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Nexcess vs Rocket.net: which is more reliable? (2026)
Rocket.net is more reliable than Nexcess, scoring 90.0 vs 55.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Nexcess reported 19 incidents and Rocket.net reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.19% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Nexcess | Rocket.net |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 55.4 | 90.0 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #6 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.19% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 19 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 11h 39m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where Nexcess and Rocket.net differ
- Rocket.net reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Nexcess reported 19.
- Nexcess had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Rocket.net.
90-day uptime
Nexcess
Rocket.net
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Nexcess incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
- Degraded performanceSep 26, 2026 · resolved in 4h 34m
Service disruption on subset of cloudhosts in the us-midwest-2 region
Affected: us-midwest-2
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2d 23h
Security Advisory: Critical WordPress Vulnerability - "Click2Shell"
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 17h 59m
Affected: Tickets, Chats
- InformationalSep 12, 2026 · resolved in 5h 44m
Service interruption on subset of Cloudhosts at US-Midwest-2 Region
Affected: us-midwest-2
Recent Rocket.net incidents
No incidents reported by Rocket.net in the last 90 days.
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