HostGator
Budget-friendly shared and WordPress hosting with steep renewal-rate jumps after the intro term.
Last updated 2026-07-18
- Starting price
- $3.75/mo
- Uptime SLA
- 99.9%
- Storage
- SSD
- Regions
- 1
- Managed K8s
- No
- Compliance
- PCI DSS (via SSL/hosting infra)
Best forBeginnersSmall business sitesBudget-conscious buyers on long-term contracts
Products and pricing
14 tiers
cPanel-based shared web hosting for small sites
| Tier | Price | RAM | vCPU | Disk | Transfer | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchling | $3.75/mo | 10 GB SSD storage, unmetered bandwidth, 1 website only, unmetered email accounts, free SSL, free domain (yr 1). Intro $3.75/mo (36-mo term) renews at $10.99/mo. | n/a | n/a | Compare alternatives | |
| Baby | $4.5/mo | 20 GB SSD storage, unmetered bandwidth, unlimited websites, unmetered email accounts, free SSL, Cloudflare CDN, free domain (yr 1). Intro $4.50/mo (36-mo term) renews at $16.49/mo. | n/a | n/a | Compare alternatives | |
| Business | $6.25/mo | 50 GB SSD storage, unmetered bandwidth, unlimited websites, unmetered email accounts, free SSL, dedicated IP, premium SSL certificate, SEO tools. Intro $6.25/mo (36-mo term) renews at $21.99/mo. | n/a | n/a | Compare alternatives | |
Price history
We keep every price we've ever captured for HostGator, so you can see whether a plan's price is holding, creeping up, or recently dropped — before you commit.
- Current
- $3.75/mo
- Lowest tracked
- $3.75/mo
- Highest tracked
- $3.75/mo
- Price changes
- 0
- Tracked since
- Jul 18, 2026
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Hidden costs
- Renewal prices are 2-3x the advertised introductory rate on every product line (e.g. Shared Hatchling $3.75/mo intro vs $10.99/mo renewal)
- Longest (36-month) term required to get the lowest advertised intro price; shorter terms cost meaningfully more per month
- Domain name is free only for year one; standard registrar pricing applies afterward
- Site/Domain Backup, SSL certificate upgrades, and dedicated IP are upsells on lower shared tiers
- VPS/Dedicated bandwidth is "unmetered" but subject to a fair-use policy capping sustained resource usage at 25% of system capacity for 90+ seconds