BigScoots vs Rocket.net (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Rocket.net grades higher than BigScoots: 2.0 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Rocket.net grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
BigScoots
Managed WordPress hosting priced by monthly visitors
Rocket.net
Managed WordPress hosting served through Cloudflare Enterprise
Which one is for you
Pick BigScoots if
- Fits if you run a WordPress site and want the host to handle migrations and upkeep
- Works for sites with steady traffic that fits a visitor tier
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run one small site, at $29.17 a month for 1 site
- Tight if your traffic grows, because plans are capped by monthly visitors
- Skip it if you want to try first, as there is no free plan or trial listed
- Watch out: Essential 75 uses a CDN, and Boost starts at Essential 125
- Watch out: monthly billing is higher on every plan, with annual shown as two months free
Pick Rocket.net if
- Fits if your visitors are spread across lots of countries
- Works for running your hosting from an AI agent or your IDE, through its MCP server
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want email with your hosting, as it points you to Google Workspace
- Skip it if you host anything other than WordPress
- Tight if your site is heavy on media, as storage over the plan is $2 per GB and bandwidth $0.08 per GB
- Watch out: visitors are unmetered, but each plan caps sites, storage and bandwidth
- Pricey if you need dedicated CPU and RAM, as Enterprise starts at $649 a month, outside the refund
How we grade them
| 1.6GPABigScootsWeak | 2.0GPARocket.netFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CEssential 75 is $29.17 a month billed annually for 1 site and 75k visitors, above the $20.83 dearer-quarter line for web hosting. Two sites and 200k visitors is $70.83. | CGraded against the other managed WordPress hosts. Starter is $25 a month billed yearly, so two years cost $600, about $25 a month, the middle of that group. Monthly is $30 after a $1 first month, and it says renewals aren't raised. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing is free: no free plan and no trial are listed. | FNo free plan and no trial. The first month on monthly billing is $1, which still isn't free, and there's a 30-day money-back guarantee. |
| Features | CManaged WordPress with free migrations, staging, backups, SSL, monitoring and email. Boost by BigScoots starts at Essential 125, and shared, VPS and dedicated are separate products. | BCloudflare Enterprise CDN and firewall, a real-time malware scanner, daily backups kept 30 days, staging, automatic updates, free WP Rocket and WP Umbrella licenses and free migrations. Nothing in the managed WordPress job is missing. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A managed host handles servers, but you still migrate and connect a site. | CNo app store rating to go on. Caching and security come set up, so there are fewer plugins to fiddle with, but you're still moving and running a WordPress site. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only and WordPress only, with a Cloudflare-powered CDN and no integrations list. | BA web dashboard with no app on record, plus an official MCP server covering the whole API, and Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT connected from its AI panel. |
| Best for | managed WordPress hosting sized by monthly visitors | WordPress sites with visitors worldwide |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: BigScoots and Rocket.net. How we grade
Price against what you get
BigScoots starts at $29.17 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Rocket.net starts at $25 a month and scores 2.7.
Rocket.net scores higher and starts $4.17 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, 54 score higher than BigScoots for less, and none scores higher than Rocket.net for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- BigScoots also covers page speed.
- Rocket.net also covers malware protection.
At a glance
| BigScoots | Rocket.net | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $29.17 per month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 monthly, first month $1) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | BigScoots | Rocket.net |
| Price read from | bigscoots.com | rocket.net |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
BigScoots
- Plans are capped by monthly visitors, so traffic growth can push a site into a pricier tier.
- Essential 75 uses a CDN rather than Boost; Boost by BigScoots starts with Essential 125.
- Annual billing is shown as two months free; the monthly price is higher on every plan.
- Shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers have their own pricing, not covered by these plans.
Rocket.net
- It hosts WordPress only and does not include email; the pricing page points to Google Workspace for mail.
- Storage beyond the plan is billed at $2 per GB and bandwidth at $0.08 per GB, unless you move up a plan.
- Enterprise plans with dedicated CPU and RAM start at $649 a month through sales and are excluded from the 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Visitors are unmetered, but each plan caps the number of WordPress sites, storage and bandwidth.
Key features
BigScoots
- Free migrations
- The vendor says its team performs zero-downtime site migrations at no charge on every managed WordPress plan.
