Host Gator 🆚 The Minecraft Hosting - Jan, 2026

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Host Gator (hostgator.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2016.
The Minecraft Hosting (theminecrafthosting.com) has been added on 📅 and last updated on 📆 . Trusted and verified by WHTOP on 2020.

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👉 Total Reviews: 57
🙌 Average Rating: 5.8 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 35
👎 Bad Reviews: 22
👈 Official Responses: 0
5.8 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

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👉 Total Reviews: 8
🙌 Average Rating: 5.5 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 4
👎 Bad Reviews: 4
👈 Official Responses: 0
5.5 / 10VISIT WEBSITE

8 user reviews
 
5005 Mitchelldale Suite #100
Houston, TX 77092
US
Part of Newfold Digital

Dallas, TX
US

📧 Emailsupport@h...theminecrafthosting@h...
☎ Phone(866) 964-2867 [Toll free], (713) 574-5287 [Local], +1-713-574-5287 [International] 
Ranks🏆 Semrush 20,644 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 90/74🔗 Links 2,379,007
🏆 Semrush 1,103,123 (lower is better)
🏆 SEO MOZ DA/PA 21/46🔗 Links 7,229
Languages en-US en-US es-MX
📄 InfoFounded in 2002, HostGator has grown from a small startup into one of the most recognizable names in the web hosting industry, now powering over 2 million websites globally. With offices in Austin and Houston, Texas, and a quirky mascot named Snappy, HostGator has built a brand rooted in a mix of technical expertise and approachable, customer-friendly communication.

The company’s offerings span from shared hosting and VPS to dedicated servers, domain registration, and formerly a website [...]
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The Minecraft Hosting is a company dedicated to providing Minecraft servers on a high level infrastructure that boost speed and performance. They pride in having sold over 75,000 servers and over 15,000 active clients. Their website is available both in English and Spanish.

All their servers operate on 10 Gbps Fiber network and low latency for efficient connections. The servers are safe with DDoS protection and data is secured with SSL encryption.

Minecraft servers run on SSD drives and [...]
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📡 EstablishedOctober, 2002-
🏁 Site speedAverage, load time 2.9 seconds 27% sites are slower
SEO Links count 27,284
Fast, load time 1.8 seconds 50% sites are slower
SEO Links count 59
📣 Social Media
📣 Social Media

🔃 User Shares
hostgator
Started from: August, 2008
  • Tweets: 36,373
  • Followers: 78,001
  • Friends: 19,594
  • Last activity:

TheMineHosting
Started from: March, 2015
  • Tweets: 517
  • Followers: 3,004
  • Friends: 342
  • Last activity:

HostGator
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  • People talking about them:
  • Last activity:

theminecrafthosting
Hostgator.com
  • Followers: 3,276
  • Entity type: Public Company
  • Founded: 2002
  • Employee Count: 501-1000
  • Industry: Internet

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https://www.hostgator.com/blog/
  • Blog Posts: 1,112
  • Blog added on: Dec, 2011
  • Language: en-US
  • Last written post:

