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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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New York
1 review
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February 2nd, 2024
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Hostgator turned off "catchall" on my windows shared account, which immediately caused me to stop receiving ALL of my emails! I have been with Hostgator for over 6 years - so even if you changed the policy to not support catchall feature, you should have informed all users that you will turn it off so that won't suddenly loose their emails!

Date of experience: January 26, 2024

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South Carolina
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December 12th, 2021
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Twice in the past couple years I've tried to use HostGator and both times my account gets locked and I get stuck in some weird loop of "Account verification". I pay my bill, yet I can't use the service or manage anything. I had HostGator years ago back in like 2009 and always swore by them but this reoccurring issue has got me really considering switching. I can't even manage my new businesses site :/

Date of experience: November 12, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Chris,

From the sounds of it, you need to purchase a whole new account to start. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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Georgia
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February 23rd, 2024
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The new set up in the my account area is horrible The fact that it shows the websites under hosting too and then I have softalicious sites, keeps over lapping or something. I keep losing my sites. I can not work on them in file manager or even find plugin manager in wordpress anymore either. I am chancing host next month.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024

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Uruguay
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October 16th, 2024
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Excelente excelente excelente excelente excelente excelente excelente excelente

Date of experience: October 6, 2024

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France
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March 9th, 2024
Verified purchase

Bad security and bad support.
All the hosts i use are infected and you keep saying that i should subscribe to an antivirus service, knowing that i'm deleting the whole content and the issues keep persists!
I suggest not to ask people about their opinion because we all believe that it will change nothing in your quallity of service.
I'm a customer since 3 years and keep suffering!
Thanks

Date of experience: February 28, 2024

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Sweden
1 review
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January 22nd, 2024
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Three times, I suddenly lost access to my website, domain and emails without notice and after contacted them there were no clear explanation on why this happened. I have contacted Hostgator three times and I always I got a bromis that it will be solved after two days or so but no progress. 767 USD is withdrawn from my account for a service that I never asked for and without my agreement, which they paid back but after effort. They did not respond to emails or some telephones but they do well to chat.

Date of experience: January 15, 2024

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Colorado
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January 23rd, 2023
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Best web hosting services around and best priced. Also their customer service is 24/7 and they have a amazing team of highly intelligent individuals that work for them. They hear from me quite a bit but they work any issue that I have out I'm a matter of minutes.

I will only use HostGator

Date of experience: January 23, 2023

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Greece
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March 24th, 2024
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I have credit card charges that don't have invoices. I've contacted support three times already and can't get this sorted out. Also, I have invoices with wrong details on them. I've asked for this to be fixed but have been told that invoices that have already ben generated cannot be changed. This is total nonsense.

Date of experience: March 14, 2024

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Florida
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April 2nd, 2022
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You have the option to create your own website and don't have to spend way too much. Great pricing structure for sure. I also liked the emphasis put on how there is good customer service support, have that available to you fast. That is very important.

Date of experience: April 2, 2022

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Hey Jessica,

Thank you for your awesome review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

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North Carolina
3 reviews
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May 4th, 2023
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I've found Wordpress kind of hard to work with and you guys haven't been the greatest at helping me to figure it out. Very much hit and miss with your technical people with some of them obviously not being very motivated to help...

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Reason I chose this business:

Referral from YouTube channel on using WP

Service

Date of experience: April 4, 2023

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Argentina
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May 2nd, 2023
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I thought it was a good choice, but instead of a stable service we received almost a month of websites full of errors, just now it appears that the sites are working fine, but no one mailed me to tell me the fix is already done.

Date of experience: April 2, 2023

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Australia
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October 14th, 2021
Verified purchase

To update inaccuracies in our domain info.
If possible i would have given No Star rating.
The online service is deplorable and so time consuming.
The Chats close down before they solve issues.
The new Chats don't have the previous info so I have had to repeat my issue 3 consecutive times. And still my issue of your domain needing updating is still not resolved

Date of experience: September 14, 2021

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Florida
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March 17th, 2024
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Because it used to be the best hosting provider for the money, but recently it keeps breaking my websites for no reson. This is the third time in a short period I have to contact support. They fix it but then in the next day is offline again without us making any changes. Sad to say.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024

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Michigan
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July 20th, 2024
Verified purchase

The service support was excellent, I only wish there were a few calls for no charge,. Thought $155 for the month, even though unlimited was too much.

