HostGator Review: Web Hosting

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HostGator is a high-quality web host with a great online site-builder. It's fast and stable, and comes in at a low price of $3.71 per month, with a three-year plan.

Pricing

This price includes an exclusive 25% HostGator discount that you get from NextAdvisor with the coupon code NEXTDISCOUNT. There is a $15.00 per year charge for domain registration. If you want domain privacy, to keep your name and address out of public hosting records, that will cost $10.00 per year. However, the monthly price is the cheapest you'll find here with a 3-year commitment. And you're getting a solid, feature-packed web host with unlimited storage and bandwidth.

Features

HostGator calls itself a green host, meaning it achieves carbon-emission reductions through efficient servers and the purchase of wind-energy. If shrinking your carbon footprint is important to you, web hosting is one place you can do it.

Support

HostGator offers a rare 45-day money-back guarantee. After that, it's prorated. The $15 domain registration fee is, as usual, not refundable.

Support is provided by chat, email and telephone. A telephone call was answered in 9 minutes, a somewhat long wait. But the help was cheerful and gave us an accurate answer. A chat, using the integrated support function, was picked up in less than a minute, and provided us with an answer.

Conclusion

HostGator has really come down in price since we first reviewed it, making it our top choice for web hosting for beginning and advanced users. In fact, one of NextAdvisor's engineers uses it for his own personal web hosting needs. We think that's pretty high praise for this solid, web hosting champ.

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