Free, generous, and tied to LiteSpeed hosting.
LSCWP is genuinely the best free WordPress cache plugin. It does the most because it pairs with QUIC.cloud for the heavy compute. The cost is a hard tie to LiteSpeed servers. We compare honestly.
| CAPABILITY | LITESPEED | HBM ROCKET |
|---|---|---|
| Server level page cache | ||
| Edge cache, ESI fragments | ||
| Object cache (Redis) | ||
| Critical CSS via cloud | ||
| Unused CSS via cloud | ||
| JS delay | ||
| Image optimization (WebP) | ||
| AVIF support | ||
| Works on non LiteSpeed servers | ||
| Multi site dashboard | ||
| Nightly Lighthouse audits | ||
| Self heal pipeline | ||
| Alerts and incident routing | ||
| Public report pages | ||
| Self hosted control plane |
Where LiteSpeed wins
On LiteSpeed servers, server level cache is faster than anything plugin shipped. ESI is a real edge over us. QUIC.cloud quota for critical CSS and image opt is generous and free. If you are already on Hostinger Business or RunCloud LiteSpeed, LSCWP is the most you can get for zero dollars.
Where LiteSpeed plateaus
It only works fully on LiteSpeed hosting. On nginx or Apache the page cache layer is missing. There is no fleet view, no audit history, no alerts. QUIC.cloud has its own ToS and rate limits we do not control.
Where HBM Rocket adds value
Portable across any host (nginx, Apache, hws, LiteSpeed). Audit history and trends per site. Self heal on regression. Real fleet dashboard. The optimization stack is ours, not a third party cloud quota.