HostGator Review
Last Updated on Thursday, 24 December 2009 11:26 Written by Editor Thursday, 24 December 2009 10:08
HostGator Review
HostGator was the first web hosting company I signed up for this year, after starting up my online business efforts again after 7 years working “offline”.
| Feature | Score |
|---|---|
| Sign up | 5 out of 5 |
| Control Panel | 5 out of 5 |
| Support | 5 out of 5 |
| Server Speed | 4.5 out of 5 |
| Uptime | 5 out of 5 |
| Price | 5 out of 5 |
| Total score | 5 out of 5 |
Background
I have around 10 sites hosted on one account (business plan) with HostGator, and have been with them for around one month. I can’t remember exactly why I chose to go with them, but most likely I read reviews on sites like Good Web Hosting that were positive and gave them a shot.
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Sign up
Sign up was quick and easy, and account details were sent right away, with instant access to the account.
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Control Panel
HostGator uses the CPanel control panel, which seems to be industry standard these days. Although this control panel is a little clobbered down by options, it is extremely easy to use once you get to know it. Everything from adding add-on domains, to setting up e-mail, is one click away.
Setting up a wordpress blog or phpBB forum is handled through Fantastico, which CPanel integrates, and only requires a few clicks.
All in all, I have become very fond of CPanel and will probably never want to use anything else!
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Support
I have had one support ticket submitted so far, with 2-3 correspondenses. Each of the follow-ups, and the original ticket, were answered within 2 hours. I find this to be extremely good response time for a company this big.
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Server Speed
Server speed seems to be very good. To get better speed/response time you would have to go for a dedicated server. I will be monitoring my sites and post updated findings in the months to come.
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Uptime
I have not experienced any downtime with HostGator, but as a disclaimer I am not actively monitoring my sites. To put it this way, if I experience any downtime, I will post it here!
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Price
I am on the Business plan and am hosting around 10 sites on it at this moment, and am paying $14.95 per month. This adds up to $1.49 per domain per month, which is just terrific! I plan to add probably 5-10 more domains on this account, and the per domain price will then be even lower.
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Total Score
Ok, I have to say that I am a very happy customer with HostGator. They have a feel to them that I usually only experience with smaller hosts. This meaning, big host with 100.000+ customer usually suck! Smaller hosts are usually better with customer service, speed, price, etc, but have the unfortunate risk of “blowing up”. With HostGator you I am at one of the largest web hosts in the world, but still get the ”small host”, personal, quick and reliable, service. I definately recommend them!
Total Score: 5 out of 5
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