Rocket.netReviews of rocket.net

I've been creating WordPress sites for a while now. In between then, I've hosted at HostGator, DreamHost, SiteGround, and now Rocket.net. I migrated after Tom Dupuis's in-depth review on Rocket over on his blog. The first thing I noticed after migrating was that my TTFB had drastically reduced on both sites I migrated over. My GTMetrix score went from a C to an A without changing anything on the front or back end. (One site had a bunch of plugins and JS) The support was next level. They're a small team, so you will recognize many support agents, but these guys are A players and know exactly what they're talking about. Some of the agents I've spoken to over live chat have had 10 years of WP hosting experience behind their belt. They're extremely innovative, and it seems like Rocket has such a different approach to hosting that the performance is unbelievable. One big thing is that Rocket uses Cloudflare Enterprise to give you <100ms TTFB global, and the specs they have for all of their plans are just crazy. I've never had WordPress sites this fast. If you're serious about your website go with Rocket.

I just migrated to Rocket.net and it was very smooth. They were very helpful and my site is now up and running. I'll update once I've been with them for a while. But for now, everything is good.

Whilst their tech is good, their support is phenomenal. Having dealt with a company recently who issued my SSL there's a noticeable difference in the overall support experience and Rocket.net is world-class. I would highly recommend this company to anyone on WordPress especially SMEs.

They have something that most companies are lacking these days, real people to talk to and quickly too. This is something extremely important to me and I want to support this as it's becoming so rare these days. It's the biggest annoyance with any big company but Rocket.net. Make sure to keep it that way guys, don't go cutting costs.

I'm from Kinsta. Kinsta is not bad, but here, in Rocket.net: Speed and environment: WOW (no memory limit to 256M, no php workers limit, and more and more) Assistance: Stellar (if ask something "external" to their duty, they always help you, as they can) For now, hands down, really.

Ben should be ashamed of himself for his bogus claims and poor treatment of affiliates while he’s busy selling out to hosting.com and flying around in a private jet. Bogus claim #1: Their “fastest WordPress hosting” actually uses CPUs from 2013 ranked 400th+ on PassMark and have been discontinued. Along with old generations of DDR3 RAM and PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs (this is why your admin, load times, and WooCommerce store are probably slow despite being served from Cloudflare Enterprise). Bogus claim #2: Rocket.net is not “operating independently.” They were acquired by hosting.com, which Ben is now chief product officer at, then hired a new GM for Rocket, and co-mingled their support with hosting.com’s. Bogus claim #3: Their affiliate program is anything but “high converting.” I have a screenshot of them reversing 76/100 affiliate sales and adding bogus notes (excuses) why their affiliate manager (Jeff) reversed them. Bogus claim #4: Rocket.net uses 32 CPU cores. Their CPUs actually have 8 cores and are duel = 16. But you don’t get 16 CPU cores unless you pay $649/mo for their Enterprise plans which use dedicated resources, while standard plans shared resources. If you believe the future of Rocket.net is what they claim, check out Ben Gabler’s background (which you can find on Rocket.net’s website) and how he was CEO or CTO of HostGator/HostNine around the same time both were sold to EIG. Which is exactly what I believe Rocket.net has planned all along. To sell out to private equity just like Ben did with HostNine + HostGator. Ben has since deleted his Instagram photo with the private jet. Guess he didn’t want you to see that part.

Whilst their tech is good, their support is phenomenal. Having dealt with a company recently who issued my SSL there's a noticeable difference in the overall support experience and Rocket.net is world-class. I would highly recommend this company to anyone on WordPress especially SMEs.

My Kinsta TTFB Performance grade among 35 locations worldwide was worse than an F. My GT Metrix score was Good but required multiple plugins and hours of work to achieve. I began chatting with Chad at Rocket.net on 8/25/22 and by 8/26/22 my site's TTFB grade was a STRONG A and my GT Metrix score was the best I'd EVER seen for ANY website - after working in the Wordpress space for over a decade. Chad and his team at Rocket.net are AMAZING. They told me exactly what was happening with my current host (Kinsta). And why their product that integrates Cloudflare Enterprise is infinitely FASTER and ultimately a superior product. I can't believe the results after migrating to Rocket.net. Their servers and their systems are so advanced that I was even able to completely delete Nitropack and see a noticeable jump in my site speed and performance on GTM and Google PageSpeed Insights. I've never recommended a host in the past but that is about to change now that I've found Rocket.net. Thank you Chad and your entire team for helping me with a crucial piece in my efforts keep up with the ever changing landscape that is Wordpress website hosting and Google preferences.