HostGator is one of the most recognized names in the hosting industry, but they have some issues in regards to their reliability and technical support. A2 Hosting, on the other hand, is a very popular option because they have done such a great job at building a fast, reliable service for their customers. A2 is very highly rated, and is perhaps best known for their responsive and skilled technical support teams, who can help you resolve just about any issue you may run into. In this comparison, the winner is clear, A2 Hosting.

Compared options | Visit HostGator | Visit A2 Hosting |
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Pricing | 23 hosting plans | 57 hosting plans |
Starting price | $2.75 / month | $2.99 / month |
Free domain | Yes | No |
Coupons | 2 coupons | 1 coupon |
User Ratings | 3.4 | 4.7 |
Reliability | 3.5 | 4.5 |
Pricing | 3.5 | 4.5 |
User Friendly | 3.5 | 4.5 |
Support | 3.0 | 4.5 |
Features | 3.5 | 4.5 |
User Reviews | 389 reviews | 1778 reviews |
Latest positive review | I am not a professional but since I needed a website for my business, I did everything from scratch. HostGator provides all necessary tools to build a perfect website. | I was very happy with the service and support A2 provided. I used both the shared and vps services which were both great. With any shared service though your always dependent on the quality of domains hosted on the shared ser... More ver and my case I transitioned to vps due to some spammy sites causing my clients to get blocked all the time. Less |
Latest negative review | Hung up on twice by 2 CS agents in Philippines (ref no: 417-214-97 + 417-216-03, Chris + Anne). Website was cancelled against my will, had to repay account, lost all content! I have recently set up my own business and spent t... More he last 24-48 hours creating my website on Hostgator, but then came across an issue of the website clearly stating that you can set up 3 options of Microsoft 365 account for email hosting; I called "customer service" (if this is what you want to call it) and they let me know that they no longer have any affiliation with Microsoft so the only option is Google mail, to which I said I have my other business emails on Outlook. The agent said the only option would be to cancel, and I said "PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL FOR NOW AS I'VE SPENT 2 DAYS BUILDING THE WEBSITE, LET ME TAKE THE CONTENT OFF FIRST, AND I'LL CALL BACK TO CANCEL" - this was Chris in the Philippines, case number 417-214-97. He then hung up the call when I asked for authorization code (also known as an EPP code or transfer key) to transfer the domain name to my current host. I called back and spoke to Anne - case number 417-216-03, and while on the call to her Chris went ahead and emailed me, and cancelled my entire account and website against my best wishes on the call to him, and I now have zero access to anything, and have lost all of my website content. The only option to get the content back, according to ANNE, was to re-sign up for another account, then they "may be able to get the content back". She then said this re-sign amount for getting my account back, I would not be refunded for, and when I said I wasnt willing to pay again for something I want to cancel, she also hung up the call mid-way through me speaking!!! I have never in my life received such utterly terrible customer service, nor felt the need to ever come onto a review site to vent, and complain. Less | For every problem you have they will ask you to upgrade to vps, even you can’t set your cron job to run every 5 minutes for this to happen you need a vps , stay away |
Shared Hosting | 8 plans from $2.75 to $14.36 | 4 plans from $2.99 to $12.99 |
Under $4 | Hatchling (Everything Unlimited)
| Startup
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Under $8 | Business (Everything Unlimited)
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Over $10 | Enterprise (Windows)
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VPS | 3 plans from $19.95 to $39.95 | 12 plans from $4.99 to $99.99 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
Dedicated Server | 3 plans from $89.98 to $139.99 | 17 plans from $129.99 to $599.99 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | ||
Cloud Hosting | 3 plans from $4.95 to $9.95 | 6 plans from $4.99 to $74.99 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | ||
Over $10 | ||
Website Builder | 3 plans from $3.84 to $9.22 | 4 plans from $2.99 to $18.99 |
Under $4 | ||
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | ||
CDN | No | 4 plans from $2.99 to $12.99 |
Under $4 | No | |
Under $8 | No | |
Over $10 | No | |
Resellers | 3 plans from $19.95 to $24.95 | 6 plans from $18.99 to $44.99 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | ||
SSL | No | 4 plans from $49.99 to $929.00 |
Under $4 | No | No |
Under $8 | No | No |
Over $10 | No | |
Data Centers | 0 of 6 | 0 of 6 |
North America | No | No |
Europe | No | No |
Asia | No | No |
Oceânia | No | No |
South America | No | No |
Africa & Middle East | No | No |
Support Services | 6 of 6 | 6 of 6 |
Live Chat | Yes | Yes |
Phone Support | Yes | Yes |
Email Support | Yes | Yes |
Forum Support | Yes | Yes |
Video guides | Yes | Yes |
Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes |
CMS support | 4 of 6 | 5 of 6 |
WordPress | Yes | Yes |
Joomla | Yes | Yes |
Drupal | Yes | Yes |
Magento | Yes | Yes |
Softaculous | No | No |
PrestaShop | No | Yes |
OS Support | 2 of 2 | 1 of 2 |
Windows/ASP.NET | Yes | No |
Linux | Yes | Yes |
Language Support | 3 of 8 | 7 of 8 |
PHP | Yes | Yes |
Java | No | Yes |
Python | Yes | Yes |
Node.js | No | Yes |
Django | No | Yes |
Perl | No | Yes |
Ruby on Rails | No | Yes |
ASP.NET | Yes | No |
Database Support | 2 of 3 | 3 of 3 |
MongoDB | No | Yes |
MySQL | Yes | Yes |
PostgreSQL | Yes | Yes |
Payment Types Support | 3 of 6 | 4 of 6 |
PayPal | Yes | Yes |
Credit Card | Yes | Yes |
Moneybookers | No | Yes |
Wire Transfer | Yes | Yes |
Webmoney | No | No |
Bitcoin | No | No |
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