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HostGator vs A2 Hosting

Comparison
Compared options
3.1
270 reviews
Visit HostGator
4.7
1700 reviews
Visit A2 Hosting
Pricing
 23 hosting plans 55 hosting plans
Starting price $2.75 / month $1.99 / month
Free domain Yes No
Coupons 2 coupons 3 coupons
User Ratings
 3.1
 4.7
Reliability 3.0
 4.5
Pricing 3.5
 4.5
User Friendly 3.0
 4.5
Support 3.0
 4.5
Features 3.0
 4.5
User Reviews
 270 reviews 1700 reviews
Latest positive review
Excellent service !!
Erica Northwood,
10
Thank you for making this such an easy experience. Very professional and great service.. Constant follow up from your end to make sure I was satisfied !! Well DONE !!
Great Customer Service
Joshua Pearson,
10
A2 Hosting have hosted my website for a couple of years, I’ve never had an issue with them, absolutely brilliant, when it comes to customer service they are amazing, I’ve never dealt with such a spot on customer service team,... More They helped me with the problem in like two hours, they’re quick, polite and what would’ve been a hassle ANYWHERE else was something quick and easy with these guys, I couldn’t recommend a hosting service more. Less
Latest negative review
Very Very slow in resolving the Ticket
Al jedar Trading,
5.6
I requested my management to migrate our hosting to Hostgator, we bought shared hosting and hosted 3 websites.. Last Wednesday (Nov 18) Emails stopped working, some not even delivering, some landed at spam, i chatted with the... More m on Thursday, they said the SPF record is not correct, and they updated and asked me to wait for 4-8 hours, i wonder how it suddenly changed. Nothing happened, again i chatted with them a new rep came and said MX is record is wrong and he will be updating and asked me to wait for 4-8 hours.
Nothing happened, again Friday i chatted with someone, he said, SPF record is not right and he is updating.. nothing happned.
On my 8th chat, one guy said, we are not admins, we have very limited access, seems all records are clear, they have no idea why its not working and they transfer the issue to tire 2 admins. on NOV 20. ( STILL, WE ARE FACING THE EMAIL DELIVERY ISSUE)
No update or any progress report from so called tire 3 admins.. 21st again i chated, now said, tire 2 admins cant handle the issue, they transfer to tire 3 admins, since then i was waiting for the tier 3 superhero admin to get sorted, nothing happens so far.
Nov 22 no use, they saying ticket still open they are working on it, and the emails in the queue for delivery reached 387.
Today Nov 23 still saying the same story.
Frankly, when you chat, each rep will say some cooked stories and finish the chat..
Im still wonders so-called tire 3 superheroes are experts in core or not.
Almost im going to lose my job because of this superhero handling the issue for 4 days.
They are not evening any ETA, asking us to wait for the email from the super heros. we have to wait no questions asked.
thanks to hostgator.
Seriously i regret for my recommendation to my management. Less
A2hosting unexpectedly stopped my account
Alexander Nachev,
2.0
A2hosting unexpectedly stopped my account with 4 sites for having 2 sites that are actually not illegal and even not important for me. I didnt even receive an email for the ticket A2hosting created!!! I found out that my acco... More unt is closed when i saw a huge SERP drop on my serp tracking. And this is the second BIG seo issue. The first one was that my other 2000$ VPS account was linked with some a2dns.com domain and it was crawled by google with the content of the hosted site. Creating duplicates!!! This is outrageous!!! I feel like i am betrated, i spent so much money and i received attitude of a free hosting. Thats A2hosting for me now: A free hosting for 3000$. They just ban you when they decide and for what they decide. Less
Shared Hosting
 8 plans from $2.75 to $14.36 4 plans from $1.99 to $10.99
Under $4

Hatchling (Everything Unlimited)

$2.75 / MO
3.5
45 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
  • Number of Sites: 1
View Hatchling (Everything Unlimited) plan

Startup

$1.99 / MO
4.8
78 reviews
  • Space: 100 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
  • Number of Sites: 1
View Startup plan
Under $8

Business (Everything Unlimited)

$5.25 / MO
2.6
27 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
View Business (Everything Unlimited) plan

Drive

$5.99 / MO
4.8
254 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
View Drive plan
Over $10

Enterprise (Windows)

$14.36 / MO
2.9
2 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
  • Number of Sites: 5
View Enterprise (Windows) plan

