HostGator has a rating of 2.9 stars from 13,418 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about HostGator most frequently mention domain name, new interface, and credit card problems. HostGator ranks 2nd among Web Hosting sites.
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In general I found your service lacking. I was even blocked from being able to access my billing account for MONTHS. I put up with the drawbacks because you were a cheap option and I didn't have the time to hunt down another multi-site service and then migrate everything. That was until you increased your prices. Charging almost $45 a month for sub-par service is absurd.
Key overall my experiences weren't the worst however usually I got a general "it works over here so it must be on your side" answer when trying to even get INTO my account to make changes. I also was instructed multiple times to wait 1 to 24 hours for a password reset email that either never showed up or just didn't work when I clicked the link.
I originally chose HostGator because the price was reasonable and I had hopes of actually reselling space. Eventually I just used my account to keep a few project sites up.
Date of experience: April 2, 2024
Previous administrator was already with HG. I decided to take over the hosting myself under my own account. It was all downhill from there. Nobody speaks understandable English, representatives will outright lie to you (I was told multiple times I was holding for a supervisor. 1 rep finally admitted there was no supervisor). Migration team doesn't accept phone calls. Everything is translated through the customer service team, which can't help at all. I will never, ever use this company
Date of experience: March 21, 2024
HostGator seemed like a good fit for me when I chose it. Now, however, whenever I open HostGator it's clear that your greatest interest is selling additional features rather than letting me get to what I want to do directly. That is always a bad sign, in my opinion and greatly reduces my confidence in management.
Date of experience: April 4, 2024
Was okay in that I have a working and attractive website. Less than satisfied with lack of clarity for a layman trying to set it up. Still lack some features like communication links and blogs separate from normal web content.
Public reputation and economy
Date of experience: March 20, 2024
When I originally paid for the server, it was only about $2 for the baby account with virtually unlimited space and bandwidth and unlimited websites. I had a horrible time with customer service multiple times. It took over 2 months to "figure out an issue" for a domain that was giving problems. Now, I'm limited to the amount of websites I can have, limited on storage. I just don't want to deal with that kind of service again, especially after being limited when I was never limited before.
Date of experience: April 3, 2024
Seems to have pretty good up time. Couldn't get a domain name change done either on line or with tech support./
Couldn't get a domain name transferred.
Cheap at the time.
Date of experience: August 25, 2024
I've been with Hostgator for many years. Things used to be easy. Now everything is super-convoluted and hugely frustrating. Please stop changing everything just for the sake of it. All I wanted to do today was change my credit card because I no longer use the one I had on file. So far, I haven't come close to figuring out where and how! (And this is not the first time I've given up in frustration with Hostgator admin systems)
Date of experience: March 19, 2024
Trying for days to get auth codes for my domains with HostGator. After a lengthy chat, the representative writes, that he has sent an email with the codes and I should receive them shortly. One day later: still no codes 😡. Very frustrating experience.
Date of experience: March 23, 2024
Been good for several years. Have had no issues with their service
Highly recommended
Date of experience: September 9, 2024
Took a long time for forwarding. Could improve on timing. Thanks
Date of experience: September 9, 2024
Completely amazed with the lack of professionalism and completely annoyed after almost 14 years and problem after problem with migration Hostgator has let me down once again and my sites have been offline for more then 3 days with no way to get access and am at risk of loosing major clients
Date of experience: April 5, 2024
Hostgator had been great for years. All of a sudden the service is awful, problems not address and no concern to resolve. When you can't access two domains for months and the resolution offered is an extension of a month of hosting?! What? Why would I want an extra month of NOTHING!? Looking to move to another hosting at this point. Very sad to watch another company drop the ball.
Date of experience: April 3, 2024
An issue on my account regarding two subscriptions is still appearing even though it's been addressed several times with my card being mistakenly charged and now i can't remove it. This is truly becoming a big problem for me.
Date of experience: March 13, 2024
I would like to know more about how I can get move visitors to my site without spending a lot of $.
Date of experience: September 4, 2024
Excellent Service and Reliability for Over 14 Years
I've been using HostGator for over 14 years, and I can confidently say that their service is excellent. Everything has been well with my experience from the beginning.
Date of experience: June 5, 2024
Had a real hard time and wasted a lot of time.doing things I assumed the migration I paid for would do.
Even though it is up and running there is things I just don't feel and working the way it used to.
complicated and very slow at times
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Date of experience: April 29, 2024
My website has functioned flawlessly since I chose Hostgator to host my site. Thanks
Date of experience: September 6, 2024
Good Experience with them! Once contact with support team and they resolved the issue.
Date of experience: September 6, 2024
Chosen by an employee years ago. My firm has down-sized and now it is just me. So I just continue with HostGator. But I don't know what the different services my firm is in are for & what they cost. I now have minimal income & will like to just do what I have to while having hosting & e-mail.
I could not find that information. Can you help me?
Date of experience: April 5, 2024
My website was pointed elsewhere and put up for auction. Neither wordpress, hostgator or the criminals from godaddy were of any help. I have cancelled my Hostgator account as it is of absolutely no use to me and I have been paying them for nothing for six months now.
Useless
Date of experience: March 31, 2024
I am coding my site. The login to the file manager is a pain where it is located, the editing feature is easy to use.
Customer service is the best, no angry agents just people on the other end, no judgements. Some sites the people are very snarky.
Date of experience: May 8, 2024
After so many issues with email, glitches and layout issues in control panel, I've now had payments taken from my card for services I never selected. This is probably the 5th hosting provider I've used, but easily the worst
Date of experience: March 6, 2024
I have just renewed my 3 year contract with HostGator as I have found them a brilliant hosting company with excellent customer service every time I have contacted them. Their support team have always been able to resolve any problems at the first contact I made with the team. Their C-panel is also very good and easy to use. Over the first three years I have never experienced any down time of my website apart from any maintenance procedures they inform me about and that is always done in a quick time. I have used several other hosting sites but HostGator is still the best and I will be renewing my 3 year contract again when it becomes due.
Tip for consumers:
Great company to be with and do business with.
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Date of experience: March 11, 2023
Your system sucks for the last few months. You've changed my plan, limited what I can do, and now I can't even find billing on your crap system. I'm about ready to take all my business somewhere else.
Date of experience: March 14, 2024
Overall, HostGator is a reliable and reputable web hosting company suitable for individuals, small businesses, and medium-sized enterprises. While it may not be the perfect choice for everyone, its competitive pricing, user-friendly interface, and range of features make it a solid option for hosting websites.
Date of experience: April 1, 2024
HostGator (866-96-GATOR) is a leading provider of web hosting, VPS and dedicated servers. Discover why over 9,000,000 websites trust us for their hosting needs.
2002 - HostGator was founded by Brent Oxley, who was then a student at Florida Atlantic University.
2006 - HostGator had passed the 200,000 mark in registered domains, the company moved from the original office in Boca Raton, Florida to a new 20,000 square foot building in Houston, Texas and the company opened its first international office in Canada.
2008 - HostGator prepared for competition companies touting "unlimited" hosting services. Founder Brent Oxley was adamant about being able to back up an "unlimited" option prior to offering service named as such and increased staffing.
2010 - HostGator added an office in Austin, Texas.
2011 - HostGator started operations in India with a its office in Nashik, Maharashtra and a data center.
2012 - HostGator was acquired by Endurance International Group (EIG)
2021 - HostGator (All of EIG) was acquired by Clearlake Capitol Group and merged with Web.com and it's brands to become a part of Newfold Digtal.
The future - As we continue to grow as a company we are offering even more amazing services and world class customer support to meet all our needs, big and small. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with you!