Host Gator

Web Hosting Review

Corporate Info: Hostgator is a privately owned company founded in 2002 that has no debt, is very profitable, and has NO intentions of selling any time soon. They provide service to over 400,000 websites on their shared and reseller plans and are the world's leading provider of reseller accounts with over 10,000 resellers who have chosen them to provide the network, servers, and support required to launch a hosting business.

Detailed Review

Value

Hostgator offers 24/7/365 phone support, 99.9% uptime, and have a 30 day money back guarantee. Their control panel is one of the best in the industry, and has over 52 scripts that can be installed with a click of the mouse. Hostgator welcomes you to give them a "test call" to verify that they are real people offering real services. We have done it and they pick up as it is all part of their .customer dedication. project.

Technology

Your site will be on a top-of-the-line Dual Xeon server that can provide instant backups of your site (this is available via the control panel). Multi-homed and multi-carrier company, Hostgator boasts a broad network expanding all throughout the Dallas Ft Worth area and operating a full cisco network keeping their level of quality competitive.

Support

Whether you want to talk to a live person or just chat online or even over email, Hostgator will be avaiable morning, noon and night to answer all your questions or concerns.

Highlights

Great shared, reseller and dedicated packages
Money Back Guarantee
Affordable Prices

Handicaps

No colocation
More reseller oriented as opposed to shared hosting
No Windows Hosting

Facts

Gain/Loss previous month: +6.0%

Products

Linux Hosting

Hatchling 50 GB disk space, 200 GB bandwidth, $6.95/month
Baby 1,000 GB disk space, 1 GB bandwidth, $9.95/month
Swamp 200 GB disk space, 2,000 GB bandwidth, $14.95/month

Dedicated Hosting

Basic 80 GB disk space, 1,500 GB bandwidth, $174/month
Standard 80 GB disk space, 1,500 GB bandwidth, $219/month
Elite 80 GB disk space, 1,500 GB bandwidth, $279/month
Pro 160 GB disk space, 1,500 GB bandwidth, $374/month

Reseller Hosting

Aluminum 5 GB Disc Space / 50 GB Bandwidth disk space, Unlimited customers bandwidth, $24.95/month
Copper 7 GB Disc Space / 75 GB Bandwidth disk space, Unlimited customers bandwidth, $34.95/month
Silver 10 GB Disc Space / 100 GB Bandwidth disk space, Unlimited customers bandwidth, $49.95/month
Gold 15 GB Disc Space / 150 GB Bandwidth disk space, Unlimited customers bandwidth, $74.95/month
Diamond 20 GB Disc Space / 200 GB Bandwidth disk space, Unlimited customers bandwidth, $99.95/month

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	Rating
Total	79%
Price/Performance	20/25
Technical Utilities	20/25
Customer Support	20/25
Business Practice	19/25

Rating Details

	Price/Per formance
Subtotal	20/25
Price Value	4/5
Product Quality	4/5
Reliability	4/5
Guarantees	5/5
Special Offers	3/5

	Technical Utilities
Subtotal	20/25
Control Panel	4/5
Technical Quality	4/5
Security	4/5
Email Functionality	4/5
Hosting Functionality	4/5

	Customer Support
Subtotal	20/25
Support Speed	4/5
Support Quality	4/5
Phone Support	4/5
Email Support	4/5
Knowledge Base/Help Desk	4/5

	Business Practice
Subtotal	19/25
Website Usability	4/5
Order Process	4/5
Level Playing Field	4/5
Company Performance	4/5
User Feedback	3/5