Perfmatters and Wp Rocket are plugins aiming at speed optimization. How do they compare?
The difference between sites using Perfmatters passing Core Web Vitals vs Wp Rocket sites is only 2% (46% vs 48%). It doesn’t justify their pricing discrepancy.
Perfmatters was built to remove unused code but has been adding features that help improve Core Web Vitals. Wp Rocket is also a plugin to help improve Core Web Vitals, with its features being more beginner-friendly, built-in integrations, and support for popular plugins.
Due to how complex is to solve Core Web Vitals issues, using both will maximize their features and deliver better results. If your website has both LCP and CLS issues, Perfmatters is an essential tool to fix it, as it allows you to remove code causing it, rather than optimizing.
You may fix your Core Web Vitals and Pagespeed using only Perfmatters even for themes like Elementor, if you’re keen to test your page functions and visuals.
| Functionality | Perfmatters | Wp Rocket |
|---|---|---|
| Improves LCP | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Improves CLS | Few features | 1 feature |
| Built-in CDN | ❌ (Use Bunny CDN) | ❌ (Use Bunny CDN) |
| Critical CSS | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Cloudflare APO integration | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Database Optimization | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Lazyload + Image Optim. + WebP | ❌ | ❌(Use Imagify $10/mo) |
| Remove unused CSS | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| LCP: Fetch Priority + Invidual Preload | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Plugin Integration | +50 | +116 |
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