Turbo Max

$10.99 / MO
4.7
25 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Panel: cpanel
View Turbo Max plan
VPS
 3 plans from $19.95 to $39.95 12 plans from $4.99 to $99.99
Under $4 No No
Under $8 No

Runway 1 - Unmanaged

$4.99 / MO
4.6
21 reviews
  • Space: 150 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Runway 1 - Unmanaged plan
Over $10

Snappy 2000

$19.95 / MO
2.3
5 reviews
  • Space: 120 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Snappy 2000 plan

Runway 4 - Unmanaged

$9.99 / MO
4.9
5 reviews
  • Space: 450 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Runway 4 - Unmanaged plan
Dedicated Server
 3 plans from $89.98 to $139.99 17 plans from $99.99 to $599.99
Under $4 No No
Under $8 No No
Over $10

Value Server

$89.98 / MO
1.0
1 review
  • Space: 1 TB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Value Server plan

Unmanaged Hyper 1

$99.99 / MO
4.4
1 review
  • Space: 2 TB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Unmanaged Hyper 1 plan
Cloud Hosting
 3 plans from $4.95 to $9.95 6 plans from $4.99 to $74.99
Under $4 No No
Under $8

Hatchling Cloud

$4.95 / MO
4.2
3 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Hatchling Cloud plan

Runway 1

$4.99 / MO
5.0
1 review
  • Space: 150 GB
  • Bandwidth: 2 TB
View Runway 1 plan
Over $10

Business Cloud

$9.95 / MO
1.4
7 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Business Cloud plan

Runway 4

$9.99 / MO
0 reviews
  • Space: 450 GB
  • Bandwidth: 4 TB
View Runway 4 plan
Website Builder
 3 plans from $3.84 to $9.22 4 plans from $1.99 to $17.99
Under $4

Express Start

$3.84 / MO
0 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Express Start plan

1-PAGE

$1.99 / MO
0 reviews
  • Space: 100.04 MB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View 1-PAGE plan
Under $8

Express Site

$5.99 / MO
0 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Express Site plan

BASIC

$7.99 / MO
4.9
4 reviews
  • Space: 249.96 MB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View BASIC plan
Over $10

Express Store

$9.22 / MO
0 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Express Store plan

BUSINESS

$13.99 / MO
5.0
1 review
  • Space: 5 GB
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View BUSINESS plan
CDN
No
 4 plans from $1.99 to $10.99
Under $4 No

STARTUP

$1.99 / MO
4.9
2 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
  • Number of Sites: 1
View STARTUP plan
Under $8 No

DRIVE

$5.99 / MO
5.0
4 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View DRIVE plan
Over $10 No

TURBO MAX

$10.99 / MO
5.0
4 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View TURBO MAX plan
Resellers
 3 plans from $19.95 to $24.95 4 plans from $15.99 to $39.99
Under $4 No No
Under $8 No No
Over $10

Aluminum Plan

$19.95 / MO
1.0
1 review
  • Space: 60 GB
  • Bandwidth: 599.96 GB
  • Panel: cpanel
View Aluminum Plan plan

Kickstart

$15.99 / MO
4.9
18 reviews
  • Space: 60 GB
  • Bandwidth: 599.96 GB
  • Panel: whm
View Kickstart plan
SSL
No
 4 plans from $49.99 to $929.00
Under $4 No No
Under $8 No No
Over $10 No

Basic SSL DV

$49.99 / MO
5.0
3 reviews
  • Space: Unlimited
  • Bandwidth: Unlimited
View Basic SSL DV plan
Data Centers
 1 of 6 3 of 6
North America Yes Yes
Europe No Yes
Asia No Yes
Oceania 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
 6 of 9 8 of 9
WordPress Yes Yes
Managed Wordpress Yes Yes
Joomla Yes Yes
Drupal Yes Yes
Magento Yes Yes
Fantastico Yes Yes
Softaculous No No
PrestaShop No Yes
Zen Cart No Yes
OS Support
 2 of 2 1 of 2
Windows/ASP.NET Yes No
Linux Yes Yes
Language Support
 2 of 7 7 of 7
PHP Yes Yes
Java No Yes
Python Yes Yes
Node.js No Yes
Django No Yes
Perl No Yes
Ruby on Rails No Yes
Database Support
 1 of 3 3 of 3
MongoDB No Yes
MySQL Yes Yes
PostgreSQL No 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
Second

Second

 Winner

Winner

Winner: A2 Hosting

Aviran Zazon
Aviran Zazon HostAdvice COO

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.

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