Reason I chose this business:

New customer discount for domain and server.

Service

Date of experience: July 10, 2024

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California
1 review
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January 12th, 2024
Verified purchase

I've been dealing with a virus that I keep getting even though I have SiteLock paid for, for another year. I had to hire an outside source to remove the virus because Hostgator wanted to charge me over 700.00 to take care of the virus. Since I don't have root access we can't kill the PHP server on our own. I've dealt with support and Manage who are unable to take care of it. I'm now in the process of switching to another Hosting company.

Date of experience: January 5, 2024

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VE
1 review
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October 6th, 2024
Verified purchase

ME parece muy fácil de usar la interfaz. Podemos tener ilimitado espacio en cada correo. Gracias me gusta mucho

Service

Date of experience: September 26, 2024

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Peru
1 review
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April 1st, 2024
Verified purchase

They do not have the updated PHP version in my account, I should have at least the version to choose from 8.1 but I only have version 7.4 and that means that my page is not secure due to its poor management, I have been paying for years and they do not update my version.

Date of experience: March 22, 2024

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Romania
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March 11th, 2024
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You are horrible. Three chats to solve a simple issue, fix details of an invoice. And what is worst, it seems I speak to the walls, not to humans.
So dissapointed... you used to be good in this. I am seriously thinking to a change.

Date of experience: March 1, 2024

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Massachusetts
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March 4th, 2024
Verified purchase

I was in the market for a new host because my old host had become unreliable and problematic for emails. HostGator was comparable in price and features and was represented by good reports of reliability. Other than a few bits of confusion during my transition to HostGator, things have been good. Email reliability has been great.

Date of experience: March 4, 2024

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Oregon
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March 14th, 2024
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For someone who is trying to manage multiple logons/domains, the billing is terrible. Emailed receipts offer no information as to what it's for, and the 'renewal center' doesn't tell you much. It takes so much of my day trying to decipher these things. I can't imagine this is accidental because it's so bad it has to be intentional to create confusion.

Date of experience: March 4, 2024

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Massachusetts
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November 10th, 2023
Verified purchase

The instructions for the various things in your help section are not descriptive enough. I think you, as well as any company with a help section, by looking at the company Blue Iris's help section. A complete novice can use it to master their product. Tha'ts how it should always be.

Date of experience: November 3, 2023

Thumbnail of user jacquesp73
Martinique
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January 18th, 2024
Verified purchase

Very nice people but very very poor hosting quality, always email problem or whatever and problem are not solve efficiently, lots of may client are gone, and now I am on the point to look for another hosting company

Date of experience: January 11, 2024

Thumbnail of user julieg697
Canada
1 review
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August 7th, 2021
Verified purchase

It has been recommended to me by multiple people and so far I am not disapointed. I had really good experiences with the support team and you dont feel like you need to be a web expert here. I would 100% recommend hostgator to anyone who is looking to host a website!

Date of experience: August 7, 2021

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DJ S. – HostGator Rep

Hey Julie,

We are so happy to hear you are enjoying your experience. Thank you for your review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user moryaha
Texas
1 review
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November 8th, 2021
Verified purchase

I chose HostGator based on positive online reviews. Unfortunately, I found the layout very unnatural and ultimately too confusing for me to continue. The color choice is very unengaging, and I don't say this to be rude. I have experimented with a handful of web hosting platforms, and I would love to return once the platform has been made more intuitive.

Date of experience: October 9, 2021

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Reputation T. – HostGator Rep

Hey Moryah,

We hate to hear you feel this way but we definitely appreciate your feedback. We will pass this along.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Thumbnail of user shamsula5
Australia
1 review
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March 4th, 2024
Verified purchase

Since the migration or changes to interface, I m facing lots of issues. First it stuffed up all my MySQL databases Technical service advise to create new admin username and password. Since then here and there I m having issues with so many server errors 500

Date of experience: February 23, 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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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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