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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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Last updated: November 07, 2025
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243 HostGator Reviews
3.7 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 09, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Mohammad I. avatar
Mohammad I.
Network Security Engineer
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"Cheap and good with great support team."
What do you like best about HostGator?

I bought the 3 years hosting plan and they were very cheap and support staff was also excellent compared to other provider.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Things worked well hence till no now issues.

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

Hosted a website, load time was good with good amount of concurrent connections.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 17, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Marcello T. avatar
Marcello T.
Business Consultant
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"Complete hosting with cPanel and great cost/benefit"
What do you like best about HostGator?

I've had some customers with virus issues on a customer site and the support team was able to resolve it smoothly. The service is via chat or ticket and it works very well.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Older contracts usually do not have newer versions of PHP and, in this case, we need to request migration of customer services.

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

When we have a VPS, we receive a complete WHM to manage the operation, making it much easier to control customers within the VPS. Including importing customers from other hosting companies.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 18, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Easy Hosting for Low Traffic Sites"
What do you like best about HostGator?

Basic cPanel access and relatively easy interface to manage websites. They had a great intro price for a three year contract. We ran a few low level traffic sites on this server and never had any issues with downage.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

They are owned by the same company who owns Bluehost who has had more issues over the years. They always offer a low intro pricepoint and then the price jumps considerably after renewal.

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

We wanted to host websites ourselves in stead of through a middleman. It has saved us a lot of money but takes more time to set up initially and check for health and updates.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 16, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Lalit A. avatar
Lalit A.
Internshala Student Partner
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"A great hosting experience!"
What do you like best about HostGator?

There are multiple types of hostings available on Hostgator that can support whether you are a small business owner or a professional blogger. Although I don't recommend them for big companies, they should go towards AWS or Azure! There is live chat support in HostGator so if you are ever stuck on any problem you can contact them right away and they are very responsive.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Hostgator is on a bit expensive side in the pricing list. Normal shared hosting is fine, but their cloud hosting prices are just too high for a starter, and there is no plan for starters. Also, their prices change when you renew the hosting. They will offer the hosting for cheap when you are first purchasing but when you have to renew it you'll have to pay the premium.

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

I just used Hostgator to host my website as it was a popular choice and its advertising is done in a lot of places but there are a lot of better alternatives than it.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 28, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Amr Y. avatar
Amr Y.
Web Developer And Technical Support
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"It's good and simple easy to use cpanel with good customer service"
What do you like best about HostGator?

Hostgator it's simple and easy to use with amazing features

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Prices could be better than other providers

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

Seasy to create wordpress website with ssl without a lot of steps

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Dec 25, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Risvi A. avatar
Risvi A.
Wordpress Developer
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"HostGator is really amazing & reliable."
What do you like best about HostGator?

Hostgator is amazing. It's fast, reliable & easy to manage. I love the service I got from hostgrator.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

The UI is the only thing I don’t like much. Other than that, It's one of the best hosting company out there.

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

Hostgator has helped me to grow my business with their excellent hosting stability, speed & support.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Oct 29, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Rithika G. avatar
Rithika G.
Cloud Engineer
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"HostGator: Hosting website for clients is reliable & pocket-friendly with its shared hosting feature"
What do you like best about HostGator?

HostGator offers both shared & dedicated hosting packages for our enterprise. It's easy to migrate old packages over to the new packages & these new packages provide enhanced tools, updated bill cycle and new hosting provisions. All backend servers of HostGator are based on SSD storage which promotes faster accessibility & data retention.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

We have recently started using HostGator & we are satisfied with its web hosting services. We mostly go with Linux-based hosting since it best suits our client requirements. HostGator also provisions multi-domain SSL, which secures over 200+ domains with a single certificate. Its pricing is also affordable, and we find convenience in using its hosting platform.

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

HostGator is splendid when it comes to fast loading & featuring secure websites for our clients. We set up daily automated backups so that we don't lose any of our application files, and restoration can be done with a few clicks. This is helpful when our website gets affected by hacking or malware attacks & files get deleted. We go with its pro-hosting services for higher performance & robust experience. By default, it has cPanel in its Linux hosting services which is beneficial for our server & website management tasks.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 05, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Michael C. avatar
Michael C.
Internet Marketer
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"Leading Budget Hosting Provider"
What do you like best about HostGator?

The price and customer service. You can host multiple websites depending on which package you go for. It's extremely useful when you have a lot of low traffic domains.

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Speed is not exactly lightning fast however the low price paid should be noted. I would say it's more than acceptable considering how much value the various packages offer overall.

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

Low cost hosting for multiple small websites. I can put them all here and manage them easily within the control panel. I can easily make quick edits, create email accounts etc.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 24, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
Chris M. avatar
Chris M.
Ceo
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"Hostgator is amazing!"
What do you like best about HostGator?

I like the support of Hostgator the most. Usually most issues where fixed right away. Support is often fast to respond

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Hostgator areas of support where often limited

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

Hosting was very flexible and easy to switch to upgraded plans.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 15, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"HostGator definitely provides a good solution for web hosting"
What do you like best about HostGator?

There is a very impressive Dashbrod with lots of tools and interfaces You can see the order in the eyes from the beginning Plus, everything works fast I also appreciate being very secure

What do you dislike about HostGator?

Sending emails in bulk - the company would send me emails regardless of storage whether it is advertising or promotion, until I removed myself from the mailing list

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

When I was thinking about web hosting for web development I heard about HostGator a lot of good things And I really started working with them to host a WordPress site, and satisfied