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“Happy numpty”

★★★★☆

written by ShaniaStanley on 31/03/2020

I have used this company for a few years now and rarely have any technical problems with their service. I used to be with a company I think used pigeon post to reply to requests so this company is a joy. Being a techno numpty it sometimes appears that they are answering a different question to the problem I have asked about but that could be because I don't know the cause of the problem so the answers may be relevant. In any event they do not give up and have never let me down.

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“better service”

★★★★★

written by ruidhos on 14/07/2017

It is getting better and looks like they want to give a better customer experience. I had some issues in the past that made me go from one staff member to another but it looks like that now each member has more knowledge and are able to find solutions quickly

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“Support team is worth 10 stars ”

★★★★★

written by White108 on 13/06/2017

Super great support team service. Replies super fast. fix an issue as well very quick. Highly recommend.

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“£12 plus VAT per Annum for a one site one email account!”

★★★★★

written by Grayerbeard on 12/05/2017

I have been using one of the £12 plus VAT per year accounts for several months and have found it superior in several ways to other accounts I have had over the last few years. I also conducted a comparison for a fairly large site between 123reg and planethippo. I found planet hippo to be far better and this is with respect to cost, performance and facilities. I recently needed a new web site for a charity and so I started another separate account for that. The only issue I had with the initial set up was to be able to set up to use PHP 7.1. PlanetHippoSupport sorted that out within a few hours and my Joomla web site is now ready for me to build up. It seemed odd that this was a problem since the account I had already did not have that issue. So that is something to look out for. I have looked at the some of the reviews here with horror stories and all I can say is that in all the extensive use I have made of these accounts I have never seen any issues.

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“Upgrade”

★★★★★

written by Rihannaa490 on 22/04/2017

I had some issues earlier year but stuck with hippo looks like they have revamped their network and now the service is better than ever

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“Obviously fake good reviews”

★☆☆☆☆

written by A.R.Taylor on 14/02/2017

I actually used this exact site when contemplating going with planet hippo. I saw the bad reviews but figured if the average review score 4 and a half out of 5 stars I should give them a chance.... I shouldn't. Constant 500 errors rendered my sites incredibly unstable. After extensive research I discovered this was indeed not anything to do with my code but planet hippos servers. The actually main planet hippo site has also constantly got debugging error messages visible for all to see. At one point there were so many errors the site was inoperable. Also bought a domain on 1/2/2017 and by 11/2/2017 it was showing as still pending transfer. I raised a support ticket and after a full 24 hours I was asked to supply an invoice number (something they could easily have checked themselves. This then highlighted that they hadn't charged me properly and so they promptly raised a new invoice and asked me to pay before doing anything else. This whole operation reeks of incompetence and unprofessionalism. Avoid at all costs.

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“Particularly useless.”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 13/02/2017

I tried Planet Hippo for two months and it didn't take anywhere near that long to discover how useless their services are. You certainly get what you pay for. Constant Error 500's not only on our sites, but also on their own front end. Their own site has been hacked. They provide no way of removing a credit card from file. They automatically charge your credit card BEFORE they inform you that they will. They provide no way of altering your domain's registered email as they have failed to update their WHMCS. This has remained the case for two months with a 'feature deprecated' error. I have told them what they need to do but have chosen not to fix this essential feature. The service provided does not meet the ICANN minimum requirements for domain management. They choose to charge for outbound domain transfers 'sometimes'. Seems somewhat hit and miss. In short, you will receive a headache for your troubles. I STRONGLY suggest you avoid this provider at all cost as they are, at best, unreliable.

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“WORST COMPANY FOR HOSTING - AVOID AT ALL COSTS”

★☆☆☆☆

written by chrisdevelopment on 12/02/2017

My experience with planet hippo started off well, problems were dealt with quickly until November 2016 when it went downhill, Servers started going down, connections were slow, yet all the answers i got were its fixed try it now. No explaination of what happened, considering i am on a reseller program with clients, its important that the sites are up all the time. One of these is a radio station broadcasting live, and this is where it gets really annoying. The servers went down 3 times in November, then again in December, now they have gone down again, in all 5 times in you can say 2 months as its only the 3rd of the new month today. Yes it was looked at, but despite me trying to call them and having the phone ringing non stop for 46 mins 55 sec i gave up. They never answer the phone and i said this to them at 13.25 "I have been trying to call you for the last 31 mins and its still ringing, i need to discuss this situation and the others, because i cannot allow this to continue to happen and i need to discuss how we move forward, just saying its fixed is not good enough, especially if i want to keep my contracts. can you please answer the phone or provide me with your head office number and i will talk to someone there please." I then said to them at 13.35 This is now 43 mins its been ringing why are you not picking up the call This is now 14.21 and still no reply. If the directors of Planet Hippo want to keep their customers or gain new ones, then they should improve communications and get people to answer the phone. Because of this 5th time down i may now lose the radio client. I would hope they would have the decency to reply to this here, and provide me with a proper number to contact one of the directors on to discuss this, as so far their standard number is no use whatsoever. After this i cannot say they are any good anymore because they have gone down in my estimation. i HAVE EVEN FOUND OUT THEIR SUPPORT IS IN INDIA. The MD does not abide by their own SLA and makes up their own rules.

