Hostgator vs Godaddy

[puffin]

Anyone use Hostgator to host their websites ? I know they have cpanel which Godaddy doesn't have. Which hosting provider is better ?

[my_cool_name]

i think godaddy will always be better. they have fast reliable server, world wide trustable name, they have a great control panel,help files and fast responses to tickets.

[lihen]

i will go with hostgator, well are also reliable and flexible with features they provide.
I think they charge a bit more than godady but that's nothing in comparision of their services

[Jerlene.net]

I would definitely choose HostGator. The only problem I have with them is that they require phone confirmation to unlock some features.
I was never really fond of GoDaddy's hosting. Not a big fan. Wouldn't have a website under them, ever.

[puffin]

I would definitely choose HostGator. The only problem I have with them is that they require phone confirmation to unlock some features.I was never really fond of GoDaddy's hosting. Not a big fan. Wouldn't have a website under them, ever.

Do you have a reason for that ? Maybe a bad experience with them ? Like to hear about it since I haven't encountered any trouble with them so far.

[Jerlene.net]

I've only ever tried them out, I didn't stay with them long enough to determine exactly how good or bad their hosting for websites are.
I haven't really heard any good things about it though.

[puffin]

i can tell one good thing about them. If you have a forum which is too much for a shared account but can't afford a VPS Then Godaddy shared hosting is the best thing you can get. this is the only place I have seen 100% server uptime.

[moniker]

None of them!

I am 'afraid of' big companies, because they apply overselling everywhere to make their plans look more attractive.

I would rather prefer something stable than something big. Some time before I have chosen Ahosting.biz as my hosting provider and since then have never regret.

[vera]

Go for Hostgator.
Godaddy's hosting wasn't that great for me.

Had some problems and the staff was a little weird..

[spycraft]

I would definitely go for HostGator! Much more options than Godaddy and that's what they do - just hosting.

Godaddy is good for beginners who need easy ways to make sites but other than that - it's not that good. HostGator is loaded with options ;-)

[gmiller]

I think Godaddy is more popular in comparison to HostGator.

[freewr]

From my experience, and I host with both companies and I also buy all of my domains from godaddy.com:

Both of them are larger, stable hosting companies that should be around a long time and both of their help services are some of the best if not the best that I have come across.

For a newbie, godaddy is a good hosting company to start with, mostly because their phone tech support is 24/7 and is great and their hosting control panel is easy for a newbie to get a feel for. They also offer free hosting with forced ads (top banner) with all of their hosting features, for each domain that you buy with them, which let's you try out their hosting service for free.

If you plan on having more than one site, I would go with hostgator.com's baby plan ($7.95) which allows an unlimited number of domains to hosted and also unlimited bandwidth, unlimited mysql databases and many more features including cpanel. They also offer 24/7 online chat and phone support which are both very helpfull with hosting related issues.

The uptime for my websites hosted under both of them have been very close to 100%.

[kamilion]

I think GoDaddy much more better than Hostgator,though I dont use any of them

[vivithemage]

I would stay away from godaddy's hosting and get hostgator if those were your only two options!

[sweetnatie]

Try better looking through the offers of serverpoint.com which is the company of high quality and reputation, offering really good accounts and high quality of services so I tthink they are far bettyer than godaddy or hostgator.