Is HostGator down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic follows the official status page and cross-references it with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.

How often does HostGator go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've recorded 125 incidents, of which 46 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 2h 25m.

How are outages detected?

Pulsetic follows the official status page and records the incidents the provider posts there. Crowdsourced user reports and Pulsetic's own synthetic checks add an early warning, which can surface an issue before the official status page mentions it.

Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.

What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic recorded a service disruption from user reports and its own checks, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

MAJOR OUTAGE

HostGator is currently
experiencing a major outage.

Pulsetic can detect an outage before the provider officially reports it. 224 incidents on record since Apr 2024

Last updated: 3 min ago · 0 user reports (24h)

MAJOR · INVESTIGATING

Failure of database servers

Started 4 hours ago · Oct 15, 2026 · 4:48 AM UTC

We've identified the issue and are restarting the database servers once to remedy it.

View official incident → Having issues too?
User Reports: Last 24 Hours
0 reports

Bars represent 20-min intervals. Occasional spikes may reflect individual issues, not widespread outages.

Outage Map
No reports yet

Reports by region (last 24h)

No reports in the last 24h

View full map →
Recent User Reports
Live

Latest 50 reports from the last 48 hours

You checked HostGator. Who checks your website?

Pulsetic is website uptime monitoring. Add a website you own and it gets checked as often as every 30 seconds on the Team plan, so the next answer arrives by email.

10 monitors free, checked every 5 minutes, with email alerts on failure and recovery. No credit card.

Start Monitoring

Top reported issues

Click an issue to upvote it and help us better indicate the service status.

Service outage 0

Degraded performance 0

Error messages 0

Timeouts / no response 0

Authentication issues 0

Network / connectivity issues 0

Feature not working 0

API errors 0

Billing or usage issues 0

Other 0

Have a different problem?
Issue breakdown
0 total votes

Distribution of reported issues over the last 24 hours.

Service outage 0%

Degraded performance 0%

Error messages 0%

Timeouts / no response 0%

Authentication issues 0%

Network / connectivity issues 0%

Feature not working 0%

API errors 0%

Billing or usage issues 0%

Other 0%

90-Day Health Summary

Total Incidents

125

Jul 17 to Oct 15, 2026
Major / Critical

46

37% of the total
Minor Incidents

79

Avg. 0.9 per day
Median Resolution

2h 25m

P95: 40h

Across all 4,379 services Pulsetic tracks, the incidents their status pages reported over the last 12 months had a median resolution time of 2h 4m, and 35% were rated major or critical by the provider. These numbers are calculated separately from the 90-day figures for HostGator above.

Source: The State of Uptime 2026, figures as of 1 October 2026.

HostGator Response Time, ms

By Continent

Location List

From official status page

Recent Outage History

View all incidents →

Incident	Started	Duration	Impact	Status	Link
Failure of database servers	Oct 15, 2026 · 4:48 AM	Ongoing	Major	Investigating	Details →
Maintenance work on abuse system	Oct 15, 2026 · 4:30 AM	15m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Fault report on Cloud API, Hetzner API and Hetzner Console	Oct 14, 2026 · 12:58 PM	1h 26m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance emergency power system in HEL1-DC2	Oct 14, 2026 · 5:00 AM	7h 11m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Cloud IPv6 routing problems	Oct 13, 2026 · 11:00 AM	21h 36m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Load Balancers: maintenance work	Oct 13, 2026 · 8:00 AM	6h 27m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance emergency power system in HEL1-DC1	Oct 13, 2026 · 5:00 AM	7h 59m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
New vSwitch IP/MAC Limits	Oct 11, 2026 · 10:00 PM	Ongoing	Major	Investigating	Details →
Object Storage in location FSN in parts degraded	Oct 11, 2026 · 9:12 PM	52m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Fault report on recursive DNS servers at the locations HEL1, FSN1 and NBG1	Oct 8, 2026 · 3:22 PM	20h 42m	Major	Resolved	Details →

How do they compare?

Alternatives to HostGator

InMotion Hosting

Web hosting provider

Outage 49 incidents / 30d
Compare →
IONOS

Web hosting provider

Online 11 incidents / 30d
Compare →

Other Monitored Services

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is HostGator down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic follows the official status page and cross-references it with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.
How often does HostGator go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've recorded 125 incidents, of which 46 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 2h 25m.
How are outages detected?

Pulsetic follows the official status page and records the incidents the provider posts there. Crowdsourced user reports and Pulsetic's own synthetic checks add an early warning, which can surface an issue before the official status page mentions it.
Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.
What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic recorded a service disruption from user reports and its own checks, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

Get an email when HostGator opens, updates or resolves an incident.

Add it as a dependency monitor. The Free plan includes one. See how it works
Create Free Account

Your Dashboard

No credit card needed