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“The good reviews are fake.”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Mahoney159 on 02/02/2017

AVOID, An absolutely awful company it took 6 days to register a domain, their own website is full of errors and sites are always going down. AVOID.

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Written on: 03/02/2017

shutup filthy black chav

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“One of the worst hosting companies”

★☆☆☆☆

written by ElliottCrowley420 on 20/11/2016

1 word would define them: Amateurs. Gave them my trust because they had the 24/7 chat support. Useless. They can't address problems right, or give satisfactory answers. Many times servers down. For short periods of time, sometimes for longer. And when asked them about the reasons, received unbelievable answers. Started moving my websites from them.

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“shambles ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by AndresJones on 17/11/2016

no working service in over a week and a half. support is appalling. stay far away. seriously!

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“No service for days on end and they take my money”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Leilani305 on 18/07/2016

Terrible service provider, The service has been down for days with an "Internal Server Error" displaying in the web browser. Im not at all impressed with the level of service I have been receiving. I wont be spending any more of my time, trying to find out why the hosting service isn't working as it should be. And more to the point I don't see why as a customer I should be 1. Expected to pay for a service I'm not receiving and 2. Being fobbed off with a "we are working on fixing the error" speech. When it worked it was fast, but now I have been without service for days on end, nearly a week now. Not at all impressed!

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“Sites are always down”

★☆☆☆☆

written by qtKilgore420 on 16/07/2016

Terrible, my sites are always down, and I have lost 2 clients so far. All they can do is say sorry for the inconvenience. Not good enough from a professional hosting company.

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“Great service ”

★★★★★

written by jzBoyle441 on 25/05/2016

Planethippo is a very friendly web hosting company, we are hosting a comms website on their system and they've helped us move from expired provider to their system with no additional cost. The speed is very good, our website always load very quick without any problem, we're using downtime monitor from Wordpress Jet Pack plugin and see no downtime over a year. That's amazing uptime and our members love that, they can access the website any time 24/7 Not only our website, we're hosting three more sites on same account and all working well. Great work!

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“Impressed with chat support ”

★★★★★

written by HadassahYork205 on 25/05/2016

I am very happy with my hosting. The up-time has been good and the features and options are a plus. I was really impressed with the customer support this morning. The representative responded to my chat request in less than a minute, was friendly, courteous and was flexible with a billing issue. I got what I needed and am VERY pleased. I am happy to recommend planethippo to others who need quality, reliable web-hosting with great service!

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“No messing support”

★★★★★

written by Roberts284 on 25/05/2016

The help and technical support is out of this world good! The live chat is staffed with people who actually know technical stuff. They have solved DKIM, SPF, Joomla and Wordpress problems right on the spot without having to escalate it to a trouble ticket. It's such a relief to be able to get an immediate solution to issues.

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“Happy as .... ”

★★★★★

written by FranciscoHoffman on 25/05/2016

I am an old person coming from a trade background with no computer skills. this company with their patient and constant support have helped me use the web to make an income when no other way was available. Very happy

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“Great just great!”

★★★★★

written by AshlynnHolman395 on 25/05/2016

I have been with many different web hosts over the years and I'm voluntarily writing this review because I am really happy with Planet Hippo. If you have a WordPress or similar site, and are looking for the most features for the lowest price, they are your solution.

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“What a find!!”

★★★★☆

written by 329Taylor-Alt on 20/05/2016

Great, fantastic friendly company! The only reason I only give 4 star was because at times i have been on hold for over 5 minutes when calling on the phone. I have found the best way to get support is using chat or ticket. Please Planet Hippo sort out your phones answering times,

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“Best VPS provider out there ”

★★★★★

written by 427North on 20/05/2016

I have looked long and hard for a decent VPS provider that i fell i can trust. PH isn't the cheapest and I'm not saying they are the best, but I would say that the company are there when you need them, they have good up time, server speed is fantastic and the customer support ability is out of this world. I found the control panel a little different to panels i have used in the past but I am told there panel is industry standard so that must just be me. Good company to deal with and I will be putting more business your way. Keep up the work!!

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