Battle of the web hosting giants we will look at the pricing and the features that you get with both of these services. By the end of this review you will be able to determine between these two hosting services it will come down to price vs features in the end and you will need to pick what it is that you will use. There will be no personal bias in this review for I will be strictly going off of their features and comparing it with the competition and factoring the price in at the bottom. So click the link below to see the full review of the battle of the web giants.
Lowest Prices/Features of Basic Plans
When it comes down to who has the lowest prices this will have to go to Go Daddy who has their plans starting at $2.99 while Host Gator has their prices starting at the slightly higher $3.96. While both of these are very cheap Go Daddy won but the real question is what do you get for this price.
Go Daddy $2.99
You get 1 free domain with purchase of any of their hosting plans. Keep in mind that this is only for the first payment the rest is up to you.
Unlimited Bandwidth this is kind of a standard for web hosting services.
24/7 Phone/Email Support- This is common but many people want the ability to call up their hosting services and get over the phone help.
1 Registered Website- This means that you can only use 1 website on this hosting plan.
100GB Of Disk Space- This can be difficult to overcome if you upload a lot of pictures and video however you will not run out of storage space quickly.
10 Databases- You may only use 10 different databases on this web hosting service. This is okay for 1 website but if you have a lot of them then you will notice a challenge because many scripts run better when connecting to their own storage. But keep in mind that you are in no danger of running out for 1 site.
100 Email Addresses- This is a very nice feature for a small web based business because it allows you to have an email address strictly for your business and leave your other emails untouched.
$50 Of Bing Ads Credit-. This is something that is very very specific because you must buy a certain amount of ads and then the credits will apply. You will also notice you can't buy the ads with a gift card.
$50 Of Facebook Ad Credit- Again you need to read that fine print because there are a lot of rules that apply. So be careful they are not really giving you anything special.
Site Builder- Go Daddy's custom site builder is very easy to use but has been critized to lack features.
HostGator Hatching $3.96 Plan
Bandwith- Unlimited again this is the standard and your bandwith will be key for having a larger website you never want to restrict your bandwith.
Disk Space- Unlike Go Daddy this plan gives you an unlimited storage
1 Domain- Very similar to Go Daddy as you are allowed to only have 1 url registered at a time.
24x7 Phone/Email Support- This is common but many people want the ability to call up their hosting services and get over the phone help.
$100 Of Google Adwords Credit- Nice that they give a disclaimer saying that it is only after spending $25 this is better then Go Daddy where they hide the information with a little box.
Unlimited Email Accounts- Nice that his is included with your basic plan because it gives your site more room to grow without spending more money.
Shared SSl- This is a form of SSL certification which is key when it comes to selling items from your site.
Shopping Carts- Yes for the basic plan you can sell items unlike Go Daddy were you have to pay for that separately on all plans.
Site Builder- The classic C-Panel used in Host Gator is very simple that anyone can use it and it includes more features than that of Go Daddy.
Summary Host Gator Wins
While both of these companies offer very nice starter plans from features to price Host Gator wins. But if you are looking for a slightly cheaper host with more limitations then you could argue Go Daddy but from these features to price cost it is obvious that Host Gator is the winner.
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