GoDaddy vs. HostGator 2020

Find out which one is the best for your needs

Pricing
Starting price	$5.99 / month	$3.95 / month
Free domain	Yes	Yes
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User Ratings
Reliability	3.1 / 10	4.9 / 10
Pricing	3.4 / 10	5.6 / 10
User Friendly	3.2 / 10	5.3 / 10
Support	2.9 / 10	4.3 / 10
Features	3.1 / 10	5.1 / 10

Summary
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO Hostgator outranked GoDaddy on all five of our user rating criteria, including reliability, pricing, and support. Hostgator has been around for a long time and offers a wide variety of competitively pricing hosting options, including shared hosting plans with unlimited disk space and bandwidth. There other hosting options, such as VPS, dedicated server, and cloud hosting also outperform those offered by GoDaddy. Still, GoDaddy is one of the largest companies in this space - it has a big presence in Europe and Asia and is growing and making a lot of improvements in order to improve their web hosting offerings Winner! See plans and pricing www.hostgator.com

Summary

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

Hostgator outranked GoDaddy on all five of our user rating criteria, including reliability, pricing, and support. Hostgator has been around for a long time and offers a wide variety of competitively pricing hosting options, including shared hosting plans with unlimited disk space and bandwidth. There other hosting options, such as VPS, dedicated server, and cloud hosting also outperform those offered by GoDaddy. Still, GoDaddy is one of the largest companies in this space - it has a big presence in Europe and Asia and is growing and making a lot of improvements in order to improve their web hosting offerings

Winner!

See plans and pricing www.hostgator.com

User Reviews
Latest positive review	Generally good service Jun. 24, 2020 Reliability 8.0 Pricing 8.0 User Friendly 8.0 Support 8.0 Features 8.0 We use Godaddy mostly for domain management, the service is reliable and the interface is user friendly. The prices are also ... More good. We also tried their website builder, is ok for basic needs, very intuitive. Generally satisfied with the provider. Less	Hostgator is the BEST! May 17, 2020 Reliability 10 Pricing 10 User Friendly 10 Support 10 Features 10 I've had a reseller account (now I have two) for over 15 years with hostgator, they've helped me earn over $1M dollars with m... More y web design and hosting business. In these 15+ years they have never once failed to quickly and perfectly answer any question and fix any issue. I host 170+ client sites with Hostgator's reseller plans. Thanks for all you've done for me. Less
Latest negative review	hate it Jun. 22, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 The latest version of the godaddy user dashboard is impossibly organized. due to a billing mishap, no fault of mine, I even l... More ost a site -- they immediately deleted it. and tried to charge me to bring it back. Less	AVOID AVOID AVOID Jun. 9, 2020 Reliability 2.0 Pricing 2.0 User Friendly 2.0 Support 2.0 Features 2.0 They do not have a free trial so you are forced to pick a plan immediately if y the u want to try them out. I saw they had a ... More 45 day money back guarantee so I said decided to try it. After only trying it our for 30-45mins I found it was not user friendly for me and messaged them immediately asking for a refund. I was told they would refund me MOST of my money but had to charge me 17.99 for the "free" domain since I no longer want the hosting service. I told them I have no use your that domain and didn't need it to begin with. (They force you to pick a free one when you sign up for any package). Now that tells me they are out here scamming people for domains they don't actually need or want. PayPal got me my full refund back but beware if you think about trying it out because of the money back guarantee. It is not advertised and was never mentioned you would be charged for the domain if you cancel when checking out so I didn't think anything of it. Less

Server Locations
North America	Yes	Yes
Europe	No	No
Asia	Yes	No
Oceania	No	No
South America	No	No
Africa & Middle East	No	No

Shared Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Economy	Hatchling (Everything Unlimited)
Space	100 GB	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	1	N/A
Features
Price	$5.99	$3.95

Plan Name	Deluxe	Personal (Windows)
Space	Unlimited	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	other
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$7.99	$4.76

Plan Name	Ultimate	Enterprise (Windows)
Space	Unlimited	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	other
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$12.99	$14.36

Plan Name	Maximum	Baby (Everything Unlimited)
Space	Unlimited	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$19.99	$5.95

Plan Name	Launch Business Hosting	Business (Everything Unlimited)
Space	120 GB	Unlimited
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Panel	cpanel	cpanel
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features
Price	$29.99	$5.95

Plan Name	Enhance Business Hosting	–
Space	240 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Panel	cpanel	–
Number of Sites	N/A	N/A
Features		–
Price	$39.99	–
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VPS Plans
Plan Name	Launch	Snappy 2000
Space	40 GB	120 GB
CPU	1 core	2 cores
RAM	2 GB	2 GB
OS	Windows	Linux
Price	$24.99	$89.95

Plan Name	Enhance	Snappy 4000
Space	60 GB	165 GB
CPU	2 cores	2 cores
RAM	4 GB	4 GB
OS		Linux
Price	$34.99	$129.95

