AccuWeb Hosting vs HostGator
AccuWeb Hosting and HostGator compared on measured uptime, response time, pricing and features from our own tests. AccuWeb Hosting scores higher overall.
By Jennifer T. · Updated
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Verdict
7.6 out of 10
AccuWeb HostingWins overall
New Jersey host since 2003: guaranteed RAM and CPU on shared plans, eight locations, a $2.79 plan that renews at $2.79
7.4 out of 10
Newfold's Texas-born cPanel host: four shared tiers on a 36-month term with a free domain, Cloudflare CDN and staging
AccuWeb Hosting wins 3 of the six sub-scores and comes out ahead overall (7.6 vs 7.4).
How do the scores compare?
AccuWeb Hosting leads on 3 sub-scores, HostGator on 2. Higher is better.
| AccuWeb Hosting | HostGator | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Uptime | 7.0 | 8.0 (better) |
| Support | 7.5 (better) | 7.0 |
| Features | 8.0 (better) | 7.0 |
| Value | 8.0 (better) | 6.5 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 8.0 (better) |
Which one is faster and more reliable?
| AccuWeb Hosting | HostGator | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.6 (better) | 7.4 |
| Uptime (published)TechRadar 7 d vs HostingStep 243 d; methods differ | 100.00% (better) | 99.97% |
| Response time (published)TechRadar vs HostingStep; methods differ | 285 ms (better) | 496 ms |
Which one costs less?
On renewal, AccuWeb Hosting is cheaper ($2.79/mo vs $10.99/mo). Intro prices need the listed term.
| AccuWeb Hosting | HostGator | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Bootstrap++ | Hatchling |
| Intro price | $2.79/mo (better) | $3.75/mo |
| Renewal price | $2.79/mo (better) | $10.99/mo |
| Required term | 36 months | 36 months |
| Websites | 100 | 10 |
| Storage | 25 GB | 10 GB |
| Money back | 30 days | 30 days |
What does each include?
| AccuWeb Hosting | HostGator | |
|---|---|---|
| Free domain | First year on an annual or longer term; the plan cards list .us, .com, .org, .co.uk, .in and .net, the comparison table .com, .net, .biz, .us and .org | First year on every plan; $22.99 is deducted from a refund if you cancel within the year |
| Free SSL | Let's Encrypt on every plan; a premium SSL for the first year on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms | Let's Encrypt, auto-renewed |
| Backups | Free daily backups; any day's copy restored on request | Weekly courtesy backups, restorable with one click; the terms call them a courtesy, so keep your own |
| Free migration | Listed on every plan | A free site migration tool is listed on the plan cards; the comparison table on the same page says paid migration is available |
| Free CDN | Premium++ and Enterprise Pro++, enabled on request for the main domain | Cloudflare with Argo routing on every plan |
| Caching | LiteSpeed web server with built-in caching | Static content caching and object caching on every plan; the feature list names an NGINX caching layer |
| Staging | No | WordPress staging site on every plan |
| 150, 500 or 1,000 accounts with spam filtering; mailbox size 3, 5 or 10 GB | Unlimited POP3 and IMAP mailboxes with SpamAssassin; Pro Email is a paid product after a free trial | |
| Guaranteed resources | Dedicated RAM and vCPU printed per plan (1 GB and 1 vCPU up to 2 GB and 2 vCPU) with IOPS and inode limits | Not stated |
| Data center choice | Eight locations in the order form: Denver, Dallas, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney | No |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9 percent a month in the terms, with credits of one, two or five days of service depending on the shortfall | The plan page says 99 percent; the terms we read contain no uptime clause or credit schedule |
| PHP versions | PHP 8.1 to 8.4, switchable in cPanel | Not stated |
| Dedicated IP | With the premium SSL on Enterprise Pro++ annual terms, except Johannesburg | Not stated |
| Phone support | US and UK numbers, 24 hours Monday to Saturday per the contact page; chat and tickets around the clock | Baby, Business and Pro; Hatchling is chat only |
| SSH and languages | Not stated | SSH, WP-CLI, cron, PHP 8.2, Ruby on Rails, Perl, Python, unlimited MySQL and SFTP users |
| Resource limits | Not stated | No |
| Security | Not stated | Malware scanning, AI-powered detection and removal from Baby up, web application firewall, DDoS protection, DDoS scrub center |
| Windows hosting | Not stated | No |
Company facts
| AccuWeb Hosting | HostGator | |
|---|---|---|
| Control panel | cPanel | cPanel behind the HostGator customer portal |
| Data centers | 8 (better) | 1 |
| Support channels | chat, ticket, phone, knowledge-base | chat, phone, knowledge-base |
| Founded | 2003 | 2002 |