General Impression
HostGator has recently gone green trying to save some energy and control power issues. They have services designed for both beginners as well as experienced. They have three different servers working at a time – shared, reseller and hosting. Of which the shared and reseller are completely wind powered. Having received most of the awards they have three different plans designed as per the need of the customer. They provide several added features to their customers absolutely free.
Reliability
HostGator provides 99.9% uptime guarantee and a 45 day money back guarantee. They have a support list of 160 employees readily available to help customers solve their queries. As they have recently turned to green environment, they ensure that they regularly back up all the server databases. They do not charge any set up fee for the new customers. With their power packed plans and awards been received, we think they are completely reliable.
Price Value
They have introduced unlimited storage space, unlimited bandwidth and domains on their servers. As of now they are functional and compatible only for Linux platform; however they have been upgrading their services to implement and provide same hosting plans to be operational on Windows platform as well. With so many advanced features at a low price of $7.95 is truly worth it. There are different plans for hacklers, experienced and professionals or business entities.
Control Panel
Like most other web hosts HostGato too uses Cpanel as the control panel for the web hosting. They have numerous add on services and tools available for free. They offer over 4500 templates for easy development of your site. With their free site building application, you design your site the way you want. Their system is very user friendly and provides you virus protection and automatic updates.
Customer Service
Online help forums, live chat, toll free phone, ticket system and HostGator blog are available to resolve any queries or seek help. Their technical support center is functional 24/7. Their tag line is ‘We eat up the competition’. No doubt with so many features at such a reasonable price they have all the right to say so.
