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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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It greatly exceed the expectations
April 17, 2024

It greatly exceed the expectations. Easy to work with. Excellent support.

Date of experience: April 7, 2024
Japan
1 review
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Used to be good and cheap, now its expensive and the customer service is bad and it's wasting my time with this stupid survey

Date of experience: April 7, 2024
New Mexico
1 review
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I have gotten a very poor service when it comes to billing. My account was charged $300 that I was not billied, nor invoiced for. After I was charged, I was not sent a receipt nor was it appearing under my order history. About a week later, the order history showed $37.22, which was for a domain (highest I've ever paid for a domain), the rest of the $263.88 is still not clear what it was for. I can assume that it was for hosting (but its been a 5 weeks already - it is not under my order history, I was not sent a receipt & customer service cannot see it on their side either), The worst thing here is that I wanted to restart the hosting when I re-open my business again when I get funding, but I couldn't do that since I was charged a month before renewal date. I don't have an income and I was charged $263.88 for the site I don't need & I've been given a go around when it comes to a refund (since no one can see a transaction), After speaking to Shane (who by the way refused to trans me to the manager) - I had to take a break from calling & trying to deal with this issue bcz I was getting very sick after 5 weeks of dealing with passive customer service. I am now behind on bills, but that is not as bad as having heart attack over $263. So I will see when you decide to refund or simple provide me a courtest of a receipt. I didn't know that it is such a previlage to have an invoice stating what I've been charged for (but that's how low the bar is with hostgator).

Date of experience: April 7, 2024
Thailand
1 review
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Terrible host service and awful customer service. I will never choose Hostgator again. Never-ending issues.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
California
1 review
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This is very difficult and does not offer good customer support.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Florida
1 review
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Good price
April 16, 2024

Good price. I will say that WordPress is the most user-unfriendly setup I have ever used.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Colorado
1 review
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Mostly good but sometimes, there are glitches. Need to fix them

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
GB
1 review
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I'm really satisfied with my purchase and will continue.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Pennsylvania
1 review
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Support was very rude, and blamed others for issues. Issues are unresolved, and we will need to switch host if problems continue.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Massachusetts
1 review
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We've been trying to get an issue with emails resolved for months now. Host gator support has been unhelpful to put it nicely.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Germany
1 review
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New UI and design is poor
April 16, 2024

New UI and design is poor. Finding billing, getting to email addresses, etc. is all over the place. It's targeted at adding services, not managing existing. Old UI would give an option to be directed to CPanel right off the bat. Also when I attempted to enable MFA it repeatedly gave me incorrect codes that never worked and kept locking out the account. Had to remove it via the security questions just to able to get into my account. Would like to enable that but can't risk getting locked out of all of my domains again. Now it's forcing MFA confirmation every time I login to a single email account which is unsecure. Also lists a domain I do not own nor have ever owned as the primary account.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Portugal
1 review
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Excelente plataforma!
April 16, 2024

Excelente plataforma! Interface intuitiva, recursos abrangentes e suporte ao cliente eficiente. Recomendo!

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
California
3 reviews
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I have not had any problem until now when suddenly my website was offline because the subscription expired.

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Massachusetts
1 review
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Too far back to remember, been a great ride...
Never have to call in troubles...

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
New York
1 review
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Great deal, great experience, my site compatible with code language i'm working on, thanks hostgator

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
GB
1 review
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Worst experience when setting up the new site and then I was charged monthly without allowing me to select the plan... Moving out from you guys

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Croatia
1 review
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My friend told me about it
April 16, 2024

My friend told me about it. But, he had not a single problem while I had the same one many many times

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
District of Columbia
1 review
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Host Gator offers great hosting service and is very convenient and easy to use :)

Date of experience: April 6, 2024
Massachusetts
1 review
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Years ago, something about "GoDaddy" seemed off to me.

Date of experience: April 5, 2024
California
1 review
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I thought it would be a good platform. Your tech support is horrific.

Date of experience: April 5, 2024