$1 is not the host. Month 2 is $30.
Rocket.net Starter is $1 the first month. Then $30/mo, or $25/mo annual. They do not hike after that — credit them. They also do not include email or a domain. Those are two more bills. $1 is the hook. It is not the product.
We do not invent a speed test. We do not claim we are faster. If you opened Rocket for Cloudflare Enterprise, unlimited PHP workers, or the 99.99% uptime guarantee, stay. That buyer is not ours.
We're not the cheapest host. We're the one that just works.
Someone who thought the host was $1
This page is for the person who opened Rocket, saw $1, and then found Workspace and a registrar.
Stay on Rocket if you bought it for Cloudflare Enterprise, unlimited PHP workers, or the 99.99% uptime guarantee. Stay if you already have Google Workspace and a registrar you like, and a fast box is the whole job. We will not out-claim their edge story. We do not publish a speed test.
Look at JuJu if you wanted one bill: host + domain + mail + someone who does the WordPress work. Leftover Rocket months can become JuJu time: up to 12 months, at our price. We don't write a check. Domain, 10 mailboxes, an engineer. $19.95/mo or $199/yr. Price is the price. No $1 hook.
The host after month 1
USD. Rocket public prices and email FAQ refreshed 21 August 2026.
| JuJu | Rocket.net Starter | |
|---|---|---|
| What they advertise first | $19.95/mo or $199/yr. That is the price. | $1 first month. Then $30/mo, or $25/mo annual. |
| Do they hike later? | No. Same SKU. Cancel anytime. | No. Credit them — they say they do not raise prices, ever. |
| WordPress installs | 1 | 1 |
| Storage / bandwidth | 10 GB NVMe | 10 GB · 50 GB bandwidth · unmetered visits. Overage $2/GB disk, $0.08/GB bandwidth. |
| 10 mailboxes included | Not offered. Their FAQ sends you to Google Workspace or similar. | |
| Domain | Registration and yearly renewal included | Not included. Buy it at a registrar. |
| Who does the work | Julia, the AI site engineer. | You, plus their stack (Enterprise CDN, WAF, 30-day backups). Fast box. Not a managed inbox. |
| Cloudflare Enterprise / PHP workers | LiteSpeed + LSCache + Redis + WAF. Not CF Enterprise. Not unlimited workers. | Enterprise CDN, unlimited PHP workers, 99.99% uptime guarantee. If that is why you opened the tab, stay. |
| Money-back | 60 days on hosting | 30-day money-back on their pricing page |
| Migration | Free + leftover-time credit (up to 12 months, our price) | Their migrate path |
Redis: their 21 August 2026 pricing HTML does not mention Redis. Older copy on this page said Redis is included and enabled via support. We are not repeating that as a 21 August fact.
Host + mail + domain
Rocket hosting does not hike. The full bill still adds a registrar and Workspace, because they do not include either. Same assumptions already on this page: annual Starter at $25/mo, Google Workspace Business Starter list $7/user/mo (the figure on our other compare pages, dated 15 August 2026 — we did not re-fetch Google today), one .com at roughly $10–$23/yr.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3-year total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JuJu annual (host + domain + 10 mailboxes) | $199 | $199 | $199 | $597 |
| Rocket Starter annual ($25/mo) | $300 | $300 | $300 | $900 |
| + Google Workspace list ($7/user/mo) | $84 | $84 | $84 | $252 |
| + registrar .com (~$10–$23/yr) | $10–$23 | $10–$23 | $10–$23 | $30–$69 |
| Rocket + Workspace + domain | ~$1,182–$1,221 |
Monthly Starter without the annual discount is $30 × 36 = $1,080 hosting before mail and domain. The $1 first month does not change the three-year math in a way that matters. Month 2 is $30, not $1.
Assumptions: one WordPress site, one Workspace user at the $7/mo list already used on vs WP Engine / vs Kinsta (15 August 2026). Domain is a separate registrar, about $10–23/yr. JuJu $199/yr with leftover-time credit, domain, 10 mailboxes. We do not invent a speed test and we do not claim we are faster.
A complete host versus a fast box plus two more bills
JuJu is domain + 10 mailboxes + an engineer at $199/year. Rocket is a fast WordPress box. Email is Workspace. The name is a registrar. Those are real products. They are also two more invoices. We do not compete with the $1 month. We compete with the stack after it.
Cloudflare Enterprise, unlimited PHP workers, 99.99% uptime guarantee — that is why a lot of people open Rocket. If that is you, stay. We will not publish a race. We will not say we are faster. Our wedge is the complete host, not the edge network.
Unused Rocket time can become JuJu time — up to 12 months, at our price. 60-day money-back on the initial hosting fee versus their 30. Leftover-time credit, domain, 10 mailboxes. Price is the price. We do not put a $1 first month on the button.
If you came for the edge, keep Rocket
We will not invent a speed test. We will not say we are faster than Rocket. We will not pretend $1 is the monthly price. We will not pretend they hike — they say they do not. Credit that.
Pro is $60/mo ($50 annual): 3 installs, 20 GB, 100 GB bandwidth. Business is $100/mo ($83 annual): 10 installs, 40 GB. If that is the plan you need, you are past our one-site / 10 GB box. This SKU is a brochure / SMB WordPress site. No contractual uptime SLA (we target 99.9%). Not white-label. Running several sites? Let's talk volume.
Got leftover months on Rocket?
Leftover-time credit, domain, 10 mailboxes. The price is the price. If you came for Cloudflare Enterprise, keep Rocket.
60-day money-back on hosting · Cancel anytime · Free white-glove migration (typical 1–2 business days) · Leftover old-host time becomes JuJu time — up to 12 months, at our price
Hosting refund: first 60 days of the initial purchase, one guarantee refund per customer (Refund Policy). Domains already provisioned are not refunded.
