Posted by jack on April 20th, 2008
HostGator Web Hosting Review with Dirt
Filed under: HostGator Web Hosting, Web Hosting
HostGator Web Hosting is an extremely popular option for web hosting. Here are some specs from what I’ve found online. I will upate it as I find more info.
The Cheapest Plan
-space: 350 GB
-bandwidth: 3000 GB
-Domains: 1
-Subdomains: unlimited
-parked add-on domains: none
-Sitebuilder
-24×7 support
-instant backups
-45 day money back guarantee
-my sql databases: umlimited
The Good
-donate to charity, check out http://www.hostpapers.com/article/879
-Getting hold of their support has been great
-30 day money back guarantee.
-live chat
-no issues with uptime
-coupons
The Dirt (comments I found on the net)
-I did a whois check on my domain about a week ago and it said that there were 942 domains hosted on the server that I am on. I think that is a little excessive. So I do not recommend them. Maybe this is one bad experience out of hundred, I don’t know, but all of the resellers on the server that we share are down so there has to be other people that are unhappy.
-HostGator is good for php, and seems to have reasonable support. I wouldn’t recommend them for Ruby on Rails, however, as they only support fcgi
-Not too many free addons or extra features
-4.95 per month for 3 years or 8.95 per month + 5.00 service fee
Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me?
You gotta pay an extra service fee if you want a monthly plan? It’s either that or commit to 3 freakin’ years! I haven’t been married that long!
Feel free to leave comments about any experience you have with Hostgator web hosting.
