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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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Thumbnail of user jamesc4555
Australia
1 review
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February 27th, 2022
Verified purchase

I have a problem as i have grey hair and I am not ten years old. Our first phone had a handle to call the exchange. I need hosting to advertize my four books

Date of experience: January 28, 2022

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Hey James,

Thank you for the kind review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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New Jersey
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February 3rd, 2023
Verified purchase

My website had been down for over 24 hours. I communicated with at least 4 different customer service persons in your organization. They all let me down. They were either uninformative, or evading questions i had, because they did not know the answer. However, once I reached Mayre, i explained to her my problem and mentioned my anxiousness is not directed toward her personally. She not only understood, but she took it upon herself to communicate with technicians who could give her answers while i held on the line. She was patient and not frustrated or intimidated at all. Once she had the choices in front of her, she gave me the options. We discussed for a moment, I approved one, and she handled the fix by herself. She turned out to be great. Just what i needed. This person is a perfect example of proper customer service. She should be a manager, and if she isnt yet, you should make her one. Let the others learn from her. It is my honest pleasure to take the time to give her credit. She deserves it.

Date of experience: February 3, 2023

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Georgia
1 review
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January 8th, 2022
Verified purchase

I'm happy that a rep reached out with a fix that worked for me. It's unfortunate that HostGators email system is not effective but I'm happy to rely on Google instead.

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

Service

Date of experience: December 9, 2021

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Hey Sean,

We would still love to see if there is anything we can do to help. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and see what all we can do for you.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Texas
1 review
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May 8th, 2022
Verified purchase

This was a server migration from one VPS to another, fragile, complex and fraught with problems. After one week the migration was a total success. This is great in anyones book.

Great technical knowledge usually. always great customer service.

Reason I chose this business:

Been with them 10 years plus

Reason I chose this product:

Unbeatable quality, support, and up time.

Service
Quality

Date of experience: May 8, 2022

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Hey Lisa,

That is so great to hear! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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BO
1 review
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May 3rd, 2022
Verified purchase

My experience with HostGator services is very satisfactory. The hosting service is very stable and the CPanel configuration quite easy to use. 100% recommended

DNS config

Reason I chose this business:

Friend recommended

Reason I chose this product:

Quite easy to use

Service
Quality

Date of experience: May 3, 2022

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Hey Javier,

That is just awesome! Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user josephl1969
Utah
1 review
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December 12th, 2022
Verified purchase

The agent answered all my questions... everything with my issue was handled in a professtional and timely manner. Excellent service. A top shelf agent.

Date of experience: December 12, 2022

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HI Joseph,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Jordan
1 review
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April 26th, 2024
Verified purchase

SSL certificate uploading need to be improved. I found my site many times not secure due to this issue.

Service

Date of experience: April 16, 2024

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Malaysia
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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September 23rd, 2013

I have a shared account and also a reseller account with them. What I like the most is the support is knowledgable and helpful. I have many domains hosted with them, although there were hiccups because of my sites taking up some server resources, all of them were ironed out smoothly and politely.

If you need to try them for almost free (pay only $0.01), use the coupon code CPANELHOSTING.

You can also use the coupon code SERVERHOSTING to save 25% from your first bill.

Date of experience: September 23, 2013

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California
1 review
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January 4th, 2024
Verified purchase

Way back in the day, reputation. Today, I still appreciate the reputation, AND now many years later, I have always received great product and service.

Date of experience: January 4, 2024

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New York
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June 14th, 2024
Verified purchase

I also subscribe to GoDaddy. They are not linked. How do I link them. They used to be linked when it was Hedysplace.com.

I can't get into my account.

Reason I chose this business:

Because of it's reputation.

Service

Date of experience: June 4, 2024

Thumbnail of user domenicoi6
South Africa
1 review
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January 14th, 2024
Verified purchase

The old Hostgator Billing Portal use to be functional and easier to navigate. Now its a struggle just to jump to your Cpanel or Emails quickly as a site / server owner

Date of experience: January 7, 2024

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California
1 review
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October 24th, 2021
Verified purchase

Ionos sucked so bad, I had the biggest website nightmare of all time and after the second time of them messing up and deleting my whole entire website there was absolutely no way I was staying.

