare Enterprise WAF and DDoS on every plan, where WP Engine gates managed WAF behind paid Global Edge Security. Multisite is supported at no extra cost on the Starter plan; WP Engine requires Growth+. It also ships across 4 datacenter regions and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

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WP Engine

Best for cache performance and global reach

Also $30 to start, WP Engine enables object caching by default, while Rocket.net reserves Object Cache Pro for Enterprise. It spans 28 datacenter locations across Google Cloud and AWS versus Rocket.net's 4, gives 40 days of backup retention against 30, and a longer 60-day money-back guarantee. The Startup plan caps traffic at 25,000 monthly visits.

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Sources · 23 verified references

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