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HostGator is
currently a leader in the reseller hosting market,
developing out of a small business that was founded
in 2002. They also offer shared and dedicated server
hosting, making their services well-rounded to suit
any kind of customer. Based out of Boca Raton,
Florida, one of their unique qualities is that they
provide access to the SiteStudio website designer,
which is an extremely easy program to use to help
develop any type of website, no matter how skilled
you are at web design. Having accumulated many happy
customer reviews,
HostGator
prides themselves on customer support and
providing the best web hosting services they can at
reasonable prices.
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Price
Value
HostGator
specializes in reseller hosting, but they
also offer shared and dedicated server hosting
plans. Reseller plans range from $24.95 to $99.95
per month, and their Dedicated Server plans range
from $174.00 to $374.00 per month. Accompanied with
their Hatchling plan for shared hosting at 50 GB/200
GB transfer rate @ $6.95/month, and you have one
company that wants to remain competitive in the
web-hosting market. Also included in these packages
are features such as free set-up, unlimited MySQL
databases, SpamAssasin software that will help
reduce the amount of junk email received, and a
30-day money-back guarantee.
Reliability
HostGator
houses its servers in The Planet, located in
Dallas, Texas. The Planet boasts over 35,000 square
feet of raised floor space, and features
state-of-the-art security, safety, and cooling
systems. This facility is equipped with Multiple TXU
electrical grids, 4800 volts of input power,
DataTrax monitoring software for the whole data
center infrastructure, and a fully meshed and
redundant Certified Cisco Network featuring 10
backbone providers. All of these features,
accompanied with a 99.9% uptime guarantee, make the
security and reliability of HostGator's servers
unquestioned.
Control Panel
HostGator
employs the industry standard control panel,
CPanel. This control panel is one of the best in the
industry, and has over 39 scripts that can be
installed. It is also relatively easy to use, as it
is provides more than one million end users the
ability to install dozens of leading open source
accompanied with flash movies for instant tutorials.
Your package will also include Fantastico, the
leading auto-installer for CPanel servers.
Fantastico is equipped with more than 10,000
installations, and content management systems into
their web space swiftly.
Customer Support
HostGator
prides itself on being one of the most
attentive web hosting companies on the market today.
They offer great tech support, and customer aid with
a personal touch that is not often seen in the web
hosting industry. They offer 24/7/365 phone support,
online chat, fax, peer support forums, and a wide
variety of CPanel flash movies. The majority of
customers using
HostGator
agree that they have one of the best customer
support teams to deal with, as they are responsive
and efficient when dealing with any type of problem.
HostGator Hosting Plans
Linux/Unix Hosting Plans
Hatchling: 50 GB space, 200 GB
bandwidth @ $6.95/month
Baby: 5 GB space, 75 GB bandwidth @
$9.95/month
Swamp: 10 GB space, 100 GB
bandwidth @ $14.95/month
Semi-Dedicated: 25 GB space, 500 GB
bandwidth @ $74.95/month |
