Wp Rocket might be worth the price for you if you’re improving Core Web Vitals, especially LCP, as Autoptimize charges for the Critical CSS feature($5/mo).
โจWinner: Wp Rocket
Best Alternative: Perfmatters
WP Rocket has quite a lot more features than Autoptimize Pro, including Remove Unused CSS and New Delay Unused Javascript. The new Delay JS feature makes it easier for non-developers to optimize their websites without causing errors.
Wp Rocket also has a friendly database optimization feature that allows removing junk database tables and comments within a single click.
Autoptimize has other features on its Pro version, available at $79/year, but even that it doesn’t compare to WP Rocket. At $59/year Wp Rocket might be a better choice.
| Functionality | Autoptimize Free | Autoptimize Pro | Wp Rocket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improves Core Web Vitals LCP | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ |
| Improves Core Web Vitals CLS | – | – | โ๏ธ |
| CDN | (Bunny CDN) | (Bunny CDN) | (Bunny CDN) |
| Critical CSS | (+$5mo) | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ |
| Cloudflare integration | โ๏ธ | ||
| Database Optimization | (Db Cleaner) | (Db Cleaner) | โ๏ธ |
| Lazyload + Image Optimization + WebP | (Imagify $10/mo) | ||
| CSS/JS minification & compression | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ |
| Preconnect, preloading | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ |
| Remove unused CSS | – | – | โ๏ธ |
| Free version | โ๏ธ | โ๏ธ | – |
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