Date of experience: September 24, 2021

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Hey Angela,

We are sorry you had such a poor experience but we are happy to have you as part of our HostGator family!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Pakistan
1 review
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July 16th, 2024
Verified purchase

It was a good experience, and hostgator is easy to use aswell

Date of experience: July 5, 2024

Thumbnail of user dinae54
Arizona
1 review
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March 2nd, 2024
Verified purchase

Takes several tries to get to the option I'm going for; a slight change messes up all our emails once I've finally convinced the interface to navigate to the domain I need.

Date of experience: February 21, 2024

Thumbnail of user johns15285
Illinois
1 review
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March 14th, 2024
Verified purchase

I am trying to get a partial refund for cancelling a 3-year Hatchling plan 2 months into the contract. I am not getting a response, your Terms of Service link to a non-existent Cancellation Form.

Date of experience: March 4, 2024

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Canada
1 review
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April 18th, 2024
Verified purchase

Terrible interface. Not user friendly should always have chat box available at all times including 1 800 number. Cannot delete credit card info box..

Date of experience: April 8, 2024

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Virginia
2 reviews
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March 6th, 2024
Verified purchase

Changing the system without notifying customers. Trouble finding how to autorenew services. My main domain is not listed. Does anyone actually read this feedback?

Date of experience: February 25, 2024

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Singapore
1 review
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May 20th, 2022
Verified purchase

I have spent over thirty billable hours over the past month trying to get my email to work. I cannot send anything! I'm on the verge of cancelling my account.

Date of experience: April 20, 2022

Thumbnail of user nabilc9
Bahrain
1 review
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April 15th, 2022
Verified purchase

Overall, the experience is good as a Windows Hosting package, but there are items missing such as the ability to access my MSSQL database via Plesk. This is forcing me now to obtain hosting from another provider (SMARTERASP.NET) as they do provide this feature. I had contacted Hostgator about this, but got no result.

Service

Date of experience: April 15, 2022

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Nabil,

Thank you for being a part of the HostGator family!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user johnb12397
Pennsylvania
1 review
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January 30th, 2024
Verified purchase

New account portal is painful and right now is not working - when I click on the cpanel email link, and then email boxes on the pop up, I keep ending up on an error page.

Date of experience: January 23, 2024

Thumbnail of user susanm97
Kentucky
1 review
1 helpful vote
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December 9th, 2014

I have not once had any downtime with hostgator. Every question I have had were answered quickly. I have recommended my friends to them and they have all been happy with them.

When I switched to my main income source of business being online, I put my faith into hostgator. I have been quite pleased with them. When you think hosting providers it comes down to just a few key things:

Price: You can get the first month hatchling plan for a penny (coupon code: PENNYSAVER), then its only about $7 a mmonth after that. I have not found anything with a similar price value.

Reliability: I work from home, and it is super important to have 100% uptime. Hostgator does this for me.

Speed: So, Google now can rank sites based on their loading speed. I have gotten every one of my sites on the first page of google with the speed that hostgator has.

Tools: They give you a lot of tools in the dashboard. You won't need half of them. Buuut they are all nice to have just in case.

I highly recommend them.

Date of experience: December 9, 2014

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California
1 review
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April 17th, 2024
Verified purchase

Tired of having to authenticate the sign-in after being auto-logged out every few hours while trying to work on building my website.

Date of experience: April 7, 2024

Thumbnail of user philipm1105
Florida
1 review
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April 19th, 2024
Verified purchase

I have been a customer for over 10 years. The new dashboard is not user friendly. Poor upgrade for customers.

Date of experience: April 9, 2024

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GB
1 review
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April 16th, 2024
Verified purchase

Worst experience when setting up the new site and then I was charged monthly without allowing me to select the plan... Moving out from you guys

Date of experience: April 6, 2024

Thumbnail of user simonv87
Israel
1 review
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May 23rd, 2024
Verified purchase

There was a problem with my website that could not be accessed and within a very short time after I notified you the problem was fixed.

Reason I chose this business:

Great value for money and reliability

Date of experience: May 13, 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!

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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