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Overview

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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  • Returns
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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 53.8%
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Neutral
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Florida
1 review
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January 7th, 2024
Verified purchase

Customer service is great, except when it comes to billing. I had an issue where I explicitly said I wanted to cancel a service but forgot to turn off auto bill. Now, that is on me, but billing wasn't helpful in getting the account canceled and refunded. Now I have to carry and pay for two accounts (one I do not use). THis was enough annoyance to make me reconsider a new hosting site in the future.

Date of experience: January 7, 2024

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Pennsylvania
1 review
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October 21st, 2021
Verified purchase

I looked for an economical way to get started with a webpage that allows people to see services that I offer including:
1.3D Printing
2.3D Modeling
3. Writing Services - both technical and fiction
4. And Engineering Services
5. Also I may use this as a place to showcase new inventions - pending details on IP Protection.
Hostgator seemed like a good fit for all this

Date of experience: October 21, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hey Carl,

We are certain we will be a good fit! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Florida
1 review
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January 2nd, 2022
Verified purchase

I planned to move some of my hosting to HostGator from GoDaddy. I had some problems while setting up my account and contacted support. I had a poor experience. I've been a GoDaddy customer for 19 years. I was attempting to save some money by moving some of my sites to HostGator as the prices seemed very good. My experience was very bad. I had issues understanding the tech support personnel and it made the experience unacceptable. I would like to end my Hostgator relationship and get a refund. I think this might be a challenge.

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

Date of experience: December 3, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Stuart,

We hate to hear you had a poor experience but we would like a chance to turn that around. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Algeria
1 review
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November 6th, 2022
Verified purchase

Hostgator's services are of irreproachable quality, the prices are a little expensive, I advise new customers to carefully read the conditions of use and understand that the reductions are modifiable after the agreed date

Reason I chose this business:

Professional

Service

Date of experience: November 6, 2022

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Hey Soltane,

Thank you for your feedback!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Utah
1 review
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April 29th, 2022
Verified purchase

Five Stars, but I am here wondering why one script of many, all of of which use the exact same info to log in, all of the sudden denies access to the user, the same user that it is allowing access for in a couple of other scripts that are not failing, at the same time (within seconds or less)

Date of experience: April 29, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Doug,

That is interesting. Next time that happens reach out to us! We'd be happy to help!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Florida
1 review
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June 3rd, 2022
Verified purchase

After over 13 phone calls from 6:30am EST to 1pm EST I finally got someone on the phone that knew what reverse PTR was and how to handle it. I will tell you your level 1 support is horrible and they need to be better trained. I am still having issues with ticket number *******. It's been 3 weeks and level 2 support is absolutely horrible. Still have not fixed the issue and it needs to be resolved.

I already did.

Reason I chose this business:

I have been with your company for over 10 years

Service
Quality

Date of experience: May 4, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey John,

That is not okay. Let us look into that for you and we will reach out shortly.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Virginia
1 review
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March 13th, 2020

Hostgator provides a good support for my website. The WordPress system is a good template to use for a web page, even though it's generally associated with blogs. The website has continued to function and be easy to update since I launched my website on HostGator.

Products used:
Wordpress

Service
Value
Quality

Date of experience: March 11, 2020

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Charles,

We're so happy that you're happy! Thank you so much for the kind and thorough review.

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Arizona
1 review
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February 17th, 2020

Technology moves quickly and I have found that the site cannot be stagnant as in the past... it needs constant updates and monitoring and it takes someone to make sure malware does not infect the plugins. Hostgator has fine customer service, but nothing beats paying someone to handle the site for when things go south

Date of experience: February 17, 2020

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Robin,

We think it's fantastic that you've chosen to be so proactive with your website. Our Admin teams work wonders don't they? Thank you so much for the great review.

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Michigan
1 review
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January 19th, 2024
Verified purchase

Price used to be reasonable but how has gone up. Many of the options I need to find are buried in the site. It is a chore to even log in. Sometimes I log in and get right on and other times nothing happens. I check and recheck log in info and nothing happens. I get frustrated, leave and try again another time.

Date of experience: January 12, 2024

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Turkey
1 review
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October 24th, 2022
Verified purchase

I asked for help and support from Manoj joined
She helped me well and solved the problem of the site in the database. I hope that all employees are in the same activity, interest and speed. Thank you all

Date of experience: October 24, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Ola,

That is great! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Iowa
1 review
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May 19th, 2022
Verified purchase

A few weeks ago, I spent hours making changes to my website and publishing the changes. Somehow, the site reverted to an older version and some of the changes were lost - specifically the SSL code was lost. So frustrating!

Quality

Date of experience: April 19, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Martha,

That friend made a good recommendation. Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user robertm9258
Florida
1 review
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January 24th, 2024
Verified purchase

I have used HostGator for years with close to 100% satisfaction. I was price gouged by about 500% on my renewal this year, and will take action over the next year to make sure I never have to use HostGator again.

