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Overview

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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2 reviews
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I needed to build a blog, but I pay the subscription since 2018 and I never been able to figure out how to build the blog. The tutorials are too confusing, either skip steps or are made for older versions of sites, and I am actually not using anything from what I pay for. If you have a service for blog building step by step or blog administration I would rather purchase such pack, because now this is useless to me. Thanks Lea

Date of experience: August 30, 2021
South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have been trying to update my website for the past month, I dont get any support or feedback when I log a ticket. I have logged a ticket 3 times already. I have been with hostgator from 2016 but the service is very bad in the last year.

Date of experience: April 4, 2024
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have been trying to get my website SSL fixed that was issued through HostGator and every time I've called I've either been disconnected or placed on eternal holds just to be told that they will need to have a manager look at the problem because it is beyond the rep. On the phone, ability to handle the issue. So then they never got back to me until my 5th successful not disconnected call I finally got a manager to reply via email and his email contained instructions on how to fix the issue! Lol are you kidding me why just fix it and write me what you did to fix it instead of how i can DIY the issue. Its just sad i regret ever switching to HostGator I have lost tons of business and am very displeased that they careless about their customers ability to use their product which is paid for in advanced for the year and a top tier plan at that.

Date of experience: February 27, 2024
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Since creating my account, the hosting package has been pending. I spoke to someone over live chat who said it would take 2 hours just to process. 4 hours later nothing had changed so spoke to another person who then said it would take upto 8 hours. It has now been 15 hours and again nothing has changed I still cant access or do anything. For the amount of money spent I would expect much better service.

Date of experience: January 11, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Ben,

We hate to hear you had issues. We would have loved to help get this fixed but it turns out you cancelled your account. We do wish you luck on your future hosting endeavors.

DJ
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Nigeria
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I loose SSL every now and then, Currently website gives 403 error and I cant access the site. And your agent says it's because of ssl again. Why cant the site just be up consistently like other hosting platforms?

Date of experience: April 4, 2024
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I heard y'all were great and I have found that to be true. Whenever I have had any issue the HostGator team has always been excellent at answering questions and solving problems. Must admit... I also love the gator!

Date of experience: March 21, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Christen,

Thank you for the kind review!

Marissa
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South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Simply the best
November 5, 2022

I had an issue and it was resolved in a matter of minutes. I will use this service again and again. Everytime you deal with support... They fix your problem immediately and take care of everything gor you. One of the best in their field!

Date of experience: November 5, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Andreas,

Thank you for your awesome review!

DJ
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Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I forgot my pin. They asked for a new email to verify. 2 days letter. They have asked me for a court letter from a judge. Bank statements. Articles of incorporation. Business licenses. I have been hung up on twice. Promised to be called by managers - no responses. I have told them I need my email to work for critical work issues, and for my kids school. No response. Its a holiday weekend and they are still asking for more and more information. They told me to pay more for more storage and that would solve the issue. I paid more money it didn't work - but they asked me for a court order from a judge to prove I am the owner of the company. Unbelievable. Run don't ever do business with this company - their customer service is the worst I have ever experienced in my life on this planet. Not even close.

Date of experience: July 2, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Mark,

Something isn't right here. Let us fix this. We have sent you a message asking for more information.

DJ
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Belgium
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hostgator is a great platform for web hosting
September 30, 2022

Hostgator is a great platform for web hosting. What is greater is the Support Team; always ready to help until satisfaction comes through to their clients.
I am satisfied with Hostgator and I can recommend it freely to anyone.

Date of experience: September 30, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hi Elinam,

Thank you for your awesome review!

DJ
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Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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We had our website on HostGator VPS Hosting for a number of years - it's an older site with older software, but we update the products on it at least once a week. Last week they moved our website to a new server with no notice to us. The new server destroyed our website - no pages would load and every link gave a 500 Internal Error. I called their support and basically everyone who I spoke to refused to provide any help at all - they promised to do something (to get a good review on their review system), but did absolutely nothing. We are working with a new hosting company and have spent tons of hours trying to recover from their horrible service. I would never recommend this company!

Thank you.

Tony Auretto

Date of experience: October 8, 2023
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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California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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March 10, 2024

1. I recently discovered that the hosting service no longer offers unlimited hosting at an affordable rate. Unfortunately, the hosting changes now restrict me to only three websites on the Business plan that I have been using for years. It took me three years to establish californiahomerealty.com, and now I am unable to create additional websites. As a result, the new WordPress website I started building is currently displaying a blank page.

Date of experience: February 29, 2024
Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Two issues: Every time I sign in to my account it automatically tries to suggest a password instead of me being able to use the password I saved. It's really annoying that I have to go find my password every time and plug it in manually.
2. The links on my account do not go to the proper pages - I have two accounts and they are mixed up with links.

Date of experience: January 12, 2024
South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Been a Multi media designer for 18 years, and I have learnt through time who the best hosting companies are. I am slowly moving all my clients to host gator as all the staff are very knowledgeable, helpful and friendly each time. Thanks for keeping all my clients websites afloat and for your incredible service.

Date of experience: February 11, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Tony,

We are so happy to have you as part of the HostGator family. Thank you for your review!

DJ
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North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The regular price was similar to my current provider and included SSL (what i feel is essential to running a website). While they often brag about their customer service, it has not been my experience that their customer service is anything special, while I have been impressed with the care i have received so far.

Date of experience: September 3, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Geoffrey,

Thank you for an awesome review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Dear Quality team
September 10, 2022

Dear Quality team,
Overall we are satisfied with the services only issues is some time server response time is long if you could work on that specially for emails side as we usually encounter issues from emails sending side. Rest is good.

Date of experience: September 10, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey Muhammad,

Thank you for your feedback!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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HostGator seemed a good choice to switch from WP.com to WP.org. I already own a domain name and the transition was supposed to go smoothly.
Update: After a conversation with another technician, my problem was resolved. The followup has been very good.

Date of experience: September 28, 2021
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

Hey David,

We don't want you to be confused. Let us help! We have asked an Escalations Manager to reach out and assist.

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator

Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The new set up in the my account area is horrible The fact that it shows the websites under hosting too and then I have softalicious sites, keeps over lapping or something. I keep losing my sites. I can not work on them in file manager or even find plugin manager in wordpress anymore either. I am chancing host next month.

Date of experience: February 16, 2024
Belgium
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Webpress support is good as well as decent interface.
I wish you guys a bit better on renewals. Each time you want to screw us with your high prices but then give discounts. It has been 10 years now still you try every year. You must build a database, lets have his personal site no cost do not try to charge extravagant like it is a giant microsoft website. This is a guy barely pays his house mortagge.

Date of experience: March 28, 2024
Israel
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Support for moving a website to HTTPS
December 1, 2022

Hi, I'm a web developer specializing in the internet field, I received support from you in transferring a website to HTTPS and I just enjoyed the kind, patient, smiling and good service,
As a seasoned developer I can say that one of the most important things in hosting services is support. Is there support? Good storage service! Nothing? Don't get close
I really enjoyed (and especially) your representative (whose name I don't even know) I would like you to know who I spoke to why he is simply excellent!
Have a good day
Glory

Date of experience: December 1, 2022
Reputation T. HostGator Rep
over a year old

HI Glory,

Thank you for your kind review!

DJ
Customer Advocate at HostGator