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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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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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In the 2023 and before i made of my service with the credit card payment directly on the hostgator platform. I uses digital credit card with dinamic CVV and the new form is problematic

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
California
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It was many years ago
March 8, 2024

It was many years ago. You folks were the best out there

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Malaysia
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Never cancelled
March 18, 2024

Never cancelled. But Hostgator is exploitive and has increased price over and over and over for the cheapest Baby plans. Insane. Money grabbing, yet your service has decreased and value decreased. Money grabbing - Shameful company standards. Will cancel soon. Have been telling everyone to stay away and go with ethical companies. So yes, Hostgator is trash due to the way you exploit clients.

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Louisiana
1 review
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Constantly issues with unauthorized changes being made to our DNS, yoast SEO premium which we paid for is not working properly and no one can give us an answer. Wish I had gone to a different copany because my concerns and case are being swept under the rug.

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Lebanon
1 review
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Very simple and they cooperate with me directly if any problem happens

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Indiana
1 review
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I have hostgator for year I chose you because your the best on the market today as you were years ago.
Thanks, Rex

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Texas
1 review
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Everytime I have an issues it takes several calls to get it worked. They say they will take care of it, then you get a email telling you how to do it yourself.

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Thailand
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New customers get great deals but existing customers pay too much for hosting

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Greece
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With your latest website design, the "live chat", under the contact menu, stopped working. I click but there is no pop up chat window

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
AE
1 review
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Ok until I have an issue with uploading of candidate application form through my website

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Florida
1 review
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I can't find ANYTHING I used to be able to do in mere seconds since the interface changed. I'm so freaking frustrated. My site is under a brute force attack and all I'm trying to do is access my security plugin and I'm not able to.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Texas
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My sole reason for migrating from Godaddy to Hostgator was to have my SSL automatically maintained so that I had no web outages. That is not working as I hoped. Your techs are great about getting it working again, but it is not automatic.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Kenya
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Over 24hours Account Suspension and Account is not Due yet.

I have chatted 7 agents all they keep saying is Admin Admin will look at the issue.

Your Admin support is wanting...At this day and age messing a customer business like this is unacceptable.

Am one soo disappointed customer

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Massachusetts
1 review
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I have had nothing but trouble with HostGator support. I have spoken by phone, email and chat. Each and every person has been unhelpful and make me feel unvalued as a long time customer. I have been threatened, lied to and given false information by HG reps and I have all of the emails and screen shots of the chat conversations to show all of the negative interactions. I am one step away from cancelling my HG account all together and migrating to a new host. I have had my patience tested and pushed to the limit. One star as a rating seems too much at this point. Sadly.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Canada
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Lost service for my website for 3 weeks. Terrible customer service and no compensation or apology whatsoever.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
North Dakota
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I had it before, but I didn't like how much the price increased after the introductory period. An increase is fine, but this was more than double. It is a good, easy to use service, though.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Kansas
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It is becoming more organized, and a simple layout.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Texas
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Transferring domains to new owners is a nightmare, it has taken almost a year and it is still not complete

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
New York
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I've called and chatted several times. I was assured each time that my website sheilasportfolio.com would be working within hours, if not a few days. It has been over 2 months. And still not working.

Date of experience: March 7, 2024
Georgia
3 reviews
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I think the overall part of HostGator was great, just me learning how to use Wordpress was a challenge for me

Date of experience: March 7, 2024