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Founded in 2002
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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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Florida
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After over 13 phone calls from 6:30am EST to 1pm EST I finally got someone on the phone that knew what reverse PTR was and how to handle it. I will tell you your level 1 support is horrible and they need to be better trained. I am still having issues with ticket number *******. It's been 3 weeks and level 2 support is absolutely horrible. Still have not fixed the issue and it needs to be resolved.

Date of experience: May 4, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey John,

That is not okay. Let us look into that for you and we will reach out shortly.

DJ
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Saudi Arabia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Hosting & Support
May 4, 2022

My only issue is that it is sometimes down which I assume is normal with hosting but 98% of the time it's up and running smoothly. Amazing customer support and many options and add-ons to choose from and scale up when necessary.

Date of experience: May 4, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Reham,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Philippines
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good products, bad support
May 4, 2022

Your products are good and are of quality. However, your support team, particularly your live chat support team doesn't really put their tasks/job at heart. They are just like robots commanded to run specific tasks and they cant adjust themselves depending on the situation... It's not all of them, around 10-20% of the time, they do help me really, but the rest of the time, they dont.

Date of experience: May 4, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey there,

We will be sure to look into this. Thank you for your feedback.

DJ
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Sri Lanka
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Good product
May 4, 2022

Sri Lanka being a poor country the price of your product is very expensive. Try to make price reductions in countries like this. That way even we can market this hosting service

Date of experience: May 4, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Ramith,

Thank you for your revew!

DJ
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Germany
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great job
May 4, 2022

Thank you for your kind support.
We seen your online services is perfect.
Incha'Allah you'll continue with same level of services always.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Mohamed,

You are most welcome. Thank YOU for your kind review!

DJ
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Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Our website is up and running every time I open it.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Jimmie,

That is how it should be! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Colombia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The best hosting
May 4, 2022

I recommend hosgator for website hosting, it has several options, for communication with support they solve your doubts and are always connected good service

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Maruicio,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Always helpful
May 4, 2022

HostGator has always been helpful any time I've had problems. Quick to respond and excellent service.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Uplifting,

We just love to be helpful. Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excelente
May 4, 2022

Todo muy bien y hasta la fecha de hoy me an resuelto mis complicaciones,
Pero compras con un descuento y después se eleva mucho$$

De Ai en fuera todo excelente!

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
DO
1 review
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I manage diferent sites, my own. And customers, as web developer.
I am on the way to one year user, also I must to Hightlight that hist gator support is fast and very helpful.

Definitly its been my Best choice and investment compared to other hostings I used before.

I definitly recommend Host Gator 200%

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Jorge,

Our support does its best! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Belize
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy to Navigate
May 4, 2022

I have found the site easy to navigate and very easy to manage my corporate emails for my staff. The only issue seems to be logging onto webmail, which work intermittently or not at all. We typically use outlook or an email app which work well. Something that I would really like to see in the future is an out of office feature/redirect notice feature as the email apps don't offer them and it would be great to control those at the HR level.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Heather,

Thank you for your review.

DJ
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West Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Simple and Easy
May 4, 2022

Migration was quick and I only had the initial wait of I think 24 hours before it was active. Great price too!

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Melinda,

That is great! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Ecuador
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No problem
May 4, 2022

I have not had any problems in 10 years of being with HostGator

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Jose,

Thank you for being with us for so long.

DJ
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Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The site transfer took a bit of work, but that was expected. The favicon took some doing to determine how to replace your gator icon. Still working on a few issues you do not support. Mostly related to scripts.

Now, if your sister company, left nameless, would only permanently delete my old account.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey John,

Keep it up! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy to create
May 3, 2022

I have a website that was set up bya graphic designer. I love the ease of being able to add to, update in minimal time. The builder is truly user friendly.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Sheryl,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Nigeria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Experience
May 3, 2022

It's been a wonderful one and the experience has been wonderful

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Kehinde,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Satisfaction review
May 3, 2022

Is complicate, but resolved! Please don't make it more difficult than what can be!

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Zohreh,

We definitely won't! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Canada
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I made a request to change the billing term for my Weebly add-on from monthly to the more cost-effective annual term. Hostgator was unable to complete this simple request without cancelling my current add-on and losing my website data, thereby completely disrupting the functioning of my websites. In order for them to proceed, they told me that they'd have to cancel my current add-on and re-add the new add-on with annual term.

When I asked if I could simply switch to annual upon the completion of my monthly term, I was told that Hostgator does not have an option to only change the term from monthly to annually. Yet on its website, Weebly states explicitly that it allows customers to make precisely these sorts of changes to their accounts with no hassle.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Dennis,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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No problems so far
May 3, 2022

I have not had a single problem with Hostgator so far, which is a big compliment considering that I always had problems with other companies before moving to Hostgator. One thing I can complain about is the bandwidth, I get limited bandwidth from Hostgator whereas prior to moving to Hostgator; my hosting company gave me unlimited bandwidth.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Khanya,

Thank you for your kind review!

DJ
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North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My experience
May 3, 2022

The price to start is reasonable, my site loads quickly and has been up basically always, and most of the processes are seamless. I'm not looking forward to a price hike at renewal, however (we'll see), and the portal could be better organized/more user-friendly.

Date of experience: May 3, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Judd,

Thank you for your feedback!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator