HostGator

By Mike Williams

Dallas-based HostGator is a well-known budget hosting company. It’s now part of Endurance International Group, along with Domain.com, Bluehost, iPage, SiteBuilder.com and more.

The company has been around since 2002, and its experience was obvious from the moment we visited the site. Product areas are clearly highlighted at the top of the page. Each section presents you with three plans, core features are shown upfront, and a ‘compare’ page tells you much more about what’s on offer.

HostGator’s prices aren’t quite as clear. The bottom-of-the-range Hatchling plan has a headline price of $4 (£3.20) a month, but what you won’t see on the front page is that’s for buying 36 months upfront. The price jumps to $6 (£4.80) a month if you pay for one year, $7 (£5.60) on renewal.

Fortunately, you do get a lot for your money. Even HostGator’s basic Hatchling plan has no limits on bandwidth, web space, subdomains, MySQL databases, FTP and email accounts. There’s also one-click WordPress installation, cPanel-based site management and a 99.9% uptime guarantee covering both server and network failures.

• You can sign up for HostGator here

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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac