GoDaddy vs HostGator Hosting 2021 - Which One Is Better?

GoDaddy VS HostGator – In-depth Web Hosting Comparison

We have carried out an in-depth web hosting comparison between GoDaddy and HostGator. While HostGator is one of the best web hosting companies which provide unmatched services for shared, VPS, and dedicated reseller hosting, Godaddy has the highest number of domain name registrations. In order to point out the better web hosting company, we have set several comparison criteria like price, features, uptime, speed, and customer service.


Plan In Comparison	Hatchling	Baby	Economy
Reputation
Feature
Loading Speed
Reliability
Tech Support
Price
Recommended For	Personal	Small Business	NOT Recommended
Sales Now	25%	25%	28%
Starting At	$3.71/mo	$5.96/mo	$4.99/mo
How to Claim	Coupon BWH25Percent	Coupon BWH25Percent	Link Activation

Price – Both Win

When it comes to the pricing of web hosting services, Godaddy is a little bit cheaper than HostGator. Due to the fact that both of the 2 web hosts offer 3 plans of the shared web hosting, and have launched an attractive discount, we have listed a price table as below to give our readers a straightforward expression.


Plan In Comparison	Hatchling	Baby	Economy
Regularly	$4.95/mo	$7.95/mo	$6.99/mo
Discount	25% Off	25% Off	28%
Now	$3.71/mo	$5.96/mo	$4.99/mo
How to Claim	Coupon BWH25Percent	Coupon BWH25Percent	Link Activation

As you can see, both GoDaddy and HostGator offer a budget-friendly rate. The only difference is that the price of HostGator applies to billing circle, and customers can save more money (up to $189) when purchase a longer term. With GoDaddy, however, customers who sign up with a 3 years plan cannot have a better price than customers who sign up with a 1 year plan.

Features – HostGator Wins

GoDaddy has 3 shared web hosting plans named as Economy, Deluxe and Unlimited. HostGator also has 3 packages named as Hatchling, Baby, and Business. In fact, they have a lot of features in common, such as unlimited monthly bandwidth, one-click installer for WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla, free site building tool, as well as PHP and MySQL databases, but HostGator web hosting packages are actually more rich-featured. Check the feature comparison table as following.


Plan In Comparison	Hatchling	Baby	Economy
Disk Space	Unlimited	Unlimited	100 GB
Bandwidth	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Domians Allowed	1	Unlimited	1
SSH
cPanel
Money Back Guarantee	45 days	45 days	30 days
Live Chat Support	Yes	Yes	No
	Go HostGator	Go HostGator	NOT Recommended

Usability – HostGator Wins

It’s very important to have a user-friendly control panel, especially for those who are new to the web hosting or those who do not know how to install web scripts like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal, etc. The control panel used by GoDaddy is a custom one, which is a little bit complicated and lacks on some useful features and add-ons when compared with the cPanel. And newbies may need to take some time to get used to it. HostGator, however, utilizes the most popular and powerful cPanel control panel with an easy-to-understand graphical interface. Besides, the Fantastico script installer provided with cPanel makes installing various other programs with ease.

Reliability – Both Win

HostGator has partnered with SoftLayer – the largest IDC company worldwide to rent the server spaces. The datacenters are equipped with redundant power, HVAC, fire detection/suppression systems, backups, and monitoring system to ensure that service remains uninterrupted. Therefore, customers can utilize one of the world’s best data center infrastructures to power their web sites and have maximum uptime. In terms of GoDaddy, it also places all the servers in the world-class datacenters, which include state of the art technologies and are monitored day and night by specialized engineers.

With such a fantastic data center infrastructure, both HostGator and GoDaddy have a good uptime record, especially HostGator which guarantees a 99.9% uptime in the real world.

Speed – HostGator Wins

In order to better compare the hosting speed of the 2 web hosts, our editors have personally carried out a performance testing with a Joomla website hosted with both GoDaddy and HostGator. As a result, the same website hosted with HostGator loads 200% faster than GoDaddy. Read the performance comparison chart as following.

Customer Service – HostGator Wins

When choosing a right web host, having a great team of support is mandatory. Whenever you encounter an issue with your website or server, the support team must be able to resolve it as soon as possible. There is a responsive support team available at both GoDaddy and HostGator, but HostGator fares better than Godaddy.

Every HostGator customers can contact technical support staffs via toll free phone call, e-mail, and live chat 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All the representatives are patient and knowledgeable, with at least 4 years support experience. GoDaddy, however, while lacks the live chat support, their support staffs are not as effective as HostGator. We have sent the same question to the 2 web hosts through e-mail, and have received the reply from HostGator within 30 minutes and from GoDaddy after 4 hours.

Conclusion – HostGator is Recommended

To be frank, HostGator has done a better job in almost every aspect than GoDaddy. Therefore, if you’re looking for a web host with cheap price, excellent hosting performance, rich features, and professional support, we highly recommend you going with HostGator.