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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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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 53.4%
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Washington
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October 6th, 2024
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Very low downtime, easy to use. Overall satisfaction is good!

Knowledgeable and solved issue easily

Reason I chose this business:

Reviews were good

Service

Date of experience: September 26, 2024

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Mexico
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October 6th, 2024
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I haven't experienced a problem with Hostgator Always good experiences

Date of experience: September 26, 2024

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Tennessee
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October 5th, 2024
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Fine and dandy. I don't know why I am receiving this email...

Reason I chose this business:

I inherited it

Date of experience: September 25, 2024

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Canada
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June 28th, 2024
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I've been traumatized by customer service with providers like Bluehost, but the customer service is leagues ahead. With Bluehost I would ask for something and be lied to, gaslit and taken advantage of. That has not happened once with Hostgator.

Very pleasant and helpful.

Service

Date of experience: June 18, 2024

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Nevada
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October 5th, 2024
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Once we determined what needed to be done, it was handled quickly.

It took several calls to determine what needed to be done.

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Date of experience: September 25, 2024

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Rhode Island
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June 14th, 2024
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The individual I spoke with was very helpful and professional. I was questioning charges on our account that did not relate to us. She easily assisted me by answering all my questions and deleting the charges.

Service

Date of experience: June 4, 2024

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Florida
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September 9th, 2024
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I have also had great customer service with Hostgator. They have been able to resolve things quickly

Reason I chose this business:

No recently

Date of experience: August 30, 2024

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Netherlands
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October 4th, 2024
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It's the best hosting provider I have ever tried, and I am very pleased with the service.

Reason I chose this business:

Price, trust, and liability

Date of experience: September 24, 2024

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Georgia
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May 31st, 2024
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We chose HostGator years ago because we heard that their support was unmatched. Fortunately, we've only had to make use of it a few times, but every support staffer has been quick, efficient, and skillful.

Service

Date of experience: May 21, 2024

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Brazil
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June 23rd, 2024
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I am a light user. I have a blog where I post two or three times a week. It is not a blog that I advertise. Half a dozen (or less) friends know that it exists. For my uses, I have only one complaint: supposedly my blog should be accessed by my_blog.com (fictitious name), but it only works with my_blog.com/home. I tried all the tricks in the book to remove /home, that I could find, without success.

Reason I chose this business:

Had good reviews and the alligator looked friendly (for an alligator, that is).

Date of experience: June 13, 2024

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Italy
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October 4th, 2024
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I had some initial set up issues, but customer service helped fix them

I had to contact customer service 3 times to get things ironed out, but each time they helped solve the problem quickly and painlessly

Service

Date of experience: September 24, 2024

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Egypt
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October 4th, 2024
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Took multiple session to get my site back
And now it is live again

Service

Date of experience: September 24, 2024

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GB
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September 15th, 2024
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Overall, Hostgator have been dependable and the tech desk has been helpful when I've had an issue I couldn't resolve

Reason I chose this business:

Recommended to me when I first built my website

Date of experience: September 5, 2024

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Michigan
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June 3rd, 2024
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The price is great. A substantial saving from my previous host. There was a problem with how they communicated the use of a form though. They repeatedly sent me a form related to site migration and I repeatedly filled it out. However, there was no send button or link. I ultimately contact service and found out they wanted the desired information sent to them via email reply. This begs the question, why send a form with spaces for answers when the form can't be submitted? This was unclear and bothersome.

Good, not spectacular.

Service

Date of experience: May 24, 2024

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India
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October 3rd, 2024
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Not Happy. Price are too High compared to other service.
I am not suggest to other people

Reason I chose this business:

Set a reasonable price

Date of experience: September 23, 2024

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New York
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October 3rd, 2024
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I have someone else engaging with the site. It is a pleasant experience

Very good. Excellent. I will call again.

Reason I chose this business:

It was cost effective

Service

Date of experience: September 23, 2024

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Texas
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October 3rd, 2024
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Good customer care, polite and professional. Thank you. Helped me with my issue

Good customer care, polite and professional. thank you. Helped me with my issues

Reason I chose this business:

They have good prices and good customer care.

Service

Date of experience: September 23, 2024

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Ohio
1 review
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August 25th, 2024
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I have been a HostGator customer for many years, and have always been highly satisfied by their services. I plan to keep using HostGator for future years too.

Reason I chose this business:

Excellent site up time. Very easy to communicate with if a need arises. Helpful, informative and courteous service. Excellent value for money.

Date of experience: August 15, 2024

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Canada
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September 12th, 2024
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I was checking an email in the webmail client as I don't have the email set up on my phone and only need to check it on occasion.

Reason I chose this business:

Price, and allowed content, my last host changed their EULA mid contract and restricted my site.

Date of experience: September 2, 2024

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New York
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August 7th, 2024
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I was disappointed to learn that the SiteLock subscription I purchased did not cover fixing the security issues which it found. Instead, it suggested I hire someone else to do it, which I did. Very disappointed.

The technician, whose English was difficult to understand, wasn't very helpful and suggested I contact SiteLock directly which I did. See above.

Reason I chose this business:

Because it was there.

Service

Date of experience: July 28, 2024

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Uganda
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September 13th, 2024
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My site speed and setup are awesome and the customer service is effective and efficient when contacted.

My issue was solved immediately and effectively. Customer service personnel are very knowledgeable.

Reason I chose this business:

It is user-friendly and easy to understand

Service

Date of experience: September 3, 2024

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Florida
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October 2nd, 2024
Verified purchase

Experience has been good. Costs have increased quite a bit since I started with domain.

Date of experience: September 22, 2024

Thumbnail of user georgew1891
Kentucky
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September 12th, 2024
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The PHP need to be updated for my site. I called the help desk and they updated everything. They were very curious and helpful.

The help desk was very helpful is helping me overcome some problems with my site.

Reason I chose this business:

They had special rates for start up. My site is a non-profit site and they gave me a small discount for being a nonprofit.

Service

Date of experience: September 2, 2024

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Montenegro
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September 19th, 2024
Verified purchase

Got my WordPress site set up quickly and even had a login issue but was Able to get in from your control panel

Reason I chose this business:

Been using for decades

Date of experience: September 9, 2024

Thumbnail of user maryb6959
Florida
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October 1st, 2024
Verified purchase

Safe and simple to use. Thats what people want and thats what I like.

Reason I chose this business:

My webmaster recommended it.

Date of experience: September 21, 2024

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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!

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