{"id":479,"date":"2019-05-21T20:51:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T15:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpreviewstudio.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2019-11-04T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T16:02:42","slug":"greengeeks-vs-hostgator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpreviewstudio.com\/greengeeks-vs-hostgator\/","title":{"rendered":"GreenGeeks vs HostGator: Which One’s The Best WordPress Hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ready to host your new WordPress blog? Well, you might want to choose a web hosting company that cares. Till now, we have worked with so many WordPress hosting companies and we know which one’s best according to the user’s needs.<\/p>\n

In that list, GreenGeeks<\/a> and HostGator<\/a> are in. Both are awesome companies for hosting your WordPress blog. But, which one is better? In this GreenGeeks vs HostGator comparison post, we will show you that which WordPress hosting will be best for your needs!<\/p>\n

Check out the complete comparison from here.<\/p>\n

GreenGeeks<\/h2>\n

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GreenGeeks<\/a> started its business in 2008. Wish to see more about their service? They host thousands of websites for professional bloggers, developers, and beginners. Also, they got more than 5 data centers around the world. On top of that, you will get free SEO tools powered by Attracta SEO.<\/p>\n

GreenGeeks uses SSDs. It ensures the best performing website in speed. You can check out the GreenGeeks review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HostGator<\/h2>\n

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Here, HostGator<\/a> started its business in 2002. They have multiple SoftLayer data centers around the globe. Hosting some of the famous websites in the industry. Highly recommended hosting from professional bloggers and developers.<\/p>\n

With their hosting plan, they will give $100 free AdWords credits.<\/p>\n

GreenGeeks vs HostGator<\/h2>\n

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Now, we are going to compare the features offered by GreenGeeks and HostGator, pricing, resources, etc… From this comparison, you could choose the best web hosting company.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/h2>\n

Some web hosting companies will limit the disk space, bandwidth, email accounts, MySQL databases on their server. Let’s see which is offering unlimited resources here.<\/p>\n

Here, in this case, both GreenGeeks<\/a> and HostGator<\/a> offers unlimited resources. This means unlimited disk space and bandwidth.<\/p>\n

You could always focus on your work, not on the backend.<\/p>\n

Winner: Tie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speed and Performance<\/h2>\n

You need to keep your website faster. This will help you in ranking higher on search engines. Yes! The website speed is a ranking factor. The web hosting company holds the main role in website speed.<\/p>\n

Still, you could consider WP Rocket<\/a>, perfmatters<\/a>, a CDN like MaxCDN<\/a> or KeyCDN<\/a>. Using the Pingdom tool, we have run a test on both hosting demo websites.<\/p>\n

GreenGeeks’ sample website with a lot of content loaded in 0.75 seconds<\/strong>. We are using the WP Super Cache plugin and the inbuilt caching system on this website. Well, 0.75 is not a bad score.<\/p>\n

The next test got to run on a website that is hosted by HostGator<\/a>. The same speed testing tool – Pingdom. In this test, the website got loaded in 1.9 seconds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can find a clear winner here.<\/p>\n

Winner: GreenGeeks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free Domain Registration<\/h2>\n

We can’t start a blog without a domain name. The domain name acts like the address of our house. This is how people find your website and visit it.<\/p>\n

Normal registrars like Namecheap<\/a>, GoDaddy<\/a> will charge $12 a year for a .com domain name. Well, when you use GreenGeeks for purchasing the hosting, they will give you a free .com domain.<\/p>\n

No hidden charges. If you already have a domain, they will transfer your domain to their hosting for absolutely free! In that case, you will get 1-year of extension in the registration period!<\/p>\n

At this time, HostGator doesn’t offer something like this. You still need to pay for the domain name when you purchase a hosting plan from them!<\/p>\n

Winner: GreenGeeks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auto WordPress Updates<\/h2>\n

Running on an outdated version of WordPress or using outdated plugins? They have a solution for you!<\/p>\n

If you handling more than 3 WordPress blogs, you know it is pretty hard to keep everything maintained. For example, when a new WordPress version rolls out, we may want to consider logging in to each WordPress blog, updating the core, themes, plugins, etc…<\/p>\n

