HostGator vs GoDaddy Website Hosting Comparison

Personally I think HostMonster is the best. HostMonster provides awesome service, one-click installs and great prices.

Great! I’m reading this review to take a decision weather or not to migrate to Hostgator.

Yeah, I am also considering moving to hostgator. What I do not like about hostgator is that they kinda lie when they say that the cheapest hosting is $4.95. I noticed after purchase that that price is valid for a 3 years commitment. The real price per month is $8.95!

@Joseph, I think they all do to be honest. They all offer a super low fee and as the bait and then switch it to the “real deal” when you’re ready to sign up. It’s a classic bait and switch tactic that has been in marketing long before the famed “snake oil” elixirs.

Have to agree about cpanel after having tried a variety of hosts, but the other systems are fine too with ftp.

Hostgator is the best, I am using hostgator since 1 years ago and love to see my CPU and RAM indicator.

I worked at GoDaddy for 2 years. I have always purchased my domain names through them and hosting. That said, I have run into issues where when using the software installer to install SMF or WordPress, it hangs up and can take hours, even days.

I recently tried HostGator and was absolutely blown away at the speed of their automated processes on the back end. While I will continue to purchase my domain names through GoDaddy for the flexibility and ease of use on the DNS and A Records, I will stay with HostGator forever on the hosting.

They have completely won my loyalty when it comes to hosting, hands down.

I’m actually in the process of switching over myself. I’m thinking I’ll keep GD for the domain and go with HostGator for the hosting, unless something better comes along.

Hi friends can any one suggest me which hosting will be better for my domain godady or hostgator.

@Aftab:

Here’s my suggestion:

1. Register your domain name with GoDaddy. It’s always best to register your domain with a 3rd party registrar than with your web hosting company. Web hosting companies always charge too much for domain renewals. Plus this will give you the possibility of switching web hosts whenever you want as you’ll keep control over your domain name and you won’t need to transfer it every time.

2. Host your website with Hostgator. If you aren’t satisfied, make sure to cancel within 30 days and you’ll get a full refund (and won’t be pissed off for not getting a refund for your domain name since it will already be registered elsewhere).

GoDaddy’s shared hosting servers are slow and with Google’s latest algorithm which now considers site speed, you may get penalized (or not).

And if speed and uptime is really a concern, invest a little more into web hosting and go with a business hosting plan from a reputable host like InMotion Hosting. They have excellent support and they make daily backups of their servers (unlike weekly backup like most other hosts).

I’ve been a web designer since 1995. I’ve been hosting with HostGator for several years now (even lease servers though them), but use GoDaddy for domain management.

For hosting, I truly don’t like the GoDaddy interface, dread needing their tech support, and am consistently disappointed in the speed of their servers. I specialize in Joomla websites, which can be a drag on a shared server. My clients are consistently amazed at how much faster their pages load on HostGator servers when they migrate from GoDaddy.

GoDaddy is great for purchasing and managing domain registrations, but that’s about it.

I have tried Godaddy but now i am using hostgator..!!!
Go for Hostgator..!!

this review helped me a lot in deciding which service to choose between the two,as i have narrowed down to these two services.I think Hostgator is simple to use with lots of features to grow and very good support.

i have used both go daddy and hostgator who i am currently using. i love the support from hostgator and the speed of the shared servers that they have. my site was constantly going down when i was on go daddy but sense i switched i think it has gone down once in 3 years of use. if you want a good hosting company that will help you with any question and a tech support that actually knows what they are talking about, go for hostgator. they are the best out there right now from my personal experience

I am on hostgator currently with an dedicated IP address. I am having this problem that my website takes more than 30 seconds to load in China. I don’t know why neither the tech support can figure it out. I am thinking to get another dedicated IP to replace my existing one and find out whether it helps.

anyway, hostgator is great for their online technical support which Godaddy dosen’t provide.

@Andy: China’s Internet traffic is routed through the Great Firewall of China which filters out censored websites. This maybe the reason why your website (and many others) are really slow from China.

@Andy: by the way, you may want to try out some Content Delivery Networks for a short while to see if it increases your website speed around the around. Read our MaxCDN case study here => http://www.thewebhostinghero.com/articles/case-study-wp-maxcdn-cloudflare.html

Read more about CDN technology and benefits here => http://www.thewebhostinghero.com/articles/content-delivery-network.html

very useful information overall result register the domain name with godaddy and host with Hostgator

wow thank god i found this.. im about to subscribe into one of the hosting package of godaddy, but i found out they dont have a cpanel which is more convenient to use. and now i will check hostgator for their hosting package. Thank you for the infos.

I too want to have a better web hosting for myself, help me to choose better one.

I used godaddy for domain and hosting, I have 3 dozens domain and all hosted in godaddy, I dont have any problem on it. I did used hostgator because, after signup you need to scan your valid IDs and send to gator wait for approval, if disapproved you got a refund and your site is off, this is not a good security practice.

I’ve decided to go with Godaddy for me and my girlfriend’s personal blog and you’re right, I feel like their customer service is astounding! They gave me a call practically right after I clicked the purchase button. My internship uses HostGator though and I do like the cPanel a lot now that I’ve gottten accustomed to it. In the end, I think a lot of people go with GoDaddy just because of all the exposure they’ve paid for but I’ve heard better things for HostGator.

HostGator is the Best! GoDaddy is not so good. It is ok for small sites. But if you want to host a heavy site, you can (rather should) go with HG. I have HG’s shared plan and consuming 250+gb of b/ w EVERY DAY. Yet my site is fast and always up.

Also, if you want a good Domain Registrar, i will suggest BigRock. (India’s #1 Domain Registrar). Their domain management interface is extremely good and nameservers are updated within seconds. Really!

I am currently using Godaddy’s windows shared hosting plan and looking to purchase a virtual private server (VPS).
Any idea about who is better in this (VPS) space?

I have read lot of bad reviews about Godaddy VPS about the server going down because of parent node having issues.

Some help would be appreciated as it will help me make a decision.

@Soan: I used to have 3 VPS with FutureHosting and it was awesome. Now I upgraded to 2 dedicated servers but I’m still with FutureHosting.

The only downside to FutureHosting is that they don’t offer phone support but it doesn’t matter to me because they usually reply and start WORKING on my support ticket within 15 to 30 minutes.

I also tried MyHosting and it went well but they block a handful of ports and it caused some problems with my website. Support was very good too but not as quick as FH. On the other side, they offer more VPS options than most providers.

If phone support is really important to you, get a VPS from Hostgator. I had one too there and it definitely rocks. Provisioning was fast and tech support is good as always.

FutureHosting still has the best support out of them all.