HostGator Reviews

HostGator.com LLC claims to be the world leading provider of shared web hosting, reseller hosting, vps hosting and dedicated web hosting services. Privately held and based in Houston, Texas, the company was founded in 2002 by current President and CEO Brent Oxley, who started the company from his dorm room at Florida Atlantic University. Since then, Host Gator has grown from a small hosting company with just three servers into one of the world leading and industry recognized hosting providers with more than 12,000 servers under management. According to their site, Hostgator hosts over two million domains that makes up approximately 1% of the world’s Internet traffic.

Host Gator General Information

HostGator maintains offices both in United States and in Brazil:

Houston, Texas (Headquarters)
11251 Northwest Freeway, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77092
United States of America
Phone: +1 713 574 5287

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Av. Evandro Lins e Silva,
840 Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Phone: +55 21 2178 2368

E-mail: sales [at] hostgator.com

HostGator Data Center

HostGator utilize The Planet network and world-class data centers that feature state of the art security, power, safety, and cooling systems.

HostGator houses servers in four of The Planet’s Dallas, Texas-area data centers. Ranging from 22,000 to more than 78,000 square feet, these world-class datacenters contain top of the line technology to ensure that servers stay cool, secure, and up at all times.

The data centers feature redundant power, HVAC, and fire detection systems, and are monitored 24/7 by both HostGator and The Planet’s NOCs.

HostGator Web Hosting plans

As mentioned above HostGator provides shared unlimited web hosting, reseller web hosting, virtual private servers and dedicated hosting services, and their most popular webhosting plans are as follows:

UNLIMITED web hosting by HostGator

Hatchling plan	Baby plan	Business plan
» Unlimited disk space » Unlimited bandwidth » Host 1 Domain name	» Unlimited disk space » Unlimited bandwidth » Host Unlimited Domains	» Unlimited disk space » Unlimited bandwidth » Host Unlimited Domains » FREE Private SSL & IP » FREE Toll Free Number
Price: $4.95 per month	Price: $7.95 per month	Price: $12.95 per month

WINDOWS hosting by HostGator

Personal plan	Enterprise plan
» Unlimited disk space » Unlimited bandwidth » Host 1 Domain name » Shared SSL Certificate	» Unlimited disk space » Unlimited bandwidth » Host 5 Domain names » FREE Private SSL & IP
Price: $5.95 per month	Price: $17.95 per month

Web hosting RESELLER plans by HostGator

Aluminum plan	Silver plan	Diamond plan
» 50 GB disk space » 500 GB bandwidth » Host Unlimited domains	» 120 GB disk space » 1000 GB bandwidth » Host Unlimited domains	» 200 GB disk space » 1400 GB bandwidth » Host Unlimited domains
Price: $24.95 per month	Price: $49.95 per month	Price: $99.95 per month

VPS hosting plans by HostGator

Level 1 plan	Level 2 plan	Level 3 plan
» 10 GB disk space » 250 GB bandwidth » 384 MB RAM » 0.56 GHz CPU	» 22 GB disk space » 375 GB bandwidth » 576 MB RAM » 0.84 GHz CPU	» 30 GB disk space » 500 GB bandwidth » 768 MB RAM » 1.13 GHz CPU
Price: $19.95 per month	Price: $29.95 per month	Price: $39.95 per month

There are also more expensive managed VPS hosting plans by Host Gator, as well as low cost managed dedicated hosting with Linux or Windows OS and FREE cPanel (or Plesk) control panel starting from just $179 per month.

HostGator Hosting Features

Considering HostGator you might be interested to note the following features of Host Gator web hosting service that could help you to make a decision:

Hostgator Green Hosting * HostGator Linux web hosting plans (unlimited, reseller, VPS, dedicated) are powered by cPanel control planel, and Windows web hosting plans (Windows, VPS, Windows dedicated hosting) are powered by Plesk web site hosting control panel;

* HostGator hosting plans include a free site builder and SiteStudio website building tools, as well as very 4,500 free website templates – learn more;

* HostGator meets all BBB OnLine participation and Better Business Bureau membership standards – more;

* HostGator provides ECO-friendly green web hosting service – learn more.

HostGator Resources

Main website: www.hostgator.com
Tutorials: HostGator Video Tutorials
Discount hosting: Hostgator Coupons & Discounts

Posted by Adnan Khan on January 6, 2011

I’ve been using Hostgator for my blog (spogmai.net) and it simply is the best. Especially the prompt Customer Service they offer which is second to none.

