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HostGator is an independent hosting company created by Brent Oxley. Today they are one of the world's 10 largest hosting companies, but despite the growth, he still takes personal involvement in customer satisfaction and will often handle concerns personally.
Our Host Gator test site showed good response and uptimes.
Follow up:
* Control panel: cPanel 10 -- We would have appreciated cPanel 11.
* Fantastico Deluxe - Up to date
PhpMyAdmin is not available through cPanel so if you want to administer your MySQL databases online you will have to install it yourself.
We were able to perform up to 6 simultaneous FTP upload which makes sites updates fast and easy.
(Section updated on May 1st, 08)
Overall, customers feedback shows they are generally satisfied with HostGator.
The one distinctive feature that makes them choose HostGator is being able to pay monthly.
HostGator is running mod_suPHP and there is strong isolation between user accounts.
SFTP is not available.
Overall security is good.
Warning: HostGator's pricing does not necessarily vary linearly with the length of the plan. Refer to the table below for details.
| Hatchling | Baby | Swamp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee (× 1 mo) | $8.95 | $9.95 | $14.95 |
| Monthly fee (× 6 mo) | - | $9.95 | $14.95 |
| Monthly fee (× 12 mo) | $6.95 | $9.95 | $14.95 |
| Monthly fee (× 24 mo) | $5.95 | $8.95 | $13.95 |
| Monthly fee (× 36 mo) | $4.95 | $7.95 | $12.95 |
| Disk space | 350 GB | 600 GB | 1,000 GB |
| Transfer (monthly) | 3 TB | 6 TB | Unlimited |
| Included domain name | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domains per account | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| MySQL databases | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| b2evo auto install | yes | yes | yes |
HostGator is one of the few hosts allowing you to pay monthly without being tied in into a long term contact.
You will get the first month for just a penny with coupon code "b2evo".