Today, I’m going to share my review of the HostGator Baby Plan, where I’m hosting a few of my websites.
One of the problems that we face while starting a business is finding a reliable host for our website. A bad host can create chaos for a business that blogs a lot content like us, and that’s why it’s essential to have a quality web host hosting our Site.
I was apprehensive at the beginning, but with powerful servers for HostGator’s Baby Plan and the combination of Cloudflare and WP Rocket plugin, my sites on HostGator are doing pretty well.
Review of: HostGator
Use: Host Website
Effectiveness
You will host your website here.
Price
Very affordable.
Ease Of Use
Support
We Like
Affordable web hosting. Easy user interface. Easy to assign domains. Comparable domain prices with SSL. Control Panel to host add-on domains for multiple domains and websites. Easy to use with WordPress.
We Don’t Like
Not Much. Updating DNS txt and cname files can take a while. When verifying domains for Google Analytics and other verifications you have to add the files and come back to the verification later.
Summary
HostGator hosting offers three shared hosting plans: Hatchling, Baby, and Business.
- Hatchling plan is single domain hosting
- The Baby plan is multiple domain hosting
- A business plan is a multiple domain hosting with features like SSL, Dedicated I.P., etc.
If your requirement is for single domain hosting, you can always opt for the Hatchling plan which is as good, but the only limitation is it lets you host just one website. When you are starting out, this plan is ideal, but with time everybody wants to add more websites.
The HostGator Baby Plan, like other shared plans, offers cPanel, unlimited Space, unlimited Bandwidth, free $100 AdWords credit, WordPress compatible, site builder, free setup, unlimited add-on domains, unlimited FTP, unlimited databases, Ruby on Rails, SSH, PHP7, Fast CGI and what not.
For any normal WordPress site, the Baby Plan offers everything. HostGator provides standard cPanel where you can see your server load and traffic from the cPanel dashboard.
Quick Feature list
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Unlimited Storage
- Unlimited addon domain
- IP deny manager ( Security)
- Unlimited FTP
- Free SSL
- Unlimited MySql database
- Hotlink Protection (Security)
- 24*7 Customer Support
- 45 Days money back guarantee
- Ruby on Rails
- Fantastico
- Cron Jobs
- Automatic Backup
- 99.99% uptime
The list is endless. I initially thought of it as a publicity gimmick, but it’s not. I will add some screenshots of Hostgator cPanel Dashboard, which will make it easier to understand what HostGator is offering you.
One thing I like the most is monitoring the Running process and visits from inside the panel. This way we can control the performance of our blogs. Additionally, their chat and telephone support are available 24*7. You can call Hostgator on 1-866-96-GATOR at any time.
Also, if you are one who likes to keep your website free from glitches, the Error logs feature in cPanel is useful and you can also use the hotlinking feature to stop others from stealing your images.
Which Hostgator plan is right for you?
Summing up all shared hosting plans quickly:
- Hatchling: Perfect for a single blog (4.45$/mo)
- Baby Plan: Perfect for multiple Blogs (6.95$/mo)
- Business: Multiple Blogs + Private IP + Toll-free Number (12.95$/mo)
I suggest the Baby hosting plan for you, as you can add on Private I.P. by paying only 2$/month, and with their Live chat support, you will never need that Toll-free number.
HostGator Baby Plan Pricing
You can grab Hosting for the monthly tenure, quarterly tenure, yearly, 24 or 36 months tenure.
So far, my experience with them has been amazing, and hope this review of the Baby Plan will help you to decide which hosting you should opt for.
Here is what the new Hostgator cPanel looks like:
My personal recommendation would be the Baby Plan, but if you need a Private I.P (SEO purpose) with a Toll-free number, you can opt for the Business plan.