Webhost Review Week – Hostgator

Overview of the company:
Founded in year 2002, Hostgator is a world leading hosting provider based in Houston, Texas. HostGator.com provides Web hosting and dedicated servers to webmasters, small businesses, and individuals, and also is a Web hosting reseller. Currently over 2500000 domains are hosted at hostgator. More than 200000 clients trust host gator for their hosting needs. In August 2009, Inc. Magazine recognized HostGator as the 239th fastest growing private company in the United States.

99.9% Uptime Guarantee

Hostgator is the first hosting provider to guarantee the hosting uptime. They are so confident that they guarantee their servers will up for 99.9% of the time and if they fail to do that, you are entitled to have 1 month credit. I have collected a lot of reviews of Hostgator from various forums and from my friends and found that they are really up 99.9% time. Even most fof my friends including me have never faced any downtime till now.

Some Features worth noticing.

These features are free with all the plans.

1. Free SiteBuilder and SiteStudio Website Building Tools
2. 4,500 Free Website Templates (View Website Templates)
3. Free Website Transfer, Domain Transfer, MySQL Transfer, Script Transfer
4. 52 Free scripts can be instantly installed on your account with a few clicks
5. $50 in Google Adwords Credit
6. Latest cPanel Control Panel
7. Website Statistics: AWStats, Webalizer, Raw Log Manager, Referrer and Error Logs
8. Fantastico: Instant Shopping Carts, Blogs, Portals, Forums, Counters, Formmail
9. Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts with SMTP
10. Unlimited Autoresponders, Mail Forwards, Email Aliases, Mailing Lists
11. 24/7/365 Premium Support via Phone, Live Chat, and Ticket System (Email)
12. Automatic Weekly Off-Site Data Backups

Based on your needs Hostgator offers you various plans -

Pricing

Hatchling Plan

1. $8.95 (monthly)
2. 3 years @ $4.95/mo
3. 2 years @ $5.95/mo
4. 1 year @ $6.95/mo

Baby Plan

1. $9.95 (monthly)
2. 3 years @ $7.95/mo
3. 2 years @ $8.95/mo
4. 1 year @ $9.95/mo

Business Plan

1. $14.95 (monthly)
2. 3 years @ $12.95/mo
3. 2 years @ $13.95/mo
4. 1 year @ $14.95/mo

The best thing about their pricing is, the have coupons which enable you to get hosting at $0.01(1 cent) for first month, so that you can try them risk free. This tells how committed and confident they are on their services.

Conclusion and Rating

Certainly! Hostgator is highly recommended for anyone. With their 99.9% uptime Guarantee, 1 cent trial coupon and 24/7 response, I strongly recommend Hostgator for hosting your website. But some user might find their plans bit costly but i don’t think any other hosting company can provide you as much features and support as Hostgator do.

Rating – 4.5/5

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