Web hosting · Comparison
Kinsta vs Rocket.net
Kinsta starts at $30/mo billed yearly; Rocket.net starts at $25/mo billed yearly. Over 3 years on 12-month terms, Kinsta (Single 35K) costs about $1,080 and Rocket.net (Starter) about $900. Prices checked 9 Oct 2026.
Managed WordPress hosting
Premium managed WordPress host on Google Cloud infrastructure, with plans sized by visits or bandwidth and per-site pricing.
$30/mobilled yearly
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Managed WordPress host built around a Cloudflare Enterprise edge network, with unmetered visitors and a no-renewal-hike pricing promise.
$25/mobilled yearly
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3 years, renewing yearly
- Kinsta Single 35K, 1 year$1,080
- Rocket.net Starter, 1 year$900
Side by side
| Kinsta | Rocket.net | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $30.00/mo (term: 1 year). Price checked . | From $25.00/mo (term: 1 year). Price checked . |
| Storage | Single 35K to 315K: 10 GB; Single 500K and 750K: 15 GB; WP 2 20 GB, WP 5 30 GB, WP 10 40 GB, WP 20 50 GB, WP 40 60 GB. Extra 20 GB costs $20/month | Starter 10 GB, Pro 20 GB, Business 40 GB, Expert 50 GB; extra disk billed at $2/GB |
| Monthly visit limit | Visits-billed plans list 35,000 (Single 35K) to 750,000 (WP 40 and Single 750K) estimated visits a month. The tooltip says visits "aren't metered, so use this as a guide, not a limit", but the FAQ says overage fees apply if a site exceeds its visit, storage or CDN limits. Kinsta counts each unique IP in a 24-hour period as one visit | Unmetered visitors on all plans; bandwidth is capped (50 GB to 500 GB) with overages at $0.08/GB |
| Sites allowed | Single plans 1 WordPress install; WP 2, 5, 10, 20, 40 allow 2, 5, 10, 20 and 40 installs. Extra sites $30/month each | Starter 1, Pro 3, Business 10, Expert 25 WordPress installs |
| Free SSL | Yes, with wildcard support | Yes, on all plans |
| Backups | Daily automatic backups; 14 days retention (20 days on WP 20, WP 40, Single 500K and 750K). More frequent backups cost extra: every 6 hours $20/site/month, hourly $100/site/month | Automated daily backups with 30 days retention |
| Staging site | Yes, free one-click staging; premium staging environments $20/month each | Not captured |
| Data centers | Not captured | 10 hosting locations in the US, Europe and Asia |
| Managed WordPress | Yes, managed WordPress only on these plans | Yes, WordPress only |
Both are Researched from public pricing and specifications; neither has been hands-on tested.
How each counts your traffic
On 9 October 2026 Rocket.net Starter cost $30 a month, or $25 a month billed yearly, with a $1 first month. Kinsta Single 35K cost $35 a month, or $30 billed annually, with the first month free. Both include 10 GB of storage and host one WordPress site at this level.
Rocket.net doesn't meter visitors; it caps bandwidth instead and charges $0.08 per GB over the limit. Kinsta sizes plans by estimated visits and applies overage fees above them. Rocket.net says it never raises prices on renewal.
Read the full reviews: Kinsta review and Rocket.net review.