- Boost by BigScoots
- A performance and edge delivery layer built on a custom Cloudflare Enterprise setup, included from the Essential 125 plan upward.
- Staging, backups and SSL
- One-click staging, automatic and manual backups with retention, and an SSL certificate for each site.
- Monitoring and security
- Sites are checked every 60 seconds, with a DDoS and web application firewall service and an uptime SLA.
- Email included
- Unlimited email accounts with 10 GB of storage appear in the plan comparison.
- Other hosting types
- Cloud VPS, dedicated servers, shared hosting and optimization, security and website maintenance services are sold separately.
Rocket.net
- Cloudflare Enterprise CDN and firewall
- Every site is served through Cloudflare Enterprise with its web application firewall switched on, and a server-side scanner checks files for malware in real time.
- Daily backups and staging
- Backups run automatically each day and are kept for 30 days. Free staging environments let updates be tested before they reach the live site.
- Bundled plugin licenses
- Plans include WP Rocket for caching and WP Umbrella for monitoring and maintenance at no extra charge.
- AI panel and MCP server
- Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT can be connected to any site for content, SEO and code work, and an official MCP server covers the whole Rocket.net API.
- Automatic updates and activity log
- WordPress core, plugin and theme updates can run automatically, and an activity log records changes made on each site.
- Free migrations and support
- Sites are moved over free from any host, and support by live chat and tickets is open 24/7 on every plan.
Plans
BigScoots
Essential 75$29.17
per month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
1 WordPress site, 75k monthly visitors, 10 GB storage, 150 GB bandwidth and a Cloudflare-powered CDN.
Essential 125$50
per month, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)
1 site, 125k monthly visitors, 15 GB storage, 500 GB bandwidth, with 1 Boost by BigScoots license.
Essential 200$70.83
per month, billed annually ($85 billed monthly)
2 sites, 200k monthly visitors, 30 GB storage, 750 GB bandwidth, with 1 Boost license.
Core 500$166.67
per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)
5 sites, 500k monthly visitors, 100 GB storage, 1.5 TB bandwidth and 2 Boost licenses.
Core 1000$291.67
per month, billed annually ($350 billed monthly)
10 sites, 1M monthly visitors, 150 GB storage, 2 TB bandwidth and 5 Boost licenses.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited sites and millions of visitors, quoted through a consultation. Essential 300 ($100 a month annually) also exists.
Rocket.net
Starter$25
per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 billed monthly)
10 GB storage, 50 GB bandwidth and unmetered visitors. On monthly billing the first month is $1, then $30 a month.
Pro$50
per month for 3 sites, billed annually ($60 billed monthly)
20 GB storage and 100 GB bandwidth. On monthly billing the first month is $1, then $60 a month.
Business$83
per month for 10 sites, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)
40 GB storage and 300 GB bandwidth. On monthly billing the first month is $1, then $100 a month.
Expert$166
per month for 25 sites, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)
50 GB storage and 500 GB bandwidth for people managing several client sites. First month $1 on monthly billing.
Agency Tier 1$83
per month for 10 sites, billed annually ($100 billed monthly)
50 GB storage, 200 GB bandwidth and the Agency Toolkit. Nine higher tiers run up to 200 sites at $1,333 a month, billed annually.
Ways to pay less
BigScoots
- Annual discount
Two months free on annual billing
The pricing page shows annual plans at a lower monthly rate, for example $350 a year for Essential 75 versus $35 a month.
Rocket.net
- Other savings
First month for $1 on monthly billing
Every plan billed monthly costs $1 for the first month, then its regular rate, such as $30 a month for Starter. Rocket.net says renewals are not raised.
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Paying yearly gives two months free on any plan: Starter drops from $30 to $25 a month and Pro from $60 to $50.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, BigScoots or Rocket.net?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Rocket.net is cheaper to start with: $25 a month, against $29.17 a month for BigScoots. BigScoots starts at $29.17 per month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly), and Rocket.net starts at $25 per month for 1 site, billed annually ($30 monthly, first month $1).
Which has a free plan, BigScoots or Rocket.net?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither BigScoots nor Rocket.net has a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.