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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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No easy was to pay invoice, no igood introduction on services, in short HG services are getting worse day after day. You will loose many clients

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Peru
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The new interface that they have implemented is too confusing, I can't find some vps on my account, I can't find several features that I could get with the previous interface and I have to turn to you to get those features. I have even made a mistake in paying for a vps that I no longer used (you can find evidence in the chats I have had with the advisors). Please return to the previous interface, several of my colleagues have the same opinion, all to improve your service since previously your interface was very practical.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Nevada
1 review
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Product seemed relatable to what we were working on. BLOG management is weak and SSL experience is sometimes full of issues.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Egypt
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اثق في هوست جيتور لخدمة الامان والسرعة بها لكن بها مشكلة واحدة وهي الدعم الفني عن طريق الشات غير جيد

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Florida
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Recommended by another, BUT: Your lower tier customer support is abysmal and time wasting. It takes too much time and energy to get people who know what they are doing. Also, when you upgraded my server, you took data that was almost TWO YEARS OLD, not what was currently on our server. So I'm OK now but happy? NO, NOT HAPPY.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Florida
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The slow speeds at night for shared hosting is terrible here lately.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Puerto Rico
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The only thing you added that I like is phone verification to log in, if this lock works on all log in related stuff to c panel, good. Otherwise you need to add it to include that so no one can hack in.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Pakistan
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Very bad interface that you launch
January 8, 2024

Very bad interface that you launch. Everything seems such a mess up. I moving away from hostgator. Not a good experience ever since you have this new user interface.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Oregon
1 review
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Originally it was because you all offered great features as well as great 24/7 support, but in the one month I've been here, everything has had problems getting working and the support has not been very helpful overall. I still have features I need help with and the last person I talked to told me they didn't know and to just wait for an email. The email never came. Not happy about being in a 3-year contract with HostGator because I don't look forward to dealing with all these stresses in that time. I was really looking forward to getting a hosting package with you guys too, because years ago when I first signed up with you guys before changing projects, you guys were awesome. Not sure what the heck changed but it's so much worse now.

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Arizona
1 review
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The changes made a few weeks back were a game changer for administering my Blog. Great work...

Date of experience: January 1, 2024
Minnesota
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It was great
December 25, 2023

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Date of experience: December 25, 2023
AE
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Issue with Domain
December 18, 2023

We have migrated to our new Billing Interface, and unfortunately, the renewal action for my domain from Launchpad has encountered an issue. After more than a week they still cannot resolve it, I am move to a better hosting provider with better support, this is really effecting my business

Date of experience: December 10, 2023
VI
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Ive used before and services have been awesome. Very good support so far. Appreciate all the help

Date of experience: November 30, 2023
Portugal
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Bad support only want money for help
December 6, 2023

Bad support only want money for help,
Does not understand what the costumer needs/want,
Support took almost 4 months to get my website up and running

Dont recommend

Date of experience: November 29, 2023
South Africa
1 review
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Since they had very positive reviews from various clients.

Date of experience: November 28, 2023
Florida
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Have been unsuccessful working with the help chats to recover my login after a week

Date of experience: November 21, 2023
Switzerland
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The internet made it seem like you guys were one of the biggest and best

Date of experience: November 19, 2023
Florida
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Server is down for 60
November 25, 2023

Technical support was asked to wipe server and reinstall os. No data recovery or backup was needed as the VPS was pretty much new. 60 hours later the server issue is still not handle. I was told 3 times already that it would take 6-7 hours.

Date of experience: November 17, 2023
Egypt
1 review
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November 13, 2023

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Date of experience: November 12, 2023
Michigan
1 review
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I had a lot of questions initially
November 10, 2023

I had a lot of questions initially. They were very helpful in every way.

Date of experience: November 9, 2023