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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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Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Brazil
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New interface is sucks
January 16, 2024

New interface is sucks. Asking me everytime I login to buy a privacy service is beyond belief and lack of respect to your clients

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Ohio
1 review
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I'm very disappointed in the customer service for the migration services.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Canada
1 review
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Both my websites are having security issues. I had to rebuild my entire website again once, and now my primary website is infected. Hostgator agent logged a ticket and said i will be reached out by the technical person, but no one is helping me.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Kentucky
1 review
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The steps needed to get from logging in to the part of the website I want to access is just more than needed. After passing on any advertisement that is in my face the first time I log in, it should be avoided the next thirty times I log in. I should be able to log in and immediately be on my home page without being slapped in the face with an advertisement or pushing of products every single time.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Mexico
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The new overall experience is bad, things were much better before the recent changes. I'm a long time user and now everything changed but not for good, at least on my humble opinion.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Florida
1 review
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HG was great several years ago
January 16, 2024

HG was great several years ago. Now, every time something is changed in their end my site breaks. Then they blame me. Days to fix. Tired of spending time fixing their mistakes. CSR does not understand issue. Language issues. Took my site and domain elsewhere.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
North Carolina
1 review
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Information is hard to find
January 16, 2024

Information is hard to find. Layout and navigation is pretty confusing. Lot of things related to billing that were available before like previous orders etc is now gone. The site seems geared more now towards marketing of products rather than customer service.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Florida
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Phone system down, cannot call; was disconnected in chat on 1/8/2024 when the rep was supposed to restore our website.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
GB
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Cheap and easy to use
January 16, 2024

Cheap and easy to use. Now you've changed it. I will be looking elsewhere

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Egypt
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I think it is bad service and i will leave your website

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Nebraska
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Because service was fine until this year (2024). When re-uploading files to the server that "mysteriously" disappeared after being available to my users last year, contacting chat and then phoning, absolutely no explanation was provided by your service personnel. Really disappointing... BTW, I spent all day yesterday re-compressing files and uploading to fanny-crosby.org/downloads, which you can see progressing by checking that folder. But now I am getting an error message preventing further uploads, claiming that the "server is full"! Yesterday I checked and I was utilizing about a third of my allocated 997 Gb in all of my domain and subdomains combined. Did you hire new folks to administer the servers? This really sucks.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Colombia
1 review
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Para ingresar al cpanel es muy dificil siempre esta bloqueado y debemos solicitar soporte para que nos den ingreso

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Montenegro
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I have been a long-time customer of yours. To say that I'm disappointed in your price increase would be an understatement. Since I've noticed that you have been charging me way more than what was your price for the previous (many) years, I have been trying to move away from you HostGator (as many thousands of other customers are).
Hopefully I'll manage to move away from you, as soon as possible.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Wisconsin
1 review
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Unable to find sections and information about my account that I'm looking for such as billing and invoices

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Spain
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The new panel is not user friendly, i increase my contact with support like 300%

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
South Africa
1 review
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Its ok, lacking a lot features other hosting companies offering

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
Kenya
1 review
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Worst services ever..
January 16, 2024

Worst services ever. From support team, and your products. Been following up on my refund for a month now.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024
AE
1 review
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I dont know what changed but everything is terrible now

Date of experience: January 8, 2024
South Africa
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We have used Hostgator for over 10 years and use to get 1Tb storage with unlimited sites on our hosting packages. Now we are getting limited storage and websites. You are no different than Blue Hosting to be honest. This is making us now look at alternatives as we might not be with Hostgator for another 10 years as you change things

Date of experience: January 8, 2024