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Rocket.net: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Rocket.net is a managed WordPress hosting service. The platform combines hosting with a CDN, a web application firewall, malware protection, SSL and site migrations, and offers integrations with AI assistants and an MCP server for managing sites from a development environment. It is delivered as a managed cloud service and aimed at businesses and agencies that run WordPress sites without operating servers themselves.

Rocket.net is operated by onRocket.com LLC of Jupiter, Florida, in the United States, and is therefore subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act. Its privacy policy states that data may be stored in the United States and by affiliates in other countries, and may be processed outside the EEA. The policy names no fixed hosting region and no data processing agreement or sub-processor list; the vendor mentions its own data centres in locations such as Dubai and Toronto. European organisations that process personal data on their site should get the hosting location and processing terms confirmed in writing before signing up.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US, OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Web Hosting
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Rocket.net

The European alternatives to Rocket.net come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Rocket.net

Rocket.net is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Rocket.net hosts data outside the EU (US, OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Rocket.net is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Rocket.net together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Rocket.net?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Rocket.net include Alfahosting, ALL-INKL.COM and Antagonist. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Rocket.net?

Our list of EU alternatives to Rocket.net is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Rocket.net GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Rocket.net is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, OTHER. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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