Features4.174.174.174.174.17
Support3.83.83.83.83.8
Value3.993.993.993.993.99
Overall Rating3.983.983.983.983.98

Host Gator

A no-frills web host with excellent developer support – their servers are configured with PHP, Perl, ImageMagick, GD, Chilisoft ASP, Ruby on Rails and SSH access. If you need a custom module for your website, they’ll install it for you. HostGator’s control panel includes auto-installers for many popular forum, blogging, and ecommerce scripts.

84 Customer Reviews of “Host Gator”

Review by Trimbitas Sorin, January 10, 2007

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HostGator have the greatest support team I ever worked with and their plans are very very good for their prices :)

Review by Eric, January 10, 2007

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I would not have left Host Gator if I wasn’t tight on money at the time.

Review by Jorge, January 10, 2007

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Great support

Review by deki, January 11, 2007

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not that bad

Review by Jason, January 12, 2007

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Great support and 99.9% of the time I have not had any issues. I had a server problem one morning, but they had it reset in about a half hour. I called, but they were in the process of figuring it out. I wish they offered a little more reseller space…

Review by Penguin Pete, January 13, 2007

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They have rock solid LAMP servers. Even on a shared hosting plan, I have made the front page of Digg, Reddit, and Delicious all at the same time and not gone down. In a year I’ve had exactly two issues, both of which were resolved within a couple of hours.

Review by Ari, February 26, 2007

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I’ve been really happy with Hostgator, unlimited addon domains, unlimited mysqsl databases, cpanel with fantastico and fast support.

Review by Steven, March 5, 2007

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super B!

Review by kevin, March 12, 2007

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DO NOT USE HOSTGATOR!!!!! After 2 years they called and rudely told me to backup my server and they were closing my account in 24 hours. I was forced to upgrade to a dedicated server even though my traffic was at an all time low. I did just to keep my sites onlin eand it took them 4 days to move my sites. They were smart enuff to leave the semi-ded account on while they made the switch. It then took 2 weeks to get all the sites up and then they just couldnt handle me pointing out all the bugs and how stupid there supprt staff was and called and told me to leave after 2 years. Not good business.

They expanded to fast and hired idiots and the support has gone to crap. They offer unlimited sites knowing that no one will use all that they offer and then when you do they make you upgrade to semi and then dedicated like extortionists. Makes you wonder how they can pay 100.00 affiliate for a 10.00 signup.

Review by Brandon Hopkins, March 20, 2007

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Been with Hostgator for about 10 months now. 1 issue that was resolved with a server restart and I was back up in about 20 minutes total. Switching my second account from midphase to hostgator.

Review by dissappointed, March 26, 2007

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really dissappointed with their service. would not recommend them.

Review by holly, April 30, 2007

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I’ve been with them for a couple of years now and my sites have never missed a beat! Service is alwasy there when I have questions too :)

Review by JT, June 11, 2007

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My site has been up for almost a year now. When I first started, it was my first website, so I already had a lot of questions to ask about actually getting it up and going. Luckily, the first few days were a breeze. They were speedy in finding a solution, and were not frustrated at my ignorance. All I had to do was click on a live chat button and I was in the immediate attention of a support personnel. After those initial hours of setting up, followed by a few days of studying online how to run a site, I never once needed support again. The site has not once failed me yet. Also, the control panel is such an easy tool to understand and use. Installing software to my site can be done from anywhere, with or without an FTP client. The host supports a multitude of languages, software, and other necessities demanded of a host in this era of the Internet. Very pleased.

Review by Tony Cai, September 1, 2007

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They canceled my account for no reason and then they claimed that there was no such site hosted on HostGator! Assholes!

Review by Stacy Fabian, September 19, 2007

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your dating other guys, your telling me lie. Stacy Fabian.

Review by Sunaryo Hadi, November 5, 2007

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So far, I haven’t any complaint yet

Review by Fraktfritt, January 4, 2008

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Great value At Hostagator but I had a problem with support

Review by Kris, January 22, 2008

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Server seems fast. I host a wordpress site, and everything has been good so far (about 6 months).

Review by Lyn, February 17, 2008

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DON’T GO THERE. They put over 1000 sites on a server. If you dare go near your (PAID FOR) limits, they throw you on to a dedicated server and want you to pay for it. Read the other negatives here. They are very accurate.

Review by Angel, May 9, 2008

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I feel that Host Gator is one of the better hosting sites out there.
I have used them in the past and I feel that they are one of the stronger companies as far as customer service.