Posted by Afshin Mehrabany on June 26, 2012

Hello, Before i use hostgator, i have hosting account with another hosting company. I had many problems in my old account, like CPU usage or service overflow! Now i have a “baby” account in hostgator. This is have wonderful speed and i have no problem with hostgator. If you want to have a good business, choose hostgator. Thank you

Posted by Simon Ward on June 26, 2012

Website: liveonlinechat.net
I have been with Hostgator for over 4 years now having moved from many different hosts before finding the right one, Hostgator. I have never had such a fantastic service from any company anywhere! Hostgator are simply the best you will find, the customer service is amazing, 24/7 and they help with all kinds of advice, even when it isnt server related. They have techs working for them that actually care for the customers and this has been proven time and time again when I had issues with scripts, even though it wasnt up to Hostgator to fix these issues, they gave me great advice to get the scripts working. I have a dedicated pro server, fully managed and a level 4 VPS, both are perfect for my entire business and I have a lot of sites!

Anyway, Hostgator are simply the best hosting company out there and that is the reason why they are so popular, if you are searching for a hosting company, you dont need to, just go to Hostgator!

Posted by Sahabcse on June 27, 2012

Website: ubuntulinux.co.in
I recommend to take service from Hostgator, it gives you everything for a website and the charge is nominal. They providing attractive offers to all the web hosting people. Hostgator technical support, sales and services are extremely good. One valid opinion is they are not supporting illegal activity like pirated license product etc.

I am having the reseller account with them, I have never faced the issue like site down, loading issue, backup failure. My team are happy with their service and also we plan to book shared hosting with them.

Posted by Prashanth on June 27, 2012

Website: hostingawebsite.in

I have been a Host Gator customer since 2010 and I find it the best hosting service provider for all my linux hosting needs.

From last 1 year I am involved in reselling the hosting packages through my company Site URL

I find the support offered by Host Gator through the chat and support ticket are best in the industry. I never had the need to educate them about the issues and the team is technically very sound.

I never actually found the services troublesome and most of the support tickets were due to either my or my customer’s ignorance (Overall my support ticket requests are also minimal)

The cool whm/cpanel/WHMCS combination is super and I could completely brand my business with ease. I remember contacting them for setting up private name servers in the beginning which they could have integrated with the account signup (But it was just a 1 time trouble).

I personally feel, one should and must have a hostgator account if he is in need of linux hosting solutions.

I have also taken a VPS for one of my customers and the performance of the same is very good. Support is equally good.
My 4.5 out of 5 for hostgator.

Posted by Will on June 27, 2012

Website: willdini.com
I have been using Hostgator since early 2008, with one of their reseller packages. I have hosted many sites and have rarely encountered any issues with their hosting. In the last 4 years I’ve only had to contact them twice for any issue. When ever I did have an issue, their support staff was very friendly and professional. I didnt have to wait for a long time, which to me is worth a lot!, and could do it all through their chat system.

I have used many other hosting companies, and Hostgator is without a doubt the easiest to use. They keep their software up to date, so you know you will have latest in cPanel and WHM. The funny thing is, I never realized how important that was until I signed up for an additional hosting company which didn’t do this.

Hostgator also is competitively priced as well. They may be a little more then the smaller hosting companies, but you get what you pay for. In my opinion, Hostgator is worth every penny and will always be keeping my account open and active with them.

Posted by sumon on July 13, 2012

Website: travelinsurancequotess.blogspot.com
I remember contacting them for setting up private name servers in the beginning which they could have integrated with the account signup (But it was just a 1 time trouble).

Posted by Meka on July 22, 2012

I started looking for a real hosting company back in 2010 because I had problems with free hosting. I decided to go with HostGator to host my blog onlinemoneybuzz.com. I chose the baby plan that allowed me to host unlimited domains because I had several other sites that needed hosting. The price of the plan was and still is very reasonable. If you consider everything you get plus the excellent customer support, you are getting a really great deal. You get reliable hosting and tons of extras. I also found it very easy to use CPanel and install content management systems like WordPress.

I’ve been with HostGator the whole time and never thought about switching to another company. I have seen plans that are cheaper elsewhere but I am very satisfied with HostGator and don’t mind paying a few dollars extra each month to get superb web hosting from them. I am able to host all of my websites and I don’t have to worry about my sites being down. I think my sites have only been down two or three times over the course of 2 years with them and each time, they were back up in no time. I would recommend them to anyone looking for reliable web hosting.

