Rocket.net

Rocket.net is a managed WordPress hosting platform founded in 2020 by Ben Gabler, a hosting industry veteran with 20+ years of experience. The company operates under the legal entity onRocket.com, LLC, based in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. The fully distributed team has around 40+ employees across multiple continents.

Ben Gabler has an impressive track record in the industry: Operations Manager and later COO at HostGator (2006-2012), CEO of HostNine (2006-2010), Senior Product Manager at GoDaddy (2013-2015), CEO at Help.com (2015-2018), and Chief Product Officer at StackPath (2018-2020). Known as “The King of CDN,” his expertise in CDN, WAF, and edge computing directly shapes Rocket.net’s architecture.

Rocket.net’s standout feature is its deep integration with Cloudflare Enterprise CDN, with 275+ points of presence (PoPs) worldwide. This delivers content in under 50ms from anywhere in the world. The CDN includes full-page caching, smart routing, tiered caching, Brotli compression, on-the-fly image optimization, and Early Hints — all preconfigured.

Infrastructure runs on a private cloud with enterprise bare-metal servers: Dual Intel Xeon Gold CPUs (32 cores), 128 GB RAM, NVMe storage with Enterprise RAID, and 2x25 Gbps connectivity. The hybrid architecture supports live migration between servers with no downtime.

Security uses a two-layer approach. The first layer is a Cloudflare Enterprise WAF at the edge, scanning every request. The second layer is Imunify360 on the server, with real-time malware scanning, brute-force protection, and defense against zero-day exploits. The platform blocks over 161 million attacks.

Rocket.net claims an average global TTFB of around 83ms and a 96.21% cache hit ratio, making it 2–6x faster than major competitors. The platform includes unlimited PHP workers, free Redis caching, and on Enterprise plans — Object Cache Pro and Relay for next-gen PHP caching.

The proprietary Mission Control control panel manages anywhere from 1 to hundreds of WordPress sites from a single dashboard. Features include: one-click staging, SSO login, automatic updates, SSH/SFTP access, phpMyAdmin, WP-CLI, a public API, and team collaboration with unlimited users.

Tech support is available 24/7/365 with an average response time of 45 seconds on live chat and 6 minutes on email. Enterprise customers get a private Slack channel and dedicated phone support. Free migrations are usually completed in 60 minutes.

Managed plans start at $25/month (annual billing) for 1 WordPress site and go up to $200/month for 25 sites. Agency plans span 10 tiers (from $83 to $1.333/month), and Enterprise ranges from $649 to $2.599/month. All include CDN, WAF, malware protection, SSL, and daily backups.

Rocket.net stands out in the premium WordPress managed hosting market on three pillars: top-tier performance (edge-first architecture with Cloudflare Enterprise), full security (dual WAF at no extra cost), and expert support (45-second response time). With a 30-day guarantee and a $1 first-month deal, the company competes directly with Kinsta, WP Engine, and Cloudways.