Plan Name	Grow	Snappy 8000
Space	150 GB	240 GB
CPU	3 cores	4 cores
RAM	6 GB	8 GB
OS		Linux
Price	$49.99	$159.95

Plan Name	Expand	–
Space	200 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
OS		–
Price	$59.99	–
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Dedicated Server Plans
Plan Name	Economy	Basic
Space	1000 GB	500 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	2 x 2.30GHz
RAM	4 GB	4 GB
OS	Linux	Windows
Price	$79.99	$174.00

Plan Name	Value	Basic
Space	1.5 TB	500 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	2 x 2.30GHz
RAM	8 GB	4 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$119.99	$174.00

Plan Name	Deluxe	Standard
Space	1.95 TB	1000 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 2.50GHz
RAM	16 GB	4 GB
OS	Linux	Windows
Price	$139.99	$219.00

Plan Name	Ultimate	Standard
Space	1.95 TB	1000 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 2.50GHz
RAM	32 GB	4 GB
OS	Linux	Linux
Price	$149.99	$219.00

Plan Name	Economy	Elite
Space	1000 GB	1000 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 2.50GHz
RAM	4 GB	8 GB
OS	Windows	Windows
Price	$109.99	$279.00

Plan Name	Value	Elite
Space	1.5 TB	1000 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 2.50GHz
RAM	8 GB	8 GB
OS	Windows	Linux
Price	$149.99	$279.00

Plan Name	Deluxe	Pro
Space	1.95 TB	1000 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 3.30GHz
RAM	16 GB	16 GB
OS	Windows	Windows
Price	$169.99	$374.00

Plan Name	Ultimate	Pro
Space	1.95 TB	1000 GB
CPU	4 x 3.10GHz	4 x 3.30GHz
RAM	32 GB	16 GB
OS	Windows	Linux
Price	$179.99	$374.00
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Cloud Hosting Plans
Plan Name	Launch	Hatchling Cloud
Space	60 GB	Unlimited
CPU	1 core	2 cores
RAM	2 GB	2 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Price	$29.99	$4.95

Plan Name	Enhance	Baby Cloud
Space	90 GB	Unlimited
CPU	2 cores	4 cores
RAM	4 GB	4 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Price	$34.99	$7.95

Plan Name	Grow	Business Cloud
Space	120 GB	Unlimited
CPU	3 cores	6 cores
RAM	6 GB	6 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited
Price	$44.99	$9.95

Plan Name	Expand	–
Space	150 GB	–
CPU	4 cores	–
RAM	8 GB	–
Bandwidth	Unlimited	–
Price	$59.99	–
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SSL Plans
Plan Name	Standard SSL DV	–
Features	Best for blogs and social websites Validates domain ownership SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$10,000.00	–
Price	$60.99	–

Plan Name	Deluxe SSL OV	–
Features	Best for businesses and organizations Validates domain ownership and organization SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$250,000.00	–
Price	$90.99	–

Plan Name	Premium SSL EV	–
Features	Best for eCommerce websites Validates domain ownership and highest level of organization authentication SHA-2 and 2048-bit encryption Protects unlimited servers Unlimited free reissues Unlimited 24/7 security support Boost Google search ranking Compatible with all major browsers Displays a Security Seal on your site 30-day money back guarantee	–
Warranty	$1,000,000.00	–
Price	$187.99	–
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Features
Support Services
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
Wordpress	Yes	Yes
Managed Wordpress	Yes	Yes
Joomla	Yes	Yes
Drupal	Yes	Yes
Magento	Yes	Yes
Fantastico	No	Yes
Presta Shop	No	No
ZenCart	No	No

OS Support
Windows	Yes	Yes
Linux	Yes	Yes

Language Support
PHP	No	Yes
Java	No	No
Python	No	Yes
NodeJS	No	No
Django	No	No
Perl	No	No
Ruby on Rails	No	No

Database Support
MongoDB	No	No
MySQL	No	Yes
PostgreSQL	No	No

Payment Types Support
PayPal	Yes	Yes
Credit Card	Yes	Yes
MoneyBookers	No	No
Wire Transfer	No	Yes
Webmoney	No	No
Bitcoin	No	No

Bottom Line
Max Ostryzhko Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO Hostgator outranked GoDaddy on all five of our user rating criteria, including reliability, pricing, and support. Hostgator has been around for a long time and offers a wide variety of competitively pricing hosting options, including shared hosting plans with unlimited disk space and bandwidth. There other hosting options, such as VPS, dedicated server, and cloud hosting also outperform those offered by GoDaddy. Still, GoDaddy is one of the largest companies in this space - it has a big presence in Europe and Asia and is growing and making a lot of improvements in order to improve their web hosting offerings Winner! See plans and pricing www.hostgator.com

Bottom Line

Max Ostryzhko

Senior Web Developer, HostAdvice CTO

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