Posted by richie on September 30, 2012

Website: identifyyourbreyer.com
I am using hostgator Baby Plan, because referred by one of my friend from IM/conference chat, and only need to pay $0.01 for the first month, almost free, so what i can lose, so i just try it

Previously, i stay away using hostgator, because i read many bad testimonials from other users like in forums or hosting review sites, but my friend says its all bullshit, maybe its just testimonial from lame users or from hostgator competitor company, and looks like she right, after joined and using the host, i never got problem like peoples says in the forums or hosting review sites, lol

the host speed are fast, the site pages are loaded well, the contact support is answering my questions in about 6 hours generally, including when i request for using ssh

The management is very good, i think hostgator is the #1 in hosting management out there, i occasionally got emails from them about site of the month that using hostgator, and other offers by their partners, specially hostgator enom reseller account, that hostgator have exclusive right from enom, just contact the support to request it if you already a client

Posted by Aditya Gupta on April 26, 2013

Website: androidmags.com

It’s been few years since when I started creating websites and sharing my contents with the world through them. Since the first time I started uploading stuff it was Hostgator which became the 1st choice for my hosting. I use the Baby plan where they offer you unlimited space, bandwidth and domains as a package of their shared hosting services for high traffic sites such as thankfulformyhealing.com. The experience of their services has been great where I have hardly faced issues troubling access to my website. Be it the speed of the website upload, or tools for updating my sites and maintaining them all have been exceptional. To add to that every time I required their assistance the online help had been very kind to take care of all the issues within a few hours. One instance which I would like to mention is when I had problems with taking backups due to the over consumption of the allotted innodes. I just went to the helpline and an half an hour chat with some formalities here and there was all I had to do to get it fixed. So as a personal recommendation for all those of you who wish to start off with several websites and search for a reliable webhost then Hostgator is the right choice.

Posted by Johncen on August 7, 2013

Hostgator is an excellent service provider offer quality web hosting services. I also availed their Email hosting facility and my mailing system works extremely well. Moreover, the customer support they offer is also prompt & brisk. This is the major reason why I’m not hunting for any other web hosting services company. Great Work and Excellent Services by Host Gator.

Thanks and Regards
Johncen Markul

Posted by Vern on August 21, 2013

Website: vern.com

Ok, I have used hostgator for a long time. Customer service is very good. I’d give them a 9.5. Prices are fine. General services and features are standard and fine. What I don’t like the that the site administration side of the deal seems like its from 1995. Adding URLs is a paid. Accessing different functions takes you off your page to what seem to be other applications or something. And its way to easy to end up with two accounts and no way to get them combined (that I can find.)

Its a shame, cause there is good here, better than average. But I am back looking at go daddy (which makes me wretch). Sigh.

Posted by A. P. AKHIL on October 25, 2013

Hostgator baby plan is the best option for those who just want to Domain Flipping Business, as it provides unlimited Disk space, unlimited Bandwidth and unlimited Domains under one plan. Those who only want to sell and buy domain names they should consider the Hostgator Baby plan. Thanks Hostgator for providing us with such a great opportunity.

Posted by Sindi Ndaba on November 28, 2013

Website: budgetsites.co.za (hosted by Hostgator)

HostGator has hosted some 25 of our websites and we could not be any happier. They provide quality and they know what they are doing. Other hosting companies always have excuses and problems.

Posted by Johnson Khalid on December 13, 2013

Website: k-johnsonwebservices.com (hosted by HostGator)

Hostgator, to me, is the best web hosting company out there. Their server was never down and their customer service is top notch. I never had issues with them since I started using them 5 years ago. I was having problems with the previous host I was using because they(my previous host) had cheaper plans than Hostgator. In other words, I went for quantity and not quality.
However, I later realized my fooly and went straight to Hostgator. Since I migrated, I have never experienced any problems so far.

If you are looking to host your website, my strongest advise is to go with Hostgator and you will never regret doing so…

Posted by Susan on March 20, 2015

I have not once had any downtime with hostgator. Every question I have had were answered quickly. I have recommended my friends to them and they have all been happy with Hostgator.

When I switched to my main income source of business being online, I put my faith into Hostgator. I have been quite pleased with them.

When considering websit hosting providers it comes down to just a few key things:

Reliability: I work from home, and it is super important to have 100% uptime. Hostgator does some great uptime for me.

Price: You can get the first month hatchling plan for a penny (see Hostgator coupons), and then it costs only around $7 per month.

Tools: They give you a lot of tools in the dashboard. You won’t need half of them.. but still all those tools are nice to have just in case.

Speed: Google now ranks sites based on their loading speed. I have got some ggod results in Google index with the speed of Hostgator

I highly recommend Hostgator.

Posted by Jerry Jose on December 7, 2015

I was also using hostgator web hosting for my blog for 5 years and now I have stopped the blog writing and shifted my blog to blogger. Hostgator gave me best service and I am very much pleased with their online chating service which resolves all our hosting problem at once.

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