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HostGator is a web hosting service with WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, and dedicated hosting capabilities.https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/f7/2r/45Q98ZU77PL6.pngHostGator.comHostGator will Eat You Up and Spit You Out, but will do it with friendly and professional support.2018-10-29T23:38:20.680ZHostGator provides the company with internet hosting. The company started using HostGator several years ago on a shared server, and gradually upgraded to a dedicated server. It hosts my website, and the websites of some clients. It was chosen based on price, as the business owners were capable of providing their own tech support.,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.,The technical support is very deficient. If you are going to be relying on your host for all things technical, HostGator isn't a great choice for you. They're professional and friendly, but when you actually run into an issue, it will be a challenge to resolve.
During the latest server upgrade HostGator was to handle the migration of all sites on our Windows based server over to the new Linux based server. While doing so, the technicians left open a gap for hackers to infiltrate the old server which was then partially encrypted with ransomeware. A half a dozen sites hadn't yet been fully migrated at that point. HostGator said nothing about not finishing the migration - we figured it out when specific sites weren't working properly. They then said it wasn't possible to migrate them. Fortunately, one of the business owners had the technical capability to migrate 4 of the 6, and then rebuilt the two that were lost.
Unless you have a solid technical background, you're going to be disappointed with HostGator. They often can't determine the cause of technical issues, or claim it's impossible to fix the issues. However, the business partner always ends up solving the issues.,1,HostGator has provided the business with affordable hosting.
HostGator has offered great financial incentives (through special pricing on contract renewals) for upgrading every three years, which means our sites have been hosted on increasingly better, faster servers, which improves customer satisfaction (no waiting on page load speeds).
HostGator's lack of quality tech support has meant the business owners have had to do more technical troubleshooting when there have been issues rather than focussing on some other aspect of the business.,,Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugins, Slack,3,1,HostGator provides the business with server hosting on a dedicated server.
The server is used to host the business websites and client sites, ranging in size from small charity groups to an international organization.
The server is also used as a staging area when developing new sites or new site features for clients who have their own hosting. That way the new features and changes can be fully tested prior to releasing to the clients.,I don't think the business has used HostGator in unexpected or innovative ways. It's server hosting, and we've used it for that purpose.
The biggest standout feature is the price point, which is why the business keeps using this provider.,The use of their servers won't change over time. The business has contracted with them to provide a server, and that's the extent of the need.
In the future, providing the rates continue being at the right price point, the business will likely continue to upgrade the servers every few years.,8Verified UserHostGator is good, but they'll upsell you when you call for support2018-06-05T18:11:32.463ZWe use HostGator to host our website, and to provide automated backups of the website. We get our SSL certificate through them, and also have their SiteLock add-on for providing an additional piece of security. To manage the site, we use their cPanel interface. Until about a year ago, we also had them hosting our email addresses but we migrated off of that plan, and retained only the website services.,A simple backup is included at no cost
Haven't experienced any downtime for 2 years
Uses cPanel, which is familiar and easy to work with,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,3,The basic plan we were sold was not enough for us, so we had to re-work our budget
Having a website with our own domain has increased sales and visibility,GoDaddy,Google Analytics, OnForce, RMail Services, Open Dental SoftwareDan GospeA very good choice for shared cloud hosting2018-08-08T15:47:21.833ZI used HostGator to host my most important websites. I chose HostGator because it is one of the most popular hosting services. It offers a very affordable cloud hosting service which is faster and more reliable than traditional shared hosting. I used several hosting plan types on HostGator. I like the Business Cloud hosting the best because it offers hosting for unlimited websites and unlimited bandwidth.,HostGator is a very reputable company. So you know that your website is in good hands.
They have one of the most affordable cPanel cloud hosting services that you can find.
The speed of HostGator's hosting is pretty fast. And little to no downtime.,The hosting dashboard is always slow for me. And it's hard to navigate around.
Not providing free SSL certificates and not allowing installation of free SSL certificates are big minuses for me
The pricing is not straightforward.,6,The business cloud plan only provides one free SSL certificate. If you want to add another free SSL certificate to another domain, the fee is $10. If you want to use HostGator's SSL certificate, it is going to be around $50 a year, which is really expensive because nowadays you can easily get an SSL certificate for free. We were very happy with HostGator until we needed another SSL certificate for another domain.
Hosting on HostGator give us a peace of mind. We don't need to worry about our website crashing down.
The Business Cloud plan is basically unlimited. So we didn't need to worry about hitting the limits.,DigitalOcean and SiteGround Web Hosting,Zenkit, Tallyfy, TrelloVerified UserDon't Go With A Start Up - Go with HostGator2018-06-14T15:37:04.292ZWe use HostGator for our current website and hosting and for over one hundred client's hosting and servers. It solves the hosting problem of our clients. They need quality hosting and HostGator provides this. They also have servers that have a great price and high quality. You can't go wrong.,Hosting
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Customer Service,Hackers can slide in and they take a while to catch those. Or at least update you that someone tried to hack.,10,Positive return on investment,Bluehost,GoDaddy, AdWords, Google AnalyticsVerified UserGood product for starting your business2018-02-15T19:26:04.888ZI have been using HostGator for my business and personal domain for well over 10 years. I use HostGator's services for my website, emails, Moodle platforms, and custom projects. I've set the members as well to use their services. I have also used HostGator to manage my domains. Their service has been solid and reliable.,Setup and management is easy.
Customer and Technical Support is fantastic.
Prices are reasonable.,I use a shared server and I've had some confusion with setting up a unique IP. It didn't perform as expected.
My website has been hacked a few times and HostGator had no alarms in place to notify me.
I've had some email issues where my emails were blocked from some servers. But I don't do SPAM. And HG was unable to help me figure out the reason.,7,HostGator's introductory pricing does offer an easy entry and lots of functionality.
After the introductory period expires, prices go way up.
Customer service is very good, both via telephone and chat.,Bluehost, SiteGround Web Hosting and GoDaddy,QuickBooks Online, Google Analytics, Hootsuite ProSteven Davis
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