Seven years of GoDaddy hosting that is simple and effective, with quick chat support.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
11%84% Negative
Most customers report poor support, constant upsells and fees that pile up, plus steep renewals and some DNS or hosting outages.
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Customer reviews (497)
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A small business with everything at GoDaddy has had very few issues; the builder is limited but fine for 40+ pages, and support fixed a technical issue on time.
Never had issues with GoDaddy for basic hosting, DNS and domain protection, with an easy connection to 365 tenants.
A WordPress freelancer has clients buy GoDaddy hosting; it isn't perfect but clients trust it and the invoicing is clean.
Moved a personal site to GoDaddy hosted WordPress; easier setup, better support than a local host, no problems.
A newcomer finds GoDaddy works well with really good customer support.
GoDaddy VPS was cost effective versus AWS, dead simple for laymen and with fine customer support.
Finds GoDaddy affordable and easy to use with customer support that has always been really helpful.
Moved ~900 domains from GoDaddy retail to the GoDaddy Corporate Domains platform and wishes they had sooner: RBAC, SSO, reporting, templates and one monthly PO.
Years on GoDaddy; prices are about the same everywhere and the management tools are very simple.
Agency says every client on GoDaddy is a pain to manage, including emails for a large business, while Namecheap has been fine.
Common questions about GoDaddy
What do customers say about GoDaddy?
Most customers report poor support, constant upsells and fees that pile up, plus steep renewals and some DNS or hosting outages. Domains held for resale at high prices come up repeatedly. A fair number call it reliable and fine as a registrar, but weak for hosting and email.
Is GoDaddy worth it?
Of the 299 reviews with a clear verdict, 11% are positive, 5% mixed and 84% negative. The praise mentioned most is reliable. The most common complaint is poor support.
What do people like about GoDaddy?
The praise reviewers mention most: reliable (25 reviews), helpful support (16 reviews) and good control panel (6 reviews). For example: Has registered domains with GoDaddy for years without problems and accepts the price rise as the market rate.
What are the most common complaints about GoDaddy?
The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (136 reviews), upsells (79 reviews) and hidden fees (64 reviews). For example: GoDaddy support misunderstood how to set a DNSSEC DS record and the first rep put 10K of products in the cart.
What does the signal score of 53 mean?
It's how well reviewed GoDaddy is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of GoDaddy?
Category: Domain registrar.
Where do these GoDaddy reviews come from?
497 are quotes from Reddit and YouTube, each linked to the original. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear. Every review, written here or quoted, is read as positive, mixed or negative.