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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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Prices are going up and choices are going down... I'm leaving in a month or two.
Date of experience: March 6, 2024
Date of experience: March 10, 2024
I don't want to be compelled to give feedback...it's obnoxious...
Date of experience: March 10, 2024
Great and reliable hosting service with great support when needed
Date of experience: March 10, 2024
Date of experience: March 14, 2024
Their servers are carrying obsolete software and they lie about when it will be upgraded
Date of experience: March 14, 2024
Date of experience: March 14, 2024
Too much back and forth to get a resolution that at this moment I still don't have
Date of experience: March 14, 2024
This site is horribly confusing. I dread signing on to Hostgator
Date of experience: March 14, 2024
You ruined the portal. There was nothing wrong with it.
Date of experience: March 14, 2024
I ll be leaving you guys. Two of my sites were design were destroyed
Date of experience: January 17, 2024
Stop trying to trick me into buying something I don't want every time I log into my account.
Date of experience: February 23, 2024
Moving one site to their own... trying to dissolve our mgmt company and its not easy
Date of experience: February 5, 2024
I could host a lot of sites for cheap. But now it's not so cheap, so I took off a star!
Date of experience: March 8, 2024
The site previously was well managed and fast. The current theme is frustrating and messed up.
Date of experience: March 5, 2024
Date of experience: March 6, 2024
Date of experience: March 6, 2024
Referral. Other users love it. Chose it for the reseller hosting.
Date of experience: March 6, 2024
The old plans were more affordable until the recent update
Date of experience: March 9, 2024
It used to have great customer service. Now, it is terrible.
Date of experience: March 6, 2024
It was a long time ago and it was recommended by a friend
Date of experience: March 12, 2024
Date of experience: March 13, 2024
Did a great job with the site migration with minimal errors. Thank you.
Date of experience: February 18, 2024
My mail server not working, my payment came back, with out explaining the issue
Date of experience: January 16, 2024
Over two months and my issues don't get resolved. I need help!
Date of experience: March 13, 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!
