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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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Ohio
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I just purchased my hosting package and I am still getting up to speed but as of now I have been having a very good experience!

Date of experience: July 22, 2021
DJ S. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Michael,

We are happy to hear you are having a good experience. Please let us know if you need any assistance!

DJ
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Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I struggled to log into my wordpress admin yesterday, and today I can't login as it is telling me I need an updated version of php, but I can't find any link to the cPanel to do this.

Date of experience: July 22, 2021
DJ S. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Madeleine,

We would love to help get you into your WordPress! We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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GREAT!
July 22, 2021

GREAT! I have had a few interactions and support has been great. All my issues have been "user errror" aka my fault.! I am now moving my main business web site over here! So excited!

Date of experience: July 21, 2021
DJ S. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Julie,

We are so excited to have you! Thank you for your review.

DJ
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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Been using Hostgator for years, never any problems. Keep up the great work!

Date of experience: July 21, 2021
DJ S. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Doug,

Thank you for being a long time customer and thank you for your review.

DJ
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Idaho
1 review
0 helpful votes
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After using other programs for such a long time my learning curve is taking a little time. It's me not you.

Date of experience: July 21, 2021
DJ S. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Rebecca,

If you ever have any questions or need any help, please do not hesitate to reach out!

DJ
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Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I´m just in that step when surfing and explore the main page and other menus to try to understand it.

Date of experience: July 20, 2021
DJ S. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Sergio,

Let us know if you need any assistance with anything. We are more than happy to help.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Algeria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am very happy to deal with the HostGator hosting service, the service is at the top and the perfect support is unparalleled... Thank you, the wonderful team

Date of experience: May 23, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Belkheir,

You are most welcome. We are just happy to help. Thank you for your awesome review.

DJ
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Colombia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Me gusta, yo lo recomendaria a mis amigos y contacto de los que necesitan un hospedador, me encanta, hay muchas personas que preguntan y aconsejan de cual hospedador aconsejan y ahi estare yo para recomendarlos

Date of experience: May 18, 2021
Australia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have been using Hostgator to host my websites for more than 5 years. Lately, I have had issues with hosting connection. I received an email notification to optimise my site -- which I did. However there was no communication after that. I sent numerous emails and support tickets -- to which were not attended to. My site was down for more than 4 days now and still no reply. This has drastically affected my business. I am not happy with this service and will definitely move to a different hosting provider. As an ongoing customer, you expect service.

Date of experience: May 16, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Wil,

We're so disappointed to read this review. We've asked an Escalations Manger to reach out and ensure this is resolved. It looks like our tech team reached out to you on 5/16/21 at 12:42pm Central and requested your reply and we have not yet heard from you. Please be sure you respond to that email ASAP. Thanks so much for your patience.

Erinn
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Cyprus
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I bought a domain name and a hosting plan from Hostgator. Though it is not my usual area of expertise, I am trying to build up my website. At some point Ihad difficulties and Hostgator support team was up to the task in supporting me to resolve the issues. One of my main issues was a registral mistake I amde at the beginning but this was solved after escalating my issue to admins. Thank you Hostgator.

Date of experience: May 14, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Jean,

We are always happy to help. Customer support is super important to us and we want to make sure our customers felt cared for. Thank you for your kind review.

DJ
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Grenada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So I saw a bad review here saying that the customer support asked for login credentials. The Hostgator rep Erinn said, "That is 100% unacceptable and not how our agents are trained to do things". I am in tech support chat with "Michael" who "disconnected" and then "John" who also asked for my login info. As the previous reviewer asked, What year is this? Can I get a 503 error resolved without having to have a shady interaction?

Date of experience: May 1, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Nyle,

What exactly are they asking? If they're asking for your Pin, that is standard procedure. If they're asking for a password, that is NOT okay and we need to get to the root cause of that. Please, if you would, drop us an email at [email protected] and provide the primary email address on your account and the best phone number to reach you. Thanks!

Erinn
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Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Day 3, of support request from my Dedicated Managed Server Support. I am informed that that "Admin" will get back to me. Since I can't do any business with many unhappy customers I might as well give a day by day update to help other not to signup with HostGator. They are not what they once were. Their service has nearly grinded to a halt and has become a "door stop" to any sort of stable ecommerce. They say a picture says a thousand words... see attachment.

Date of experience: April 15, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Guno,

We definitely want to help to resolve your issue and provide you with the customer service you deserve. If you could send us an email to [email protected] with your primary email address, we will be more than happy to take a look at what is going on and we will get to work right away. If you have a ticket number please include that as well.

