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Founded in 2002, Host Gator is one of the most successful companies in web hosting business. They host over 2,200,000 domains now. From personal, small business to Fortune 500, they have different products for you to choice. Need dedicated server? No problem, Host Gator gives you different choices, even Windows servers. Host Gator also has his own develop Site Builder. It is so easy to use that they claimed even 8 years old kid can build a web site by his own !
Hosting Plan
Host Gator has 3 hosting plans: Hatchling, Baby and Business. You can get unlimited disk space and bandwidth on any plan. Hatchling plan only allowed one domain hosted, so it suits personal use. Baby plan is for small business, and Business plan is for online store. Host Gator had detail compared features for each plan on their website.
They also have reseller plans and dedicated servers. Host Gator just launched their Windows dedicated servers, which included Plesk control panel, MS SQL and Access database. They offer you more than 64 quick-installed applications for free, which include ASP .NET applications such as PortalStarterKit, CommerceStarterkit, CommunityStarterKit, etc. This is a uncommon feature on dedicated servers.
Host Gator supports PHP, Python, CGI, Perl, Ruby and MySQL. They can also support JSP but you must refer to them first. They also provide more than 52 Fantastico Scripts for easy application installation. You can set up Xoops, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress... in less then 3 minutes. Their own very-easy-to-use Site Builder, Soholaunch, and 4,500+ templates are very popular features for web site design newbies.
In December 2009, Host Gator officially announced its Linux VPS services, started from ¢C19.95/per month, very flexible and competitive.
Reliability
Host Gator's data center is in Texas. Their data center is powered by UPS with battery backups. All data receiving regular storage backups and 24/7 monitored. Host Gator is a green energy company, their shared hosting and reseller hosting is 130% wind powered now. Host Gator gives you 99.9% network up-time guarantee, and 45 day money back guarantee.
Other Services
Host Gator uses cPanel as shared hosting control panel, which is very easy to use. They have online guidance and step by step tutorials. In Windows Server, you can use Plesk control panel.
They have online support, Knowledge Base and a Support Ticket system. Live Chat is also a welcome feature for customer support.
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