Cloud hosting pools resources from multiple virtual server instances of physical servers. Cloud hosting is noted for its reliability, scalability, and flexibility, making it ideal for businesses and websites that need to maintain fast load times, despite surges in traffic from sales or promotions.

Cloud hosting automatically distributes three mirrored copies of your data across multiple devices to ensure safety and redundancy. Additionally, HostGator employs a number of security measures to protect our servers and customers' websites. Our data centers are built using top-of-the-line technology, and servers are monitored 24/7 in a highly secure environment.

Because you're virtually using the resources of multiple servers, cloud hosting safeguards you from an individually overwhelmed, or damaged, physical server. If a server experiences any hardware issue or gets overloaded with resource requests, our automatic failover process seamlessly switches you to another server.