Review by Rick Blythe, June 17, 2008

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Great all around hosting service. Don’t go with a small fly-by-night operator, get something decent like these guys, but still at a great rate.

Review by wart remover, June 27, 2008

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i tried host gator for about 1 week and ended up cancelling the account. customer service was hard to get ahold of and their interface didn’t have the installs that i needed.

Review by children and divorce, July 20, 2008

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Decent value host. They have most of the features that anyone would need, at a great price. If your traffic is large, you might consider a higher-priced host, though.

Review by Karan Goyal, August 5, 2008

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We have used Hostgator since 2003 and everything has always been stable. They take care of things pretty fast once the issue is sent to them via their support system. I have had both shared hosting accounts as well as a dedicated server. No Compliants.

Review by Dan, August 10, 2008

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I use HostGator for all of the accounts I setup for clients.

They offer very good 24/7 support, which I have used many times and have always had prompt and informative responses. Their shared hosting plans are reasonable for most sites, and they offer excellent pricing!

Review by Free Web Design Services, August 10, 2008

I’ve been a Hostgator customer since 2001 and they have never let me down. Their live support is always friendly and above all very professional.

I highly recommend their services whether your hosting your own sites, or if you plan to resell hosting packages yourself.

Stewart Alexander

Review by Mark Upon, August 12, 2008

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I am using Hostgator for past 2 years and I find no problem with them and their support staff are really superb with good uptime.. The features are normal as other hosts but the maintainence is really Cool!

Review by Magic Professional Software, August 13, 2008

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I tried them temporarily just to test.. service was ok, but could not get ahold of support.

Review by JT Media, August 16, 2008

HostGator is actually a total nightmare. I have been with them for a month (I’m moving my websites as I type this) and I’m looking at 48 hrs of downtime and hostgator is trying to tell me this is not happening. Here’s how it goes.

I send a ticket because my website times out. I get a message back saying that its not down. I then call customer no-service where the first 2 people I talk to are always idiots and rude. I’m usually able to connect with someone after the 3rd call that actually believes that nobody can’t access my website. They type for about 10 minutes and then say they’ll have to send another ticket. I’m then sent an email by someone who likes to show how much they know by using the most confusing terms possible. I then have to send 3 or 4 more emails getting them to explain what the 1st email said.

Usually after this happens my website will work fine for a day or two, and then it all starts over.

If you use HostGator and don’t have any problems, you’re likely not checking your websites very often

Review by bill, August 17, 2008

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I use both Lunar Pages and Hostgator and Hostgator has been very easy to work with and no real need to even try their support function yet.

No issues and no downtime so far after 3 months.

Review by Dave Reynolds, August 18, 2008

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Support is poor and “Live Chat” is abysmal. Quite honestly I wouldn’t recommend this bunch if you were my worst enemy.

The number of stupid things that Hostgator have done to my sites is amazing. I agree with JT Media’s post above; If you haven’t had problems with this lot you can’t have been checking your sites very often.

Review by John, August 21, 2008

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I love the hostgator. I have had over 10 sites hosted on one account for almost ONE year without any issue. The prices are perfect for a mid-size domaineer and that’s the way I like it.

Review by Motorbeam.com, August 21, 2008

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Hostgator has quite good support. You can contact them via online chat which is a good thing.

Review by amanda, August 24, 2008

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Feature rich cPanel and very fast and easy site setup. Pretty good value for our test sites, but I agree that you cant run a lot of traffic through these guys as you will get the DS letter. We move our bigger money sites to more robust hosts. Support does seem overwhelmed most of the time and we have had a couple of brief outages but nothing too serious.

Review by Peter D, August 24, 2008

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Currently use them for all my sites. never had the need to use support. Generous with download and bandwidth limits.

Review by Guitarzzz, August 29, 2008

I’m happy with hostgator so far. I been using godaddy (haha) and it’s easy to see that the hostgator servers are much stronger and faster.

Review by John, September 4, 2008

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I have been a longtime customer and have no complaints. Set it up and forget it.

Review by Red3Delta, September 7, 2008

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I’ve been using hostgator for over a year and wouldnt switch if you offered me free hosting.

The best support around. The couple times i’ve had to email them my issue was resolved within a couple hours.

Review by Robb Leuwaan, September 9, 2008

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I have had zero problems with Host Gator.

