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Founded in 2002
Houston, Texas, United States
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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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Missouri
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Reliability, Awesome the best in the business great

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey John,

That we have! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Updated my server settings so that my website no longer functions. Customer service has been zero help. Looking for another hosting company now.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Brian,

We hate to hear this. We really would love to keep you. We will be reaching out to see what we can do.

DJ
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Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have HAD it with your service!
May 14, 2022

I have HAD it with your service! I am in the process of transferring BOTH of my domain names OUT to a different host, because I can't get ANYTHING done! Your staff don't speak proper English, and I ALWAYS have a $#*! of a time understanding them, and THEY also have a $#*! of a time understanding ME. Any time I present a problem to you guys, you don't even READ my problem! You just pick out the words you can understand and go with that. Well lemme tell you something! That is NO way to run a business! You have just lost me to IONOS!

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Sean,

We hate to hear you feel that way. We do want to wish you luck on your future hosting endeavors.

DJ
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Pakistan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Quality Service, Fast Pace Working, 24/7 customer support on chat that too is always helpful. Highly Recommended!

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Shafqat,

Thank you for such an awesome review!

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New Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My site has been down for weeks and no one can tell me why? I have had 5-6 chat sessions and most of them said the server was down.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Meredith,

We will take a look into this and get you taken care of.

DJ
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Barbados
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Ease of use, great customer service and value for money.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Daniel,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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It was great
April 14, 2022

It was great - easy to make the switch from the other host site

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Mark,

That is so great to hear. Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Cayman Islands
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very slow hosting, does not support memcache, memcached, opcache or other performance enhancements that are considered basic options for shared hosting at A2 and other cheaper hosting providers.
Very disappointing customer service experience with support tickets.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Davis,

We would love to look into this. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out.

DJ
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Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Billing is not clearly labeled, for example what SSL for what domain you were automatically billed for or getting billed twice for the same SSL while it was not even installed. The portal is very SLOW. Chat takes a long time to help as they usually don't have the answers at hand. I don't feel I can always trust support with people that are not trained properly or don't have enough knowledge and experience. For some overseas tickets, you are not sure they can understand your issue, or they do not respond even after asking the same thing a few times as it's never the same person that answers a ticket. Don't feel that valued as a customer or that I'm getting a quality service.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Pascale,

We don't want you to feel that way. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
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Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I've been loving your service for over 10 tens and still do.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey John,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Pennsylvania
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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HostGator is AMAZING!
April 14, 2022

HostGator is AMAZING! I moved over from Yahoo about 10 years ago and, every since, I have had such an incredible experience working through and with HostGator and don't plan on going anywhere. Their service and technical support is top notch!

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Clare,

Thank you for your amazing review!

DJ
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New Zealand
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Takes hours to connect to live chat, then it times out before problem resolved. No email or support ticket anymore!

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Andrew,

We would love to solve your problem. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
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VE
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent chat support
April 14, 2022

I have been a hostgator customer for a few years. Website performance is quite good and uptime is great, but what I like most is the chat support.: always available, willing to help, knowledg, and most of the time my problems are solved in the first interaction. The only thing I would criticize is that after a few moments of inactivity session is closed and you have to start allmover again.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Hernan,

2 good reasons! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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Ethiopia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Simple and good, easy to handle and trustworthy. Like it

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Amlakcher,

Thank you for your kind review!

DJ
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Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cost and Reliablity I left Hostgator for about 2 years tried a few other host and came back 5 years ago because Hostgator has been the best for me and my company.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Anthony,

We are happy to have you back! Thank you for your review!

DJ
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New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So far, quick service, Quick responses, via Phone chat or email

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Alexander,

Thank you for your review!

DJ
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TZ
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Oh my goodness, the best place ever to have a your website at...

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Kelvin,

Thank you for the amazing review!

Marissa
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Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The customer service is cumbersome and always puts the problem back on me.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Adam,

We would love to look into this. We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
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Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Customer service is great!
April 14, 2022

Customer service is great! Easy platform to navigate.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Nacrissa,

Thank you for being apart of the HostGator community!

Marissa
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Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have been with HostGator for almost 10 years. An issue with your server effective my website. I called like 15 times maybe more to try to fix it. And all I was offer was to update my server from 11.99 to 70 dollars. When all needed to happen was transfer to a different server. Every person I talked with was not helpful and would pass the buck to someone else. The Customer Service is very poor. And I am leaving HostGator.

Date of experience: April 14, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey River,

We hate to hear this is the experience you have had. We wish you luck on your future hosting endeavors.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator