HostGator was founded in 2002, and grew to become a
leader in the market of reseller hosting. Based out of Boca
Raton, Florida, they also offer shared and dedicated server
hosting. One of their unique qualities is that they provide
access to the industry leading SiteStudio website designer,
which is an extremely easy program to use to help even the
greenest beginner with their website development. Also priding
themselves on customer care and approval, HostGator has received
many positive customer reviews.
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Ratings: |
| Price Value |
7.5 / 10 |
| Performance |
8.5 / 10 |
| Reliability |
8.5 / 10 |
| Customer
Support |
8.5 / 10 |
| Control Panel |
8 / 10 |
| User Feedback |
8.5 / 10 |
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Overall Grade:
82% |
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Price Value
Although HostGator specializes in reseller
hosting, they also offer reasonably priced shared and dedicated
server hosting plans. Their reseller plans are offered for
prices ranging from $24.95 to $99.95 per month, and their
Dedicated Server plans range from $174.00 to $374.00 per month.
Accompanied with their recently upgraded Hatchling plan for
shared hosting at 350GB space, 3000 GB transfer rate @
$6.95/month, and you have one company that wants to remain
competitive in the web-hosting market. Also included in these
packages are features such free set-up, unlimited MySQL
databases, SpamAssasin software that will help reduce the amount
of junk email received, and a 99.9% uptime, and a 30-day
money-back guarantee.
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Reliability
HostGator has chosen The Planet, located in Dallas, Texas, to
house their data center. The Planet boasts over 35,000 square
feet of raised floor space, and features state-of-the-art
security, safety, and cooling systems. This facility is
accompanied with Multiple TXU electrical grids, 4800 volts of
input power, DataTrax monitoring software for the whole data
center infrastructure, and a fully meshed and redundant
Certified Cisco Network featuring 10 backbone providers. When
you consider all of these features, HostGator's customers have
peace of mind regarding the security and reliability of their
servers.
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Control Panel
HostGator employs the industry standard control panel, CPanel.
This control panel is one of the best in the industry, and has
over 39 scripts that can be installed. It is also relatively
easy to use, as it provides more than one million end users the
ability to install dozens of leading open source accompanied
with flash movies for instant tutorials. Your package will also
include Fantastico, the leading auto-installer for CPanel
servers. Fantastico is equipped with more than 10,000
installations, and content management systems that a user can
integrate into their web space swiftly.
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Customer Support
HostGator is becoming one of the leading companies that offer
quick responses and a personal touch to their support system.
They present 24/7/365 phone support, online chat, fax, peer
support forums, and a wide variety of CPanel flash movies. Most
customers agree that HostGator is very responsive and helpful,
fixing problems easily.
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