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HostGator Overview
What is HostGator?

HostGator is a popular web hosting service packed with powerful tools and is known as an easy-to-use and straightforward website builder. Popular among bloggers and small business users, make no mistake, HostGator is still packed with numerous, feature-rich hosting plans, shared hosting options, and easy-to-use tools that are perfect for novice webmasters. Notably, Hostgator also has outstanding uptime with reliable customer support.

Company Endurance International Group
Year founded 1995
Company size 1001-5000 employees
Headquarters Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
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HostGator Product Details
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
HostGator Pros and Cons
Pros
  • 99.99% uptime guarantee
  • One-click WordPress install with cPanel transfer
  • Unmetered bandwidth
  • Exceptionally fast site loading speed
  • Really user-friendly UI
Cons
  • No free backups
  • Just one website available on the cheapest plan
  • Constant upselling on the system
  • Has only two data centers
  • Not the most affordable for renewals
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Backup and Restore
Bandwidth Allocation
CDN Integration
CMS Integration
Caching Options
Control Panel Integration
Cron Job Scheduling
Custom Error Pages
Customer Support
DNS Management
Data Center Locations
Database Support
Developer Tools
Domain Registration
E-commerce Capabilities
Email Hosting
FTP Access
Multi-domain Hosting
Resource Monitoring
SSH Access
SSL Certificates
Scalability Options
Security Features
Server Configuration Options
Site Migration Assistance
Staging Environment
Storage Space
Subdomain Management
Uptime Guarantee
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243 HostGator Reviews
3.7 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 13, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Guillermo T.
Founder
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"HostGator stands out for its affordable prices and customer service"
What do you like best about HostGator?

HostGator is a hosting service with a friendly and attractive control panel. They have a dashboard that shows the status of all services. I also like that their plans offer plenty of storage space. Another advantage is that their customer service has an online chat that is always operational to answer questions.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

The only thing I dislike about HostGator is that it automatically closes the session after a certain time, so if you try to open any page it will reject the connection.

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

What I value most about HostGator is its stability, as our website should always be online. In addition, their customer service keeps us up to date with the maintenance that is done on the servers. Another characteristic that benefits us is its prices, from which we managed to quickly recover the investment.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 19, 2020
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"HostGator ofrece planes con dispositivos de almacenamiento SSD a precios económicos"
What do you like best about HostGator?

HostGator tiene planes con precios muy económicos para almacenamiento web. Lo mejor es que incluyen dispositivos de almacenamiento SSD, que permiten una velocidad de transferencia mucho más rápida. También me parece muy importante que incluya como panel de control a cPanel, que en mi opinión es el más fácil de usar. Además, también cuentan con un creador de sitios integrado para personas principiantes. Por otro lado, HostGator también ofrece precios muy competitivos para dominios .com o .net

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Hasta el momento no he tenido problemas con el servicio ofrecido por HostGator. Además, su equipo de atención al cliente fue muy amable y receptivo en todo momento durante la compra del producto.

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

En este proveedor de hosting está almacenado nuestro sitio web. Desde que utilizamos HostGator, la página web de mi organización ha ofrecido un servicio ininterrumpido, así como también excelentes tiempos de respuesta al cargar las páginas. Con el proveedor anterior el sitio web se cayó en varias ocasiones, generando críticas negativas por parte de los usuarios.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 09, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Very experienced user and Ex- Employee"
What do you like best about HostGator?

I liked Hostgator's Technical Support. You could call with any concern and they will help you with your problem and give you the resources. I like how easy it is to setup subdomains and emails.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Sometimes when you create a support ticket it takes a few days to get issues resolved that way. Sometimes you get a support agent who is solving multiple customer issues and you are on hold for extended periods of times waiting on answers.

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

I solved issues with business email and installing Wordpress and Joomla.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 25, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Ademola S. avatar
Ademola S.
Ademola Saka
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"Very Pleased "
What do you like best about HostGator?

The uptime is amazing. My website is always live

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Hard to get through with support. They don’t reply on time

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has really helped my business website. My website is always live now. High bandwidths, easy to use cpanel

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 13, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Esther M. avatar
Esther M.
Co Founder
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"There my go to Hosting providers"
What do you like best about HostGator?

HostGator offers an affordable way to host your websites. I've been using HostGator for the past five years and I will always recommend it to anyone looking to host a website. The business plan offers unlimited storage and unlimited number of websites that can be hosted. They offer discounts on hosting packages depending on the length of time you are subscribing for the hosting. I have 3 sites being hosted with hostgator and I can say all of them are secure and I manage to run them on a reasonable budget

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Hostgator has alot of extras that you can end up paying for if you are not careful enough to remove them from the checklist. It has happened to me twice.

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

HostGator allows us to host websites as we work on many projects and the unlimited websites and storage offered by HostGator is perfect for us.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 10, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great Customer Support!"
What do you like best about HostGator?

Their customer support is fantastic! They are always so helpful when I call. Their great customer service is the main reason I like hosting my site with HostGator.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

There is nothing I dislike about HostGator, great company!

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

HostGator is great for hosting!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 10, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Angela B.
Owner/Makeup Artist
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"They have helped this newbie so much!"
What do you like best about HostGator?

I really fell into webdesign and new I wanted to have a place to host all the sites. HostGator was running an AMAZING special for Wordpress sites so I bit. It is the most affordable and easy program to use. Their customer support is ALWAYS very helpful with all that I need. I've even messed up a site that they happily corrected for me. PLUS they always send me information to help me learn what to do and what not to do.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

There really isn't anything that I don't like about it.

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

I needed a place to host everything. I was using another person and also GoDaddy and it was so hard to get things done. Emails and searching got really frustrating. Now I have it all in one place and it is easy to manage.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 30, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Kim S.
Graphic Designer
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"Easy Web Hosting"
What do you like best about HostGator?

We have several of our websites hosted with HostGator and have had very few problems. We have only had issues once or twice over the past several years were able to resolve them quickly and painlessly. The program is very user friendly, especially for someone who does not need to access it very often.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

We may be taking on a bit much trying to handle this on our own. If you are not savvy to the world of web hosting, it can be a bit confusing at first and there are a lot of settings you can "break" your website with if you aren't careful.

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

We like having our hosting with a different company than where our domains are registered. Even if our website is ever hacked, our domain should be safe.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 14, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Sinari D.
Founder
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"Good, affordable web hosting"
What do you like best about HostGator?

I love that I can host ALL my websites in one place without paying an arm and a leg. They have many affordable tiers, with options to pay yearly or monthly. We use the shared hosting which allows us to have unlimited domains (many other companies limit you to just a couple) and so we can host all our websites under one account. We switched to them from Lunarpages years ago partially because of their excellent customer service and partially because of their security features (one of our websites was hacked and they were able to clean it up for us without charging an extra fee, which Lunarpages wouldn't do).

What do you dislike about HostGator?

I can't think of anything really. We have been happy with Hostgator since we switched to them years ago.

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to host multiple websites inexpensively and simply. Everything is under one roof, so to speak. Having unlimited domains means I can add more websites as I need to. I also have unlimited email addresses, so I can create email addresses for everyone in my group under any (or all!) of my domain names.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Jun 27, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Ashish M.
Senior Software Engineer
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"Best Hosting and Domain provider Hostgator"
What do you like best about HostGator?

Their cutomer service and domain registration process. They have a decent Pricing system too for shared, web, linux hosting plans.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

I have used the shared hosting from them, it is not up to the mark if load increases

What problems is HostGator solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hosted a website and purchased a domain for one of my client.