DJ
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Virginia
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Paid over $500.00 and now they refuse to give a refund saying i only had 45 days to request one.
I cancelled my hosting. Its unjust enrichment they get to keep almost $400 of my money and they do nothing. More bad reviews to come their way.

Date of experience: April 13, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Tim,

We'd like to take a look at what's going on with your account and see what we can do to make things right. If you would please drop us an email at [email protected] and provide the primary email address on your account and the best phone number to reach you, we'd appreciate it. Thank you.

Erinn
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Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I bought a dedicated server from HostGator on March 10th, 2021. Since the first day, I have been requesting help from their IT team. When I contact chat support they always explain they could only do first-level tech support which is okay but then when I ask to get further help, they explain that the case needs to be escalated. The level 2 tech support can only be contacted via email. It takes forever to get a response. It is now 14 days after, I made the purchase and I am still not set up. I am still waiting for IT support from HostGator. They need to have a direct number for help that is level 2 tech support. It is unacceptable.

Date of experience: March 24, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Luis,

We're so sorry to hear that you've had a bad experience so far. We'd love to ensure that all of this gets resolved and we make things right. Can you please drop us an email at [email protected] and provide the primary email address on your account and the best phone number to reach you? We look forward to helping you soon. Thanks!

Erinn
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BA
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It is very usefoul and it hase great support if u have problems with your web page.Its very cheap and i recommend it to evryone

Date of experience: March 23, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Vedad,

We're so happy that you're happy! Thank you for the great review.

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Awesome service!
March 23, 2021

I`ve been using Hostgator to develop many websites, I have no complaints the packages and customer service is great

Date of experience: March 22, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Dexroy,

Thanks so much for the great review! We're so happy that you're happy. Our support teams are great, right?

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

New York
1 review
13 helpful votes
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I am IT-technical, but had not set up a website in years. That made the initial setup harder than I expected as there are many menus, options and settings to understand in PageLayer as well as in the initial hosting. Use the help line. They were very responsive and knowledgeable and helped me with a few things (e.g. Google registration) that I couldn't figure out hunting the menus. I am extremely pleased with the look and function of my final website which I based on a "photographer" template. I notice the website loads a few seconds slower than optimized sites like amazon, but that doesn't matter for my purposes. Know that you're signing up for a long period to get the promotional price so the initial outlay will be a multiple of the monthly fee. I know I will want my site for a while, so that wasn't an issue. There were many upsell "opportunities" presented, but none were required, they were well-explained, and the prompts were not too intrusive.

Date of experience: March 11, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Jon,

We're so happy that you're happy! Thank you so much for the great review. We're so glad you're here.

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Requested a simple site restoration from backup due to a problem caused while working with their support. Was charged $25 and told 24-48 hours for the restoration. 4 days later and it still has not been done. Each time I call support or chat with support I am told, "We are sorry," or "we feel your trouble," or "you are important to us," or "our admins have it in the queue and we can't do anything about it," with no change. They refuse to allow transfer to supervisor stating, "they will only tell you what I have told you."

You are at their mercy and they don't care about you or your site.

Date of experience: March 8, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Charles,

Ugh, that is incredibly frustrating for sure. Our support are not supposed to give timelines for when things will be resolved because every single case is different and we just don't what will happen. That being said we'd like to ensure that this gets resolved right away for you because 96 hours is insane. Can you please reach out to us at [email protected] and provide the full name on the account, the primary email address on the account and the best phone number to reach you? We look forward to getting this resolved and making things right for you. Thanks.

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Uruguay
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Dinamico
March 2, 2021

Es una buena para alojar tu emprendimiento, si sos principiante tienen una buena guia y servicio tecnico que trabajan al instante para ayudarte.

Date of experience: March 2, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hola Matias,

Gracias por la gran crítica. Estamos muy contentos de que su apoyo y base de conocimientos le hayan sido útiles.

Erinn
Defensor del cliente en HostGator

Hi Matias,

Thanks for the great review. We are so pleased that your support and knowledge base have been useful for you.

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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So far, so good.
March 1, 2021

I like the fact that HostGator provides WordPress at the very start, and from WordPress you can access Mailchimp MC4WP, and Elementor. That got me started with ease.

Date of experience: February 28, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Paul,

We're so glad things are going well for you. Thanks so much for the good review!

Erinn
Customer Advocate at HostGator