Date of experience: January 17, 2024

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Illinois
1 review
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January 10th, 2024
Verified purchase

I had domain paid and hosting paid, however, my website was down for 2-3 weeks. I felt the service was incompetent and i was forced to move out to a different vendor. Several week down time is unacceptable.

Date of experience: January 3, 2024

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Virginia
1 review
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November 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

The representative left me on the phone for approximately 15 to 20 minutes while with his children in the background. He finally returned to tell me I needed to contact Eliminator Pro by email to resolve my issue! I am so frustrated with HostGator I want to eliminate the service, but I am working with different avenues in HostGator to fix the problem with my website. If you are working remotely, you should have a quite space to work with clients and you should not leave customers on the phone for extended periods of time to play with your children in the background!

Date of experience: October 29, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Marcia,

That's not okay. Let us look into this.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Alabama
1 review
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December 27th, 2019

I was pleased that HostGator caught the fact that my site had been hacked and locked it up. However, I have fixed the site and sent numerous messages to ask that it be reviewed and unlocked, with no response.

Date of experience: December 27, 2019

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Roy,

Oh no! That's not a great customer experience. We can get this resolved for you no problem. Please email us at reputation@endurance.com and we'll get you back online. There's no excuse for it taking so long. Thank you for your patience.

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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California
1 review
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January 13th, 2023
Verified purchase

Whenever I have a question or concern I can rely on a very understanding person will help me and patiently listen to what I think my needs are. Often they help me come up with a solution I hadn't thought of as an issue. I have always gotten my problem resolved and for this I am very grateful.

Date of experience: January 13, 2023

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Ukraine
1 review
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November 18th, 2021
Verified purchase

1) It have plan that I can pay monthly (other variants had only annual plans). 2) It "felt" from the start somehow right (intuitive feeling). 3) Some other thing that I can't explain. So 1 and 2 and 3.

Date of experience: November 18, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hi Ivan,

Thank you for being apart of the HostGator community!

Marissa
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user robint584
Massachusetts
1 review
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February 2nd, 2024
Verified purchase

Your customer service reps are NOT knowledgeable and each one provided conflicting information. Your support articles are outdated according to your reps, yet you still have them on your website and some reps still give them to customers as an answer for support

Date of experience: January 26, 2024

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Indiana
1 review
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February 6th, 2024
Verified purchase

I thought this may be more customer friendely than GoDaddy however since on the platform I have been hacked through the cpanel as Hostgator did not update to Php 8. This has caused conflict with my website and I have endured inconsistent access to the email. I removed my website last year from this platform and ebbing out and am planning to leave. The only reason I gave 2 stars instead of 1 is because I can usually talk with someone at Hostgator if needed

Date of experience: January 30, 2024

Thumbnail of user stephenl1736
Tennessee
1 review
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March 21st, 2024
Verified purchase

We have two domains through hostgator and I can never access the second one via cpanel email - it will always go to the first account which should be 100% separate from the second but when I click email panel it doesn't go to the correct one

Date of experience: March 11, 2024

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Florida
1 review
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March 28th, 2022
Verified purchase

I have tried by phone and by chat to get help and it is like going into an abyss. The foreign people running the phones and the chat do not understand what I am asking or what my needs are. I am beyond frustrated. Where can I talk to someone in the US who understands what I need from them? I am open minded but when I have to repeat more than 3 times what I want and them wait multiple minutes while they type in my question and answer me back with basically the same info I just gave them it is NOT help or SUPPORT. Thank you.

Date of experience: February 26, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Debra,

We would love to take a look at this for you and get you the help you need. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out as soon as they are available.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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BO
1 review
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January 11th, 2024
Verified purchase

The support is not good, and the updates they make cause my website to crash, and the support people do not solve the problem but instead keep me waiting and I have to contact them, the verification phase is also very tedious.

Date of experience: January 4, 2024

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Texas
1 review
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January 10th, 2024
Verified purchase

I am incredibly dissatisfied with the change over from web builder as you are not giving us who are just a little less astute on website building to migrate to another platform. Because you are forcing this, I have to re-d0 my entire website? I have over 100 products and I have not had any business for a while via my website. You are not user friendly and forcing small businesses's hands to do something that takes away from our creating products and selling them. I have been following the directions and now the import is saying there's no WXL. Whatever!

Date of experience: January 3, 2024

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Belgium
1 review
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January 30th, 2024
Verified purchase

Hello,
I have not accessed my website globalmedicine.net in a while. Now it says it is down. I spoke to via chat support but they did not help. Can someone explain what is wrong with my site and why it is not visible from the web? Thank you. Jeremy Weible

Date of experience: January 23, 2024

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California
2 reviews
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April 4th, 2022
Verified purchase

A long time ago because of pricing and features. But two of my websites have crashed because of changes underneath. One was revived, but the other one wasn't. And Level 2 support never got back to me TWICE. So I had to move the site to another host, who helped me beautiful and we got the site up in a few minutes.

Date of experience: March 5, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Keith,

We are sorry to hear this is the experience you had. We wish we could have looked into this and help you but it appears you cancelled. We do wish you luck on your future hosting endeavors.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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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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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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