GoDaddy
GoDaddy is a web hosting provider based in Phoenix, USA, founded in 1997. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 86/100, a strong signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
GoDaddy is one of the largest domain registrars and web hosts in the world, based in the Phoenix / Tempe area of Arizona. The company offers domain registration, shared web hosting, managed WordPress, VPS, website builder, email, and SSL from a single account, with 24/7 support and a public status page at status.godaddy.com. Founded in 1997, GoDaddy serves millions of small businesses and individual site owners globally.
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What GoDaddy Discloses
Facts the company has published and HostList has verified. Blanks are informative: a question a host has not answered cannot be answered on its behalf. Completeness measures how much this host discloses, not how good it is.
27 of 30 questions unanswered
- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Storage
- Security included
- Security contact
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
- Description
- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
3 of 30 applicable facts disclosed. Hosts control this section. HostList verifies every entry and never charges for it.
What Customers Say About GoDaddy
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What people are saying
Trustpilot★★★★★GoDaddy are excellent quick and…“GoDaddy are excellent quick and reliable at searching and setting up your domaine”
Trustpilot★★★★★Excellence in its best!“Excellence in its best!”
Trustpilot★★★★★Fantastic customer service agent“Fantastic customer service agent! Highly recommend.”
Trustpilot★★★★★Excellent i got my breakers…“Excellent i got my breakers cerificateexcellent teaching”
Trustpilot★★★★★I've used godaddy for many years“I've used godaddy for many years. They are the only ISP where you can talk to a human and get realtime support and that to me is priceless.”
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Where GoDaddy Ranks
Live positions across the HostList Best rankings, by HRI™. Positions are earned, never bought.
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Is GoDaddy a good web hosting company?
GoDaddy has a HRI™ of 86/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 2.6/5 from 570 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 80–89 indicates a strong, well-reviewed provider.
What type of hosting company is GoDaddy?
GoDaddy is classified as a dedicated web hosting company on HostList.io. Use the HostMatch™ tool at hostlist.io/match to describe your project requirements and get a ranked recommendation from 30,000+ hosting providers including GoDaddy.
Where is GoDaddy based?
GoDaddy is headquartered in Phoenix, USA. Hosting companies based in USA are listed at hostlist.io/hosting/usa.
How does GoDaddy compare to other web hosting companies?
GoDaddy can be compared to any other hosting provider using HostList.io's side-by-side comparison tool at hostlist.io/compare. The tool shows both providers' HRI™ breakdowns, sub-scores (Trust, Completeness, Freshness, Performance), and review data side by side. GoDaddy has a current HRI of 86/100.
Does GoDaddy offer coupons or discounts in September 2026?
GoDaddy has no HostList-verified coupon code right now. Hosting providers commonly discount the first term of shared and WordPress plans, with the lowest prices on longer billing cycles. For codes checkout-verified across the market this month, see hostlist.io/deals/web-hosting-coupons, updated continuously.
What People Say About GoDaddy
Public mentions from X, Reddit, and other social platforms. Unfiltered and not part of the HRI score, shown for context.
Connection attempts to ports 80 and 443 from external networks fail with a timeout, indicating that external traffic is not reaching the server.
GoDaddy now just moved their own domain name to be hosted by Verisign! godaddy.com dns servers are completely down, and all websites hosted
Looks like Godaddy service is garbage in all possible products. I had very bad experience in domains, backorder, customer support and couple of other products.
“It's user‑friendly and straightforward, making it easy to create and manage a basic website quickly. While it lacks some advanced
GoDaddy Review, why you need to AVOID them! r/webdev - 160 upvotes, 73 comments I know I am preaching to the choir as many of you already know to avoid GoDaddy like the plague, but…
How GoDaddy's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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How GoDaddy Stacks Up
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GoDaddy also appears as a domain registrar in the HostList directory under IANA ID 146. Hosting and domain registration are separate products with separate profiles, scored separately: HRI rates server performance, DRI rates pricing transparency.
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