Review by Richard Brown, September 12, 2008

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I just added Hostgator to my hosting pool because they support file access. I have several accounts that don’t and that hampers many of my efforts. So far they’ve been great to work with.

Review by Illi.Pro, September 14, 2008

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This is the best hosting i could choose! one caracteristic of HostGator is there excellent support! i have 5 blogs with WordPress installed in a Baby Plan and i never had problems! I recommend HG if you wanna have a blog with WordPress ;) !

Review by Paul Meyers, September 27, 2008

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poor service. get a vps instead. they banned my account for overusage!

Review by Mohsin Rasool, September 30, 2008

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I have used hostgator for many of my sites. And i like its up-to-date Cpanel and Reseller WHM.

It is very easy to use and all features a host needs are already included in your hosting a/c.

Review by Lewis, October 2, 2008

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I use hostgator for my hosting. There have been a few hiccups over the years, but I continue to recommend Hostgator to my friends. Their support is great too.

Review by Francois du Toit, October 8, 2008

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I have been using Hostgator for years and are very satisfied with them.

Review by Dan T, October 24, 2008

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Hostgator is the best. If ever I have a problem (which is rare) support is top-notch. I really like the fact that I can use online chat to talk to support. I can submit a ticket online and someone will respond with IM and fix the problem right then. Highly recommended.

Review by Jesse, October 25, 2008

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Overall is good, but recently their support sucks. Their new support ticket system is a total nonsense.

Review by Bill, November 3, 2008

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I’ve been using Hostgator for a few years now. I’ve had nothing but good experiences both with the hosting itself and with their support staff…by phone I’d recommend it to anyone.

Review by Mike, November 5, 2008

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Used hostgator for a year and no problems + their live support is absolutely superb….they helped me through many things.
But when my site were hacked they sent me to security that diagnosed and handled the problem very fast !

Review by Drew, November 7, 2008

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I’ve been with Hostgator for years and have no complaints. There was one time where I had issues and I couldn’t figure out what was going on. I contacted them through their support center and got my issue resolved very quickly. I’m a fan!

Review by Hosts League, November 9, 2008

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As long as you bear in mind that Host Gator are a budget host specialist and you don’t trust your mission critical websites on their servers then it’s possible to get great value for money.

Just don’t be too demanding or have too high expectations.

Review by Outlet, November 12, 2008

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I run several sites on Host Gator and I can tell that this hosting is really cool.

Review by Charley Gibbons, December 15, 2008

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Good Quality 10/10 support, good price!

Recommend Reseller account

Review by donie, December 30, 2008

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i think, many hostgator staf in above :p

specialy above my post, he write “Recommend Reseller account” :p

no offense, just guessing

hostgator is same like dreamhost, and other host that offer unlimited space but only want small website, or website that have big traffic but only using small memory/cpu resource

they all will kick you, even your website only have little traffic but using many memory/cpu resource

unlimited space/bandiwth just they tricks to get as many customer as they can
why you guys just not create small memory/cpu resource, like blog or medium forum, not file hosting or image hosting or video share using these host :p , guys like this you must using virtual or dedicated to make it, not shared

Review by Dave Ovenden, January 14, 2009

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I have had a reseller account with Host Gator for several years now and I have been very satisfied with their service for the prices they charge.

When I have ever had need to contact their support team (I can only think of 2 occasions in 2 years) they were very helpful.

I’d have no problem recommending them.

Regards,
Dave Ovenden
MyTurboHQ.com

Review by Gomer, February 2, 2009

I’ve been with them for 4+ years and never had a problem

Review by FTO, February 5, 2009

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I was going between lunarpages, midphase, and hostgator for my hosting services. i was thinking that it wasn’t good to keep all my sites with one hosting company (don’t keep everything in one basket).

in the end, i consolidated and hostgator was one of the sites i decided to keep for the majority of my sites and i haven’t had any issues with them at all. A++

Review by Tim, February 5, 2009

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Been very happy with them. No complaints whatsoever. I’ve been with several hosts and have stuck around HostGator the longest by far.

Review by Joey, February 6, 2009

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I would highly recommend Hostgator. Their support staff is great, seriously, Daniel Ye or Daniel Wu is great.

Review by Web Host, February 6, 2009

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I use host gator for my hosting and it’s pretty solid.

Review by barnett, February 27, 2009

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I moved from EasyCGI to Siteground and now to Host Gator. I’ll be staying here for a while b/c they have excellent support and services. Great for resellers like myself. I highly recommend them.