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🔧 Shared Hosting - 4/1
💡 Plan NameHatchling Plan [Linux]Kid Plan [Linux/Windows]
💰 Price$ 3.75/mo. VAT exc
($ 10.99 after 26 mo.)
$ 1.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space10 GB SSDunlimited SSD
📶 Data Transferunmeteredunmetered
🔌 Hosted domains10unlimited
🆓 Free Domain10
📌 Dedicated IPs00
🔨 Control PanelCPanel
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)When you just need one site.
Now 66% OFF! Ideal for 40K visits/mo
AI Site Creation Tools
30-day Money-Back Guarantee info_outline
Free Domain 1st Year info_outline
Free Site Migration Tool info_outline
Free CDN - Cloudflare with Argo Routing
Managed WordPress Updates
24/7 Chat [...]
INFO (mouse over)1 Gbps Connection
Special Enjin & Buycraft Promotions
Live Chat Support
Plugins, Mods & Custom JAR Support
Multicraft Control Panel
📅 Date PlanJul 2025Jul 2020
💡 Plan NameBaby Plan [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 4.50/mo. VAT exc
($ 16.49 after 36 mo.)
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💿 Disk Space20 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains20-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Perfect for multiple sites.
Now 73% off! 20 Websites
20 GB SSD Storage
Ideal for 50K visits/mo
AI Site Creation Tools
30-day Money-Back Guarantee info_outline
Free Domain 1st Year info_outline
Free Site Migration Tool info_outline
Free CDN - Cloudflare with Argo Routing
Managed WordPress [...]
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📅 Date PlanJul 2025-
💡 Plan NameBusiness Plan [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 6.25/mo. VAT exc
($ 21.99 after 36 mo.)
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💿 Disk Space50 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains50-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Ideal for multiple sites needing storage, security, + backups.
Now 72% off! 50 Websites
50 GB SSD Storage
Ideal for 200K visits/mo
AI Site Creation Tools
30-day Money-Back Guarantee info_outline
Free Domain 1st Year info_outline
Free Site Migration Tool info_outline
Free CDN - Cloudflare with [...]
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📅 Date PlanJul 2025-
💡 Plan NamePro Plan [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 13.95/mo. VAT exc
($ 29.69 after 36 mo.)
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💿 Disk Space100 GB SSD-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domains100-
🆓 Free Domain1-
📌 Dedicated IPs0-
🔨 Control PanelCPanel-
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)Ideal for multiple sites needing storage, security, + backups.
Now 72% off! 100 Websites
50 GB SSD Storage
Ideal for 200K visits/mo
AI Site Creation Tools
30-day Money-Back Guarantee info_outline
Free Domain 1st Year info_outline
Free Site Migration Tool info_outline
Free CDN - Cloudflare with [...]
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📅 Date PlanJul 2025-
🔧 Dedicated Hosting - 3/4
💡 Plan NameValue - NVMe 32 [Linux/Windows]Dedi Server #1 [Linux]
💰 Price$ 141.19/mo. VAT exc
($ 188.79 after first term)
$ 52.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space1000 GB SSD NVMe240 GB SSD
📶 Data Transferunmetered10 TB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimitedunlimited
🆓 Free Domain00
💪 CPU8 core CPUIntel E3-1240 v3 3.40 GHz
🔋 RAM32 GB16 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs31
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, Plesk, WHM
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)RAM DDR5
Full root access
Dedicated resources
Free content transfers
MySQL Unlimited
cPanel/WHM Linux
Softaculous Linux
Plesk Windows
Plesk Application Vault
Windows
Maximum outgoing emails Unlimited
Maximum POP/IMAP connections
Unlimited
Advanced DDoS Protection Scrub Center
Create manual [...]
INFO (mouse over)Port Speed: 1 Gbps Dedicated
Full Root Access
Bandwidth: Unlimited (10TB Full Speed)
Ubuntu Installed
📅 Date PlanJul 2025Jul 2020
💡 Plan NamePower - NVMe 64 [Linux/Windows]Dedi Server #2 [Linux]
💰 Price$ 238.79/mo. VAT exc
($ 276.37 after first term)
$ 74.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space2000 GB SSD NVMe240 GB SSD
📶 Data Transferunmetered10 TB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimitedunlimited
🆓 Free Domain00
💪 CPU16 core CPUIntel E3-1240 v3 3.40 GHz
🔋 RAM64 GB32 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs31
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, Plesk, WHM
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plansSame as previous plans
📅 Date PlanJul 2025Jul 2020
💡 Plan NameEnterprise - NVMe 128 [Linux/Windows]Dedi Server #3 [Linux]
💰 Price$ 343.79/mo. VAT exc
($ 398.77 after first term)
$ 136.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space2000 GB SSD NVMe1000 GB SSD
📶 Data Transferunmetered10 TB
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimitedunlimited
🆓 Free Domain00
💪 CPU32 core CPUIntel Xeon E3 1270v6 3.80 GHz
🔋 RAM125 GB64 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs31
🔨 Control PanelCPanel, Plesk, WHM
🌏 Server LocationUnited StatesUnited States
📜 DescriptionSame as previous plansSame as previous plans
📅 Date PlanJul 2025Jul 2020
💡 Plan Name-Dedi Server #4 [Linux]
💰 Price-$ 218.00/mo.
💿 Disk Space-1000 GB SSD
📶 Data Transfer-10 TB
🔌 Hosted domains-unlimited
🆓 Free Domain-0
💪 CPU-2x Intel Xeon E5 2680v3 2.50 GHz
🔋 RAM-250 GB
📌 Dedicated IPs-1
🔨 Control Panel-
🌏 Server Location-United States
📜 Description-Same as previous plans
📅 Date Plan-Jul 2020
🔧 VPS - 1/0
💡 Plan NameSnappy 8000 - NVMe 16 [Linux]-
💰 Price$ 82.99/mo. VAT exc
($ 128.99 after first term)
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💿 Disk Space450 GB SSD NVMe-
📶 Data Transferunmetered-
🔌 Hosted domainsunlimited-
🆓 Free Domain0-
💪 CPU8 Cores CPU-
🔋 RAM16 GB-
📌 Dedicated IPs1-
🔨 Control Panel -
🌏 Server LocationUnited States-
📜 DescriptionINFO (mouse over)cPanel/WHM Optional ( $12/mo)
Operating System AlmaLinux 9
Root access
Softaculous script installer
LetsEncrypt SSL included
Unlimited email accounts
Free content transfers info_outline
Network guarantee info_outline
MySQL
Unmetered bandwidth
Dedicated IP
Maximum outgoing emails [...]
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📅 Date PlanJul 2025-
💻 Supported Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Linux/Windows
  • Linux/Windows
  • Linux
📤 List of products
  • Shared Hosting
  • Dedicated Hosting
  • VPS
  • Domains
  • SSL Certificates
  • Shared Hosting
  • Dedicated Hosting
✍️ Support Options
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • Live Chat
  • Available 24/7
  • 0 WHTop support responses
  • Email
  • Help Desk
  • Phone / Toll-Free
  • 0 WHTop support responses
💰 Payment Options
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
  • PayPal
  • Credit / Debit / Prepaid Cards
👪 Last positive / negative customers review
 
-anonymous- (woltmann@t...)
on 📆 Oct 29, 2023
Average Hosting Experience with HostGator
😃 HostGator is an okay choice for hosting, especially if you are on a tight budget. However, if you prioritize excellent customer support and faster website performance, you might want to explore other options before making your decision. My [...]

-anonymous- (msdanajane@g...)
on 📆 Jan 22, 2019
😠 I signed up for their business shared hosting for 3 years. After 1 month my add-on domains stopped working. An upgrade from free to paid SSL took a week for them to get working. The ticketing system is no longer available, so a 20min wait via live [...]

-anonymous- (-hidden-)
on 📆 Oct 26, 2022
😁 I had an issue with my server and the support team solved my problem so quickly and helped me a lot to understand why I faced this problem with very kind way.I was skeptical initially as I was used to the local hosting providers but the pricing [...]

-anonymous- (brokengamezone@g...)
on 📆 Jul 17, 2020
😠 Where to begin first of all do not buy from them that would be a massive mistake they cap your upload size down to 2MB unless you use a FTP software to upload the files from your pc directly into the DB which is a stupid design and lazy!They [...]

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