In this way, you will not get much time to work on the blog posts.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, both GreenGeeks and HostGator offer auto-updates features.<\/p>\n

So when a new version of WordPress or WordPress theme or a WordPress plugin rolls out, the server will automatically update all of them to the latest stable version.<\/p>\n

This is an awesome feature!<\/p>\n

Winner: Tie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Data Backups<\/h2>\n

No matter you are running a small business website or a personal blog. If you are working on your blog regularly, you may want to consider backing up all your data and storing it in a safe place. There are so many WordPress backup plugins are available for this.<\/p>\n

In our case, we would use the BackupBuddy<\/a> plugin for creating a complete website back up!<\/p>\n

GreenGeeks and HostGator provide free backups for their clients. So, your data is safe on their servers. You could use this backup when you need to restore it or need to move your hosting to another one!<\/p>\n

Winner: Tie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free SSL Certificates<\/h2>\n

It is 2019. SSL is no more optional on websites. It’s a small ranking factor and Google highly recommends using SSL certificates. Both websites hosting companies offer free SSL certificates for their clients. Once you got purchased hosting from them, the SSL will get activated within 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

However, you could also purchase a new premium SSL certificate if you are running an online shop.<\/p>\n

Winner: Tie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Optimized Caching System<\/h2>\n

Well, some famous managed WordPress hosting companies got limited caching plugin usage on their site because they have an inbuilt caching system.<\/p>\n

Here, we are using the WP Rocket<\/a> as a caching plugin and the perfmatters<\/a> as the performance optimization plugin. Let’s see which web hosting offers custom caching technology.<\/p>\n

GreenGeeks offers a custom inbuilt caching system called PowerCacher. In the cheapest shared hosting plan, you will not get it. You need at least the medium or higher shared hosting plan for this performance. PowerCacher technology is awesome for boosting the speed of the website.<\/p>\n

There’s no limit on plugin usage. You can use additional performance plugins on top of this.<\/p>\n

HostGator doesn’t have something like this. You need to use caching plugin and speed optimization tricks for boosting your website’s speed.<\/p>\n

Winner: GreenGeeks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Website Applications<\/h2>\n

Instead of manually installing the web applications, we could do it in a single click from the cPanel! Manually installing apps like WordPress, Joomla will take a lot of time and effort. Also, if you are a complete beginner, you couldn’t do it without practice.<\/p>\n

The one-click installer makes things very simple and we can install any application within seconds. Also, the installer will take care of the database creation process automatically!<\/p>\n

Both web hosting companies offer this feature.<\/p>\n

Winner: Tie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Security<\/h2>\n

On top of the security plugin you use on your blog like Sucuri<\/a>, your hosting also got a major role in the WordPress security.<\/p>\n

Let’s see which web hosting got the best security for their clients.<\/p>\n

GreenGeeks got hosting account isolation, a Linux secure vFS, real-time file scanning, threat analysis and a pro-active group of server administrators.<\/p>\n

The real-time scanning is an awesome feature. If there are any changes made to files, the server will take care of it, scan for known malware and hacks.<\/p>\n

They also got a group of server administrators who works 24*7. They will keep the server up, finds and fix every issue before they occur.<\/p>\n

This is why GreenGeeks maintains 99.9% uptime!<\/p>\n

When one of my friends got hosted a WordPress blog on HostGator, it got hacked! Still, HostGator offers some awesome security features but mine was a little horrible.<\/p>\n

So, we think GreenGeeks is the best in security.<\/p>\n

Winner: GreenGeeks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Money-Back Guarantee<\/h2>\n

So if you purchase a product or service and not satisfied with it, probably you will ask for a refund. Here, GreenGeeks gives you a 30-days money-back guarantee.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, HostGator got a 45-days money-back guarantee.<\/p>\n

If you are not happy with their services in this period, you could get your spent money back! No hard contracts.<\/p>\n

Winner: HostGator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pricing<\/h2>\n

Let’s start with shared hosting. Because most folks prefer shared hosting while starting their first blog not managed WordPress or VPS hosting.<\/p>\n

So, here’s the price of GreenGeeks shared hosting.<\/p>\n

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They have 3 premium plans.<\/p>\n