Review by danny, March 6, 2009

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I hate them they are always down and they claim to be the best

Review by Felix, March 23, 2009

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This hostgator really are the best web host I’ve ever known,, they have support officer who nearly know everything about solving my problems. Recommended

Review by Rick, March 26, 2009

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Host Gator has been good to me. Their Support has been great and I have never had any down time.

Review by Waza, May 3, 2009

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Hostgator has been my number 1 pick from day 1. I have used around 3 other hosting services and they where ok but not even close to the service that hostgator gives.
Every email gets answered, 24 hour chat, they just have it all. Good job hostgator.
I run an online games site on a dedicated server from hostgator never had a problem. Thanks hostgator

Review by Computersloth, May 28, 2009

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I’ve used other web hosts before, so HostGator was a welcome sigh of relief. I’ve seen some reviews here where people have problems with them, I just cannot comprehend. I’ve never received nastygrams and I’ve always had some pretty darned good support, too. When I even think about my former host, who I’ll politely not mention, it makes me shudder.

Review by Pairin, June 25, 2009

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I think one of the HostGator important point is that they really do the 24/7 support for their user, by anything, they can give you the best and the fast solutions when problems came. And their web online troubleshooting is also very helpful. Thank you HostGator.

Review by iHostCoupons.com, June 30, 2009

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I have been extremely pleased with HostGator’s web hosting service. They offer great support around the clock. I have had one negative issue in which was immediately resolved and to me I expect problems as no one is perfect but judge based on how the organization responds to such concerns. HostGator passed with flying colors.

Review by Dennis, July 15, 2009

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I really like Host Gator. Whenever I have a problem, they will give lightning fast support and usually slove it within a couple of hours, max.

Review by Vegas, July 22, 2009

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It’s a decent host. But most of the time they put as many websites as possible in 1 server. Once I did a quick whois search and found out that one of my websites was sharing the server with 482 other websites.

Review by Sallie, August 11, 2009

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I’ve been a VERY satisfied customer of hostgator for more than a year.

Review by Jacob, August 11, 2009

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I was concerned at first, with the childish cartoon logo and fractured services (completely different sites for customer service, domain registration, billing, etc). Their pay-per-month option is what got me to sign up since it was a temporary side project and I didn’t want a year commitment.

I’m now running 3 sites with HostGator perfectly – very reliable, no issues. One small billing problem a while back, but resolved quickly with a 2 minute chat session.

Review by Rodrick Etienne, August 23, 2009

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Hostgator is the best hosting company that I’ve ever used!

The two things that I like most about their remarkable service is:

1) Their 24 hours per day availability
2) The reliability of their network

I love being able to jump on the phone when I need them for technical issues.

Hostgator is where I host my websites.

If you are looking for reliability, affordability, and great customer service without compromise, Hostgator is,and I mean this, truly from the bottom of my heart, get’s my highest recommendation.

Review by Adrian Castro, October 5, 2009

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I host with Hostgator. Incredible value and 24/7 live support on the phone or on chat! 5 Star Rating…

Review by ajey, November 25, 2009

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undoubtedly the best hosting service online today

Review by Ruben, November 27, 2009

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Not bad for a starter

Review by Kodak, November 27, 2009

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Yes they have very good prices but everything else is very bad. very bad support and slow systems

Review by Jimbo, November 28, 2009

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Indeed, HostGator is a reliable host, quality services are offered, except for the support, which they could speed up.
Their prices are pretty high, though.

Review by Rick Nielsen, December 23, 2009

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We have been using HostGator for almost a year now and I will say the service and support staff have been outstanding. I have submitted many tickets on different issues and I always get an answer back within an hour. Keep up the great work!

Review by Jason, January 23, 2010

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A lot of options to start with can confuse the beginner – but stay with it because they are easy to use, fast, reliable and are a great starting platform for any website or web-business!

Review by Andrei, January 23, 2010

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i have been overcharged with 60$ and no refund received even after 6 months sice i reported. I just gave up and cancelled my account with them and i transfered 22 domains to different hosting company.

Review by webhost, February 5, 2010

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I think hostgator stand out for their excellent support. Whenever I have had a problem they have sorted out quickly. I wish my other contacts were like that!

Review by Ray, February 18, 2010

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I have been using Hostgator for well over 5 years on various sites that I own. The service has been awesome. They respond very quickly. I highly recommends them.

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