Host Gator Hatchling Plan, $ 3.75/mo. on Linux Shared


Hatchling Plan has been updated on (added ), Aggregate Rating (1 out of 10 from 5 reviews)
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Host Gator
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  • 💡 Plan Name: Hatchling Plan (sku #p18325)
  • 🔧 Category: Shared Hosting / Linux
  • 💰 Price:$ 3.75/mo.($ 10.99 after 26 mo.) VAT exc
  • 💿 Disk Space: 10 GB
  • 📶 Traffic bandwidth: unmetered
  • 💲 Setup Fee: free
🔌 Hosted domains :10
🆓 free domains :1
📌 Dedicated IPs :0
💳 Payment Methods :Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :CPanel
🔧 Category :Wordpress
✍️ Support Options :EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :United States
Targeting :US
💰 Money-back guarantee :30 days
🚀 Uptime :99 %
screenshot of Hatchling Plan from hostgator.com

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*📜 Plan description

When you just need one site.
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HostGator sweetens its entry-level hosting plans with a bundle of essentials that most providers charge extra for. Every account ships with unmetered bandwidth, so sudden traffic spikes don’t trigger overage fees or throttling. The first year of domain registration is folded into the price, letting new site owners claim their brand without a separate checkout. An auto-installed SSL certificate locks down data in transit and puts the familiar padlock icon in visitors’ browsers, while a one-click app library makes it just as easy to spin up WordPress, shopping carts, or any of the usual open-source suspects.

The company has been in the game since 2002—long enough to host more than two million sites—and it designs its stack with growth in mind. Customers start on a shared plan, then scale up to VPS or dedicated hardware without migrating away from the platform. If something goes wrong, a 24/7/365 support crew answers chat or phone within minutes, and a 99 % uptime pledge backs their data-center engineering. A generous 30-day money-back window gives newcomers a chance to kick the tires; if the service isn’t a fit, hosting fees are refunded with no wrangling.

Seasoned developers still get the familiar cPanel dashboard for fine-grained control, while first-timers rely on preset wizards and an e-commerce toolkit to launch stores with minimal setup. In short, HostGator’s free add-ons remove the typical nickel-and-dime friction, leaving users to focus on traffic, content, and sales rather than infrastructure line items.

📄 Editorial Review

Founded 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 builder (now discontinued in favor of professional design services). HostGator presents itself as a hosting solution for both newbies and seasoned web pros, promoting scalable infrastructure, 24/7 global support, and straightforward tools like customized cPanel.

While it remains a go-to brand for beginners due to its user-friendly environment and simple onboarding, HostGator’s value proposition in 2025 is not as compelling as it once was. Rising prices and reduced plan competitiveness—especially when compared to providers like IONOS or Hostinger—have made it a less obvious choice for budget-conscious users.

👪 Most Recent Customer Reviews

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-anonymous- (mathprofessor@m...)
⏳ Time Hosted: under 1 month
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😠 If you like to be cheated, use hostgator.

Even the online service guy can explain how the total charge is calculated and said that he will report to his manager.
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copyrlik (copyrlik@s...) / armyoffate.net
⏳ Time Hosted: 1 to 3 months
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😠 DONT EVEN TRY HOST GATOR

We used them for several months but ran into financial trouble with should be understandable with how the economy is. Tho we did expect them to cut off our service we did not know they would steal our files and hold them hostage as well as continue to charge to our tab the same amount as if we were getting service.

This is INSANE, so in order to get out files back we would have to pay for all the months we did NOT get service that super shady business practice right there.

Price if it was good service would have been great but paying to have our files stolen it would have been better to have had no hosting at all for those few months rather then with them since all our hard work was for nothing but extra data held hostage on their servers.
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mziegler (mjz5488@y...)
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😠 Chat ID is 2184102
I wasted so much time explaining on thier chat line what I was trying to do...and this tech support gut just kept leading me on to other things I did not even ask or need at the moment. he kept telling me site builder is not good for beginners...so what?? I just wanted to know how to get in and log in to sitebuilder so I can get started creating my web pages..but he kept going on and on..it is only for beginners...and did not really my question how to log in.. oh crap!!!!!!!! I cancelled this service immediately. I hope I get my refund in no time...

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