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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HostGator

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AHostGator, from Newfold Digital (formerly Endurance), is a web hosting service with WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated hosting capabilities.

    $2.75

    per month

    IBM Cloud Foundry

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Foundry is an IBM version of the open-source platform designed for building, testing, deploying, and scaling applications. Enterprises can run Cloud Foundry in a public isolated environment, while natively integrating with other IBM Cloud services, such as AI, Blockchain, and IoT.

    $0.07

    Per GBH

    Pricing
    HostGatorIBM Cloud Foundry
    Editions & Modules
    Hatchling
    $2.75
    per month
    Baby
    $3.50
    per month
    Business
    $5.25
    per month
    Community Runtimes
    $0.07
    Per GBH
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HostGatorIBM Cloud Foundry
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HostGatorIBM Cloud Foundry
    Considered Both Products
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
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    Features
    HostGatorIBM Cloud Foundry
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of HostGator and IBM Cloud Foundry
    Feature
    HostGator
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    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    7.6
    24 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.524 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings7.523 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings7.722 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings6.49 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings4.711 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings7.520 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.522 Ratings
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    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AccuWebHosting.Com
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HostGatorIBM Cloud Foundry
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (19 ratings)
    8.5
    (32 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    HostGatorIBM Cloud Foundry
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    HostGator for email, domain and website hosting--delightful, 100% satisfied! Have always had ample capacity for company email needs, features work well. I have used it off and on for several organizations since 2011. HostGator website building is fairly straightforward, although I wouldn't recommend it for first-time web designing. The pluses on the HostGator website builder: great-looking themes, adequate webpage capacity, really cool scrolling capabilities, which trends well now. Easier than building a WordPress website from scratch, which can also be done for free in HostGator. I'd say it's limited compared to feature-rich WP, but it designs as nicely as Wix.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    As it is an open-source platform as a service, it is very easy to operate, scale, and deploy regardless of what programming language and framework it's written in. However, it could be improved in terms of scalability. There should be proper documentation for easier and clearer understanding to make the process smooth.
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    Pros
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • The pricing is a big feature for this hosting company
    • Every three years when the hosting contract is coming to an end, they offer a reduced fee to upgrade your server plan, which is more cost effective than renewing at the regular rate for whatever plan you're currently using.
    • The customer service workers are professional and friendly.
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    IBM
    • Simplicity - the command line tool provided can get you up and running within minutes.
    • Resourceful - IBM Cloud Foundry is built on top of the open source Cloud Foundry technology, so any resources you find online about Cloud Foundry generally can be applied.
    • Feature rich - provides all the necessary features for a cloud based platform, such as auto-scaling, 0 downtime deployment.
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    Cons
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Support could be better, it takes a long time to connect with somebody
    • You need to pay extra for a backup you can rely on
    • SiteLock is sold separately, but did not help when we were hacked
    • Site seems to slow down from time to time
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    IBM
    • Need: VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES! Particularly with the Conversation Service.
    • Need: Annotation capabilities for dialog nodes in Conversation Service.
    • Need: Search/querying capabilities in Conversation Service
    • Need: Clearer documentation of the S2T service. I had to use a third party website for an understanding of how to use this.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Because we have in house technical support to compensate the lack of quality HostGator tech support, and because the price continues to be affordable the business is likely to continue using HostGator. They provide what the business needs and we have in house support to maintain it.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    While you will get support from HostGator, it seems to be a different level from 8-10 years ago. It may take 15-20 minutes to get someone on chat, and unless you follow up, I've found followup email support to take a couple of days. If you stick with it, though, you will get support, and I've never had a problem they couldn't help with.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    I prefer HostGator over GoDaddy. HostGator does have better and more reliable customer support, and the user interface and user experience are overall much more friendly and easier to use. GoDaddy does have downtime associated with their hosting in my experience, but I have not experienced that with HostGator.
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    IBM
    CF is what we initially went with to establish a development pipeline and start our cloud journey, now we are expanding this and although we are now pulling in many other tools and functions around CF, it is not being replaced. It stands out as having a key place working ‘with’ git, Kubernetes, IBM cloud etc, not against or segregated from it.
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    Return on Investment
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Usage of resale options easily quadrupled the money I was spending on HostGator
    • Trust in the host has to be earned, and HostGator has not retained that for me -- it will be a while before I feel confident in their uptime again
    • Overall, HG has been a positive impact on my business as a web developer
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    IBM
    • IBM Bluemix is mainly a foundation enabler at this stage, although our business plan does look promising.
    • The low cost of development on Bluemix for a start-up like us is so helpful......we had no spare cash for this project besides what we could save or borrow at first, and that wasn't much. We are still trying to attract venture capital to cover the main Cordova Coding effort plus the launch "Cash Burn".
    • Features like push notifications, mobile-back end, and world-beating security help us to sell our SaaS products/services.
    • The pure (usually!) functionality of IBM products and services is very rewarding to work with.They are so insightful and thoughtful, to say naught of clever!
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