User:Electron9/Comparison of SSL certificates for web servers
The examples and perspective in this table deal primarily with IE, Firefox, and Safari and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (July 2012) |
The following table compares various features of SSL digital certificates on the market, used for securing communication with web servers.
Comparison[edit]
Certificate authority | Country | Product name | Number of domains included | Number of subdomains included | Number of servers allowed | Cost for one year (USD) | Verification level[1] | Trusted by IE 7 | Trusted by >=Firefox 3 | Trusted by Safari 5.0.1 | Trusted by Android | Indemnity provided (USD) | Maximum liability (USD) |
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CAcert | Australia 2003 |
Free Digital Certificate | unlimited | unlimited | ? | $0 | 1,3 | No | Some[2] | No | No | ||
Comodo | United States 1998 |
Instant SSL | 1 | 0 | ? | $99.95 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $10,000 | |
Comodo | Instant SSL Pro | 1 | 0 | ? | $139.95 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $100,000 | ||
Comodo | Positive SSL | 1 | 1 | ? | $49 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $10,000 | ||
Comodo | Instant SSL Premium[3] | 1 | 0 | ? | $179.95 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $250,000 | ||
Comodo | Unified Communications Certificate (UCC)[4] | 3 | up to 100 | ? | $285.00 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
Comodo | Premium SSL Wildcard | 1 | unlimited | ? | $449.95 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $250,000 | ||
Comodo | Extended Validation[5] | 1 | 0 | ? | $449.95[6] | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $250,000 | ||
DigiCert | United States 2003 |
SSL Plus | 1 | 1 | ? | $195 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $1,000,000 | |
DigiCert | Wildcard Plus | 1 | unlimited | ? | $595 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $1,000,000 | ||
DigiCert | Unified Communications Certificate | 4 | up to 25 | ? | $349, + $39 for each domain after the first 4 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $1,000,000 | ||
DigiCert | EV SSL Plus | 1 | 1 | ? | $295 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $1,000,000 | ||
Entrust | United States 1994 |
Standard SSL | 1 | 1 | ? | $189 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ||
Entrust | Advantage SSL | 2 | 2 | ? | $239 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |||
Entrust | Unified Communications SSL | 3 | 3 | ? | $295 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |||
Entrust | EV SSL | 2 | 2 | ? | $399 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |||
GeoTrust | United States VeriSign 2006 |
Quick SSL Premium | ? | ? | ? | $149 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | $100,000 | |
GeoTrust | True BusinessID with Extended Validation | ? | ? | ? | $299 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | $500,000 | ||
Go Daddy | United States 1997 |
Standard SSL | 1 | 0 | ? | $69.99 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $10,000 | |
Go Daddy | Standard SSL Multiple Domain (UCC) | 5 | ? | $89.99 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $10,000 | |||
Go Daddy | Standard SSL Unlimited Subdomains (Wildcard) | 1 | unlimited | ? | $299.99 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $10,000 | ||
Go Daddy | Premium SSL | 1 | 0 | ? | $99.99 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $250,000 | ||
ipsCA | Spain 1995[7] |
A1 SSL[8] | 1 | 0 | ? | $38 ($0 for two years for educational establishments) | 2 | Yes | No | ? | ? | ||
ipsCA | A1 SSL WildCard[8] | 1 | unlimited | ? | