Hostgator Reviews
Hostgator was founded by Brent Oxley in 2002 and in 2012 was acquired by Endurance International Group. It has its headquarters in Houston, Texas, USA. It offers Shared, Reseller, VPS & Dedicated web hosting services.
Features & Specifications
- Hostgator offers a wide range of services – web hosting, reseller hosting, WordPress hosting, VPS hosting & dedicated hosting.
- Disk space is unlimited for web hosting, 50 – 200 GB for reseller hosting & 10 – 30 GB for VPS hosting.
- Bandwidth is unlimited for web hosting, 500 – 1400GB for reseller hosting & 250 – 500 GB for VPS hosting.
- The database used here is My SQL databases & phpMyAdmin access.
- The programming language used is Python, PHP5, Fast CGI, CGI, Perl, SSI & Ruby on nails.
- Email hosting is allowed with unlimited email accounts, webmail support, email forwarder, autoresponders & spam-free protection.
- For online selling websites, it offers Cube Shopping Cart, Zen Shopping Cart, OS Commerce Google Check Out.
- Customer support is available 24*7*365 days a year.
Price
Pricing offered is a different type and sub-options within each type.
Web hosting plan has a hatching plan starting at $4.86/month, a Baby plan at $6.96/month, business plan at $10.46/month.
WordPress hosting plan has a starter plan at $5.97/month, a standard plan at $9.57/month & a business plan at $16.77/month.
Reseller hosting plan has an Aluminum plan at $19.96/month, copper plan at $27.96/month, silver plan at $39.96/month, gold plan at $59.96/month, and diamond plan at $79.96/month.
VPS hosting plan has snappy 500 at $11.97/month, snappy 1000 at $33.97/month, snappy 2000 at $57.97/month, snappy 4000 at $81.97/month, and snappy 8000 at $99.97/month.
Dedicated hosting plan has Linux basic server at $105/month, Linux standard dedicated server at $132/month, an elite dedicated server at $168/month & Linux pro dedicated server at $225/month, windows basic dedicated server at $105/month, windows standard dedicated server at $132/month, windows elite dedicated server at $168/month & windows pro dedicated server at $225/month.
Control Panel
The control panel offered by Hostgator hosting is Cpanel.
