HostGator Review

Better Business Bureau Rating: A
Date Established: October 2002

Reliability: A+
Server Speed: A
Customer Service: A++
Cost: A-

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HostGator

Hostgator is a very heavily advertised web hosting company that you have probably seen on numerous sites all around the internet. They were started by there founder Brent Oxley in 2002. Few web hosting companies have received as many awards as Hostgator has in a decade, and they pride themselves very heavily on providing there customers with the very best customer service.

So rather than just go ahead and talk them up which I promise I will do in this review. I am going to show you all the reasons in which I feel Hostgator is one of the best web hosting services you can do business with. After reading this full Hostgator review you will have a clear understanding on why I, and so many others speak so highly of there company.

Features

Shared Plans

Hostgator offers four web hosting packages to meet all of your websites needs. No matter how big or small your site is chances are Hostgator can accommodate your needs. If you are a newbie to intermediate webmaster you should take advantage of there shared web hosting plans. They offer three plans the "Hatchling" ($3.96/month), the "Baby" ($6.36/month), and the "Business" plan ($10.36/month).

VPS Plans

For the more experienced webmasters you will need a VPS server (which is fully managed). They offer 9 different levels with full root access. Depending on the traffic and obviously your budget would determine whether you want to purchase the level one for $19.95 a month or there level 9 plan which is $209.95 a month. Bare in mind, that if you want cPanel installed on your VPS its going to cost an extra 10 per month ( highly recommend it though). For me and my VPS I have the level 3 plan with cPanel so it's $49.95 a month. Additionally, if you sign up for a year they will give you discounts on it, since you are paying all at once. Click here rather than me listing all there prices for a VPS package since there are 9 different levels.

Dedicated Plans

If you are requiring a dedicated server for your website then you're expecting a lot of traffic and or have a lot of videos or streaming audio. Hostgator does offer full managed dedicated servers at a pretty reasonable price. Currently, they are offering "Basic" ($139/month), "standard" ($175/month), "elite" ($223/month), and "pro" ($299/month). Each of these plans comes with 5 dedicated IP's and free cPanel (which is a plus, because as mentioned above they charge you $10 a month for it with your VPS plan).

Uptime

As far as uptime is concerned Hostgator has a 99.9% uptime policy which they abide by. The above screenshot shows my sites up time tested through siteuptime.com which shows my website has been up for 5 months straight without one single month of being down. That is pretty impressive and I would like to see someone try that with GoDaddy, because it simply won't happen.

Since I am a proud Hostgator user and I do have a lot of experience setting up Wordpress websites; I really can't recall one time Hostgator was down to from a 500 error. I have even used shared accounts with them and had 22 MySQL databases opening/closing every second and never once received a dreaded 500 error. This leads me to believe that Hostgator actually limits the number of people they will actually allow on one shared server. Other companies promise this but only a handful of them really back it up.

Customer Service

As far as customer service is concerned Hostgator has the BEST customer service (only InMotion can campare). In fact, I have learned this first hand as I have contacted them a number of times and they really bend over backwards to make sure you are satisfied and all your questions and concerns are taken care of ASAP. Unlike, some other hosting services you can reach them live chat, support ticket, phone, or even snail mail if you choose. Moreover, they don't outsource there customer support to India or some call center in a different area of town. They have multiple call centers located all around the World to transfer you to the area closes to you.

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The Bottom Line On Hostgator

Hostgator, you certainly can't go wrong with and I have checked around some and last I heard Hostgator had over two million happy customers. They have world renown customer service, affordable rates, and plans that will simply meet your budget. My good buddy Jerry that runs WebHostingSecretRevealed.com also stands by this review (as he runs a very respectable web hosting review site, as well; see his Hostgator review here). You can read his full Hostgator review by clicking here. However, if you are looking for a "one time payment" company that is even cheaper Fatcow would be a plausible option as well as GreenGeeks.com. As always please leave your comments down below so that everyone can learn from your experience with Hostgator. If you found this post to be interesting please share it by pushing buttons below on FaceBook or StumpleUpon (or any of the social media buttons) down below. Thanks for taking the time to read this review :).