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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.

  • Value
    85
  • Shipping
    36
  • Returns
    48

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 53.4%
Positive
3,216
Neutral
712
Negative
2,090
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Colombia
1 review
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September 16th, 2021
Verified purchase

PORQUE ES FÁCIL DE USAR Y MUY PRÁCTICO PARA LOS QUE NO SOMOS PROGRAMADORES

Date of experience: September 16, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hola Pilar,

Gracias por tu reseña.

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hello Pilar,

Thank you for your review.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Peru
1 review
0 helpful votes
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September 16th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: September 16, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hola Dignaldo,

Gracias por tu reseña.

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hello Dignaldo,

Thank you for your review.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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June 21st, 2022
Verified purchase

Previous customer. Made sense to continue.

Date of experience: June 21, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Nicholas,

Welcome back! We are happy to have you!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Switzerland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 15th, 2022
Verified purchase

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Ok

Reason I chose this business:

Google rank

Service
Quality

Date of experience: May 15, 2022

Thumbnail of user erinnh1
Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Nikolla,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 16th, 2022
Verified purchase

Stabile Stabile Stabile Stabile Stabile Stabile Stabile Stabile

Date of experience: April 16, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Lasha,

Thank you for the kind review!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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January 5th, 2022
Verified purchase

Date of experience: January 5, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hola Fdodelapena,

Gracias por tu reseña.

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hello Fdodelapena,

Thank you for your review.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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GB
0 reviews
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January 1st, 2022
Verified purchase

* HostGator attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

Date of experience: December 2, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Bob,

Have no fear, we are here. We will help get you up and running. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Saudi Arabia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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February 6th, 2022
Verified purchase

* HostGator attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

Date of experience: January 7, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Naif,

Is everything okay? We want to find out. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Morocco
1 review
0 helpful votes
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December 9th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: November 9, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hola Abdelghani,

Queríamos informarle que creamos un caso para que nuestro equipo de esclations se comunique con usted solo para asegurarse de que todo esté funcionando correctamente. Esperamos tener noticias suyas pronto, gracias por los comentarios.

Marissa
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hi Abdelghani,

We wanted to let you know that we created a case for our esclations team to contact you just to make sure everything is working correctly. We hope to hear form you soon, thank you for the feedback.

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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January 11th, 2022
Verified purchase

Date of experience: January 11, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hola Marcelino,

Gracias por tu reseña.

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hello Marcelino,

Thank you for your review.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Guatemala
1 review
0 helpful votes
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November 14th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: November 14, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hola Hiram,

Gracias por la gran crítica.

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hi Hiram,

Thanks for the great review.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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New Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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January 9th, 2022
Verified purchase

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* HostGator attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

Date of experience: December 10, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Johnny,

We aren't too sure what the problem is but give us a chance to figure it out! We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user antonioa253
Guatemala
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 30th, 2022
Verified purchase

Me gustaría que tuvieran SOPORTE EN ESPAÑOL es mas complicado usar traductoers

Reason I chose this business:

Por un curso que estoy tomando, ellos trabajan con ustedes pero cambiaron a un proveedor en español como una segunda opción

Date of experience: April 30, 2022

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Chile
1 review
0 helpful votes
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February 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

Date of experience: January 29, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hola Carlos,

Nos encantaría hacerte las cosas un poco más fáciles. ¡Le hemos pedido a un gerente de escaladas que se comunique y ayude!

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hey Carlos,

We would love to make things a little easier for you. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user rachaelb68
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

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Service

Date of experience: April 28, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Rachael,

Thank you for your rating!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user martinieny
Benin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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April 13th, 2022
Verified purchase

Date of experience: March 14, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Bonjour Martinien,

Merci pour la gentille critique!

Marissa
Conseiller clientèle chez HostGator

Hi Martinien,

Thank you for the kind review!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user vladimerk1
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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August 9th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: August 9, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Vladimer,

Thank you for the kind review!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user juanm703
Guatemala
1 review
0 helpful votes
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September 11th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: August 12, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hey Juan,

That sure is a lot of happy faces! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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November 17th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: November 17, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hola Janet,

¡Gracias por la amable reseña!

Marissa
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hi Janet,

Thank you for the kind review!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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New York
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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August 15th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: August 15, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hey Julian,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Colombia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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August 16th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: August 16, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hola Luz,

Gracias por tu reseña.

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hello Luz,

Thank you for your review.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user davidz601
Hong Kong
1 review
0 helpful votes
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September 18th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: August 19, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hey David,

We have pretty good customer service here. Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Israel
1 review
0 helpful votes
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September 20th, 2021
Verified purchase

Really bad customer service. Really bad.

* HostGator attempted to help this customer through the Sitejabber Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond

Date of experience: August 21, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Helli,

This saddens us to see. We would love to give you the excellent customer service you deserve. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and see what we can do.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Sweden
1 review
0 helpful votes
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May 14th, 2022
Verified purchase

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Date of experience: April 14, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Jonas,

We would love to know your thoughts. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user alejandrac90
Colombia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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October 30th, 2021
Verified purchase

Date of experience: October 30, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hola Alejandra,

Nos encantaría investigar esto por ti. Le hemos pedido a un gerente de derivaciones que investigue esto y se comunique con nosotros.

DJ
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hey Alejandra,

We would love to look into this for you. We have asked an Escalations Manager to look into this and reach out.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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From the business

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.

Business History

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!

Company Representative

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Customer Advocate at HostGator
Typically does not respond to reviews
I am the Manager of Brand Reputation for HostGator (Newfold Digital) It's my job to ensure our customers are happy! What a great role huh? You'll be hearing from my team in response to your reviews, Marissa & DJ will take great care of you!

HostGator is a leading provider of web hosting and domain name services. Whether you’re a small business and are looking to improve your online presence, or you’re an individual looking for a hobby or portfolio website, we’ve got you covered. With our drag-and-drop website builder, and our application integrations with WordPress, Drupal and Magento, we have the website solution for you. Our award-winning, 24/7/365 support and seamless upgrades will ensure you never get stuck. Try HostGator today! https://www.hostgator.com/web-hosting

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