Rocket.net vs SiteGround
Both are WordPress hosts aimed at agencies, freelancers and growing sites. They differ most on performance, multi-site management and scalability.
At a glance
| Rocket.net | SiteGround | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 80/100 Higher | 75/100 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Paid from | $30/mo (about £22.41) monthly; $1 first month | £1.99/mo (about $2.66) first-year rate, prepaid for 12 months; renews at £13.99/mo |
| Positioning | premium managed | managed shared |
| Launched | — | — |
| Best for | Site owners who want premium managed WordPress performance with pricing that does not jump at renewal. | Small sites and freelancers who want managed WordPress hosting at a low first-year price, and will budget for renewal. |
Where each one leads
| Dimension | Rocket.net | SiteGround | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staging environments | 3/5 | 3/5 | Tie |
| Multi-site management | 3/5 | 4/5 | SiteGround |
| Support | 4/5 | 4/5 | Tie |
| Performance | 5/5 | 4/5 | Rocket.net |
| Value for money | 4/5 | 4/5 | Tie |
| Ease of use | 4/5 | 4/5 | Tie |
| Scalability | 4/5 | 3/5 | Rocket.net |
Scores are 1–5 per dimension. Rocket.net leads on 2 dimensions, SiteGround on 1. The overall figure weights these for WordPress hosting generally — see methodology.
Pricing
Plans are listed per tool rather than paired row by row — tiers rarely line up, and putting one vendor's second plan beside another's implies an equivalence that is not there.
| Tool | Plan | Per month | Terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket.net | Starter | $30 | monthly; $1 first month |
| Pro | $60 | monthly; $1 first month | |
| Business | $100 | monthly; $1 first month | |
| Expert | $200 | monthly; $1 first month | |
| SiteGround | StartUp | £1.99 | first-year rate, prepaid for 12 months; renews at £13.99/mo |
| GrowBig | £3.99 | first-year rate, prepaid for 12 months; renews at £23.99/mo | |
| GoGeek | £5.99 | first-year rate, prepaid for 12 months; renews at £34.99/mo |
Pricing checked 24 September 2026 against each vendor's own pricing page. Rocket.net: Billed in USD. Yearly billing gives two months free; Rocket.net states it never raises prices at renewal. SiteGround: Shown to UK visitors in GBP, excluding VAT. Headline prices are first-year rates prepaid for 12 months; renewal prices are shown with each plan. Where the two bill in different currencies, conversions use the European Central Bank reference rate.
Verdict
Rocket.net
- +No renewal price increases, and the first month costs $1.
- +Every plan includes an enterprise CDN, a web application firewall, malware protection and daily backups kept for 30 days.
- +Unlimited free migrations and a 99.99% uptime guarantee on every plan.
- −Starter is $30 a month for one WordPress site with 10 GB of storage.
- −Bandwidth is capped on every plan: 50 GB on Starter and 100 GB on Pro.
SiteGround
- +Introductory prices from £1.99 a month on StartUp, prepaid for 12 months (ex VAT).
- +Free SSL, a free CDN and free daily backups kept for 30 days on every plan.
- +GrowBig adds unlimited websites, 50 GB of storage, staging and on-demand backups.
- −Renewal prices are much higher: StartUp renews at £13.99 a month, GrowBig at £23.99 and GoGeek at £34.99 (ex VAT).
- −StartUp hosts one website with 10 GB of storage and no staging.
Common questions
Is Rocket.net cheaper than SiteGround?
Rocket.net starts at $30/mo (about £22.41; monthly; $1 first month), and SiteGround starts at £1.99/mo (about $2.66; first-year rate, prepaid for 12 months; renews at £13.99/mo) — so SiteGround is the cheaper entry point. Converted at the European Central Bank reference rate. Compare what each includes at that tier, and what it renews at, rather than the headline figure alone.
Which is better, Rocket.net or SiteGround?
On our weighted scoring across the use cases in this category, Rocket.net comes out ahead overall. The honest answer is that it depends on the use case — the tables above break the score down by dimension so you can weight it to your own priorities.
Other comparisons
Sources & verification
- api.frankfurter.app — checked 6 November 2026European Central Bank reference rate, published via Frankfurter.
- rocket.net — checked 24 September 2026No free plan; the first month costs $1.
- siteground.co.uk — checked 24 September 2026No free plan.