Compare · JuJu vs Rocket.net · dated 15 August 2026

$1 the first month. $0 for email. Forever.

Rocket.net is fast and they don't hike renewals — credit where it's due. They also don't host your mail. JuJu is one price from day one: site, domain registration and yearly renewal, 10 mailboxes. $19.95/mo or $199/yr. No $1 hook.

We're not the cheapest host. We're the one that just works.

Who this is for

The "what you see is what you get" shopper

This page is for the Rocket.net shopper who likes straight pricing and then notices the FAQ: they don't offer email.

You want a managed WordPress site with object cache on. You don't want to open Google Workspace and a registrar to finish the job. You don't want a $1 month that trains you on a $30 habit.

You have a brochure or SMB site, not an agency tier with 25 installs. You want 60 days to decide, not 30, and a free move. If you have time left on Rocket, we add that time to your JuJu plan — up to 12 months, at our price. We don't write a check. If you need Cloudflare Enterprise edge and unlimited PHP workers on a 250k-visit-class stack, stay on Rocket — this page isn't that argument.

Side by side

One WordPress site

USD. Rocket Starter. Dated 15 August 2026.

JuJuRocket.net Starter
Price$19.95/mo · $199/yr ($16.58/mo)$30/mo · $25/mo annual
IntroNone. Price is the price.$1 first month on non-enterprise plans
RenewalSame as signupSame as signup — they pledge no hike
Email10 mailboxes includedNot offered — FAQ points to Workspace
DomainRegistration and renewal includedNot included
Redis✓ included✓ included (free; enable via support)
Storage10 GB NVMe10 GB
BandwidthUnmetered, fair use50 GB (overage $0.08/GB)
PHP256 MB memoryUnlimited PHP workers (different metric)
CDN / WAFEdge cache + WAF includedEnterprise edge / WAF included
BackupsDaily, includedDaily, 30-day retention
Money-back60 days30 days (not on Enterprise)
MigrationFree + time credit (up to 12 months, our price)Free (they cite most under 12 hours)
AI on the siteEngineer, builder, briefing, copilotNot a comparable product

Both include Redis — no dash for Rocket here. The wedge is email and the $1 intro, not object cache.

3-year cost

The surprise isn't renewal — it's what was never on the invoice

PathHostingDomainEmail3-year total
JuJu annual$597$0$0$597
Rocket annual Starter + .com + Workspace$900separate+$252~$1,183
Rocket monthly + $1 intro + .com + Workspace$1,051separate+$252~$1,334

Rocket doesn't hike the host at renewal — the surprise isn't a year-2 hosting price. The surprise is everything that never was on the invoice: mail, and the domain.

Assumptions: one WordPress site. Rocket annual Starter $25/mo = $300/yr × 3 = $900 (we don't apply the $1 first month to the annual 3-year total); the monthly row is $1 month 1 then $30 × 35. Domain is a separate registrar bill — roughly $10–23/yr, not shown as a JuJu-precise figure. Email is Google Workspace Business Starter at the list $7/user/mo (one user) = $252 over three years. JuJu $199/yr with domain, 10 mailboxes, and Redis included.

The wedge

No email. A $1 intro vs a price that was always the price.

Rocket.net's pricing page is clear: $1 first month, then the plan you picked, and they won't raise that plan at renewal. That part's clean — we won't invent a renewal trap they don't have.

They're also clear about email: they don't offer it, and send you to Google Workspace. That's a second product, a second bill, and MX records you now own. They don't include a domain in the host price either — you keep a registrar.

JuJu's number is the number. $19.95/mo or $199/yr. Domain registration and yearly renewal. Ten mailboxes. Redis on. No $1 month to explain later.

Redis isn't the wedge here — they include it, so do we. (The old July 2026 homepage table that put a dash in Rocket's Redis cell was wrong; we've fixed it.) Their refund window is 30 days, Enterprise excluded; ours is 60 on hosting. A migration needs time to settle.

Honest limits

A different performance story — no fake speed test

10 GB NVMe, 256 MB PHP, one site, ten mailboxes. Rocket Starter is also 10 GB, but they give you 50 GB bandwidth, unmetered visits on the current card, and unlimited PHP workers — a different performance story than 256 MB PHP memory. We won't imply we're that edge platform.

This SKU is a brochure / SMB WordPress site — not a huge WooCommerce catalog, not 25 installs, not their Expert or Agency grid. If the reason you opened Rocket was "fastest host, Cloudflare Enterprise, unlimited workers," this page won't talk you out of it with a speed test we didn't run. Running several sites? Let's talk volume.

Leaving Rocket.net?

One price from day one — with email and the domain already in it.

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). Provisioned domains are not refunded.

FAQ

Rocket.net switch, answered

Is Rocket.net's first month really $1?
Yes, as published 15 August 2026 on every managed and agency plan card: "$1 first month." After that you pay the plan rate ($30/mo, or $25/mo annual on Starter).
Do they raise the price at renewal?
They say no — same page: no hidden upsells, no renewal price hikes. We're not claiming a SiteGround-style jump here.
Do they include email?
No. Their pricing FAQ states they do not offer email and recommend Google Workspace. List price for Workspace Business Starter was $7/user/mo on 15 August 2026.
Do you include Redis? Do they?
Both include Redis. Ours is on the plan card; theirs is documented as free on managed plans (enable with support). We won't reuse the old homepage dash.
30 days vs 60 days?
Rocket: 30-day money-back except Enterprise; cancel anytime in the portal. JuJu: 60 days on the initial hosting fee. See our Refund Policy.
How long does the move take?
Typical 1–2 business days after we have WordPress admin. They claim most migrations finish under 12 hours. Either way, we keep your old site answering until the move is done, then we switch. You shouldn't see a gap. DNS still has to update; we hold the old site up until it does. If you have time left on Rocket, we add that time to your JuJu plan — up to 12 months, at our price. We don't write a check.
Sources checked 15 August 2026
Rocket.net pricing page ($30 / $25 annual, $1 first month, 30-day guarantee, Starter 10 GB / 50 GB, email FAQ), Redis-included references; Google Workspace pricing (list $7/user/mo); JuJu pricing and refund. Competitor figures reflect the pages we opened on 15 August 2026 and are not updated automatically.