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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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I keep getting reminders in my email to pay my bill. I check my panel and all is ok. I dont understand. I have things set on auto pay.

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
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The website is user friendly and you can navigate without problems. I highly recommend Hostgator because their service is the best

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
Florida
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I have been a customer for over 10 years. The new dashboard is not user friendly. Poor upgrade for customers.

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
Canada
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Good support and features
April 19, 2024

Good support and features. A good entry offer (Discounted the first year). But now it is not cheap anymore. I'm considering moving to another hosting company. My baby plan only allows 2 sites. I have a couple of domains with emails only (no website) and now I have to go live with a third domain and it requires I upgrade. So basically, i have no website, only emails associated with a couple of domains, and now I need to upgrade and pay more. Not a good deal definitively. I'm in the market for a cheaper solution for custom domain email only. Thanks.

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
South Carolina
1 review
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Ever since you have changed system everything has been trash

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
Florida
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My experience with HostGator has been Great! Everyone that I've been in contact with was very knowledgeable and extremely helpful.

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
Germany
1 review
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Excellent customer service
April 19, 2024

Excellent customer service. I tried other providers and especially with technical issues and connecting different services together, its not uncommon to encounter unique problems whose solutions you can't solve by googling.

Other providers have customer services but i feel like they don't even understand my problem or they are just bots.

With Hostgator, every time i have a technical issue, the customer support actually understands the problems, answers my questions and helps solve the problem. Even if i there is a cheaper hosting provider out there, i would not want to change the service because the help with technical issues is worth way more to me than a few bucks per month.

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
India
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The entire system is very poor and we are moving one by one from hostgator

Date of experience: April 9, 2024
India
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Stupid support, worst admin support
Always trouble customer with fake information
Idiot admins sitting in office

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Malaysia
1 review
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Hostgator, there seems to be an issue with your payment portal's payment button. When attempting to renew using a credit card, after clicking the submit button, it indicates that the payment hasn't been made, despite the amount being deducted from my credit card. This process is not ideal for accepting payments from customers. Your payment submit button should be responsive, indicating that the payment is proceeding or completed once the customer clicks to submit the payment. However, the submit button shows no response, despite the amount already being deducted from the customer's credit card.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
California
1 review
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HostGator is intuitive, responsive, and technology that delivers. Customer Service is knowledgeable about products and service, as well as capable of identifying issues right away. Very Satisfied Customer - will recommend HostGator to family, friends, and associates. Go HostGator!

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
California
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It's been months of my websites being down. I finally got one of them working today but it's been a difficult process.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Egypt
1 review
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You change the packages without notifying us and change the terms that were agreed upon in the first contract. Also, customer service has become bad, not like it was before. It was better customer service and technical support.
I had the Baby Plan package for 5 years. One of its terms was that it contained an unlimited number of domains. Then suddenly this feature was canceled and the package space was reduced from 100 GB to 20 GB without considering or caring about the importance of the sites that I have, and that I had previously planned according to my capabilities. Finance, then suddenly you ruined my plan

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Texas
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I can't set my website due the system never work in order, right now I realized that my web site ar active in the web with out finished yet and I don't know why if I never set that, I asked for a cancelayion since 15 day after I hot the plan and every customer assistance told me It was just that something was wrong and everthing will work in order after some actions they done but never work like they told me at all so I just been waisting my time and money for nothing. I just want the cancelation and my refund and even that no one can't do that for me.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Canada
1 review
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I don't like the new Portal
April 19, 2024

I don't like the new Portal. It is also disappointing that agents only seem to be trained in WordPress issues, but nothing else in cPanel.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Maryland
1 review
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The new layout sucks
April 19, 2024

The new layout sucks. Switched to my own WHM and moving away from HostGator completely. Cloudflare is not paying attention

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
Texas
1 review
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Because I have my personal hosting with you and everytime I need help, you go above and beyond to help me. I have referred people to you as well.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
California
1 review
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Fast and easy to secure my domain
April 19, 2024

Fast and easy to secure my domain. But if a learning curve and non-intuitive to set up my website.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
California
1 review
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The hosting is OK
April 19, 2024

The hosting is OK. The customer service is not great.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024
North Carolina
2 reviews
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I am deeply disappointed with Hostgator because my monthly hosting plan has gone up $10 to $27.99 and I will have to start looking for a new hosting service! So sad that this increase has happened.

Date of experience: April 8, 2024