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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.


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HostGator Reviews Summary

Overall, the company has established a reputation for providing reliable services and competitive pricing, with many customers noting ease of use and effective technical support. However, concerns regarding customer service persist, particularly related to inconsistent support experiences and delays in response times. While some users have had positive interactions with knowledgeable representatives, others reported frustrations with unresolved issues and inadequate communication. Despite these challenges, a significant number of long-term customers express satisfaction and loyalty, indicating that while improvements in customer service are needed, the core offerings are generally well-regarded.

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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
Washington
1 review
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Preferred HG's approach to business and to me as a customer. Those early choices were reinforced over time. Still are. Thank you.

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
Texas
1 review
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Makes managing my business' website painless and fun.

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
Connecticut
2 reviews
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I canceled my account on Jan 06
January 30, 2024

I canceled my account on Jan 06. Never got a refund. Then got billed again on Jan 21. I don't have a cancellation number anymore. I had to get a new credit card to prevent you from taking more money.

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
Argentina
1 review
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La nueva interfaz se siente poco intuitiva y hace mas laboriosas las tareas simples

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
Utah
1 review
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The company has left me hanging after a substantial family loss. When I returned a few years later, my site was a portal for porn.

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
North Carolina
1 review
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Hostgator is and continues to be the most affordable and scalable solution for my business..

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
GB
1 review
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Ripping off existing customers at renewal. Despite me de activating auto renewal in my account Hostgator re activated it twice against my will. I noticed it in time. Hostgator cannot be trusted. I have moved my domain to another provider

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
Belgium
1 review
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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
India
1 review
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Your admin support, specially on created tickets handling and response from your end is not good. Mr. Chevon or something like this kind of name persons is very rude in chat session

Date of experience: January 23, 2024
California
1 review
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There is an ongoing problem with my Reseller account. My account is periodically blacklisted and it is not anything at my end. It is all happening in the Host Gator server. I am unable to access my websites, my email accounts, and general cPanel or WHM access. My clients are frustrated when they cannot get their mail and their websites are unavailable. I call nearly every week, and often the support assistant will escalate my issue. At some point it is resolved and my service is restored. But it happens again in a week or two. No one tells me what the problem is about except to say there are too many login attempts so the black list protection goes into effect. I am not generating those login attempts and I have asked my clients not to keep trying to login. My ISP NEVER blacklists my account. I have checked the multiple attempts and they are to accounts I don't even host. I would love to stay with HostGator because when your service works it is the best. I have contacted Bluehost, but found out they are a sister company, and they don't have reseller accounts. I need a real person to address this issue. Everytime I call, it takes up to one hour of my time to go through all your protocols. PLEASE FIX MY ACCOUNT. My next acts will be to broadcast my displeasure of the lack of customer support to social media or anywhere I can dispute HostGator as a top provider.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Pennsylvania
3 reviews
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Service, convenience and price, as a long-time customer of HostGator.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Florida
1 review
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Our website has gone down twice in the last 2-3 months due to a system glitch and our account was not correct or updated in the portal. This is so scary, and not much was done by way of customer service to reassure me this wouldn't happen again.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Canada
1 review
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Have been using services on other websites for years

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Washington
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Even though I log in when I order new domains it has put them each under different account names. Ugg! Why why why don't you consolidate them under one? I have so many I can't keep track of each different payment method, and billing address. I've been trying to get rid of incorrect billing addresses for 5 years. Ugg

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Mexico
1 review
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Service is good...
January 29, 2024

Service is good... Chat support is a bit uncomfortable, support is requested asking about the price of an SSL certificate and they ask me to identify myself, when I am already logged in and only need the price of the certificate, and on other occasions simple things that do not request changing passwords, modifications to accounts, just simple yes or no questions.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
New Jersey
1 review
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My site looks fine
January 29, 2024

My site looks fine. Getting support is difficult and often i find the answers on google after may failed attempts by your support team. The web editor is missing important functionality related to basic SEO needs.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Hostgator used to be super affordable and really functional for me with very effective support. The recent price increase, when I use this account for basically nothing, is ridiculous. I talked to support and was offered a discount, but the discount was never applied to the account. You guys used to be great but now you're just meh.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
Florida
1 review
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Very difficult to fix an issue if something goes wrong.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024
California
2 reviews
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I had hostgator for a few years, but just recently the support has been not good. I believe since you guys offer new services developing websites you do not provide support for self host clients like myself. One of the reason why I had you as hosting company was for the great customer service and support with issues on the actual website contents. Now I need to pay extra for web developing and hosting services without support, which in essence there are faster hosting companies who offer better deals with the limited support you guys offer now. It is a big disappointment, I know you guys have to make money but for people like me who was using your service for self develop websites now i have to look for other options.

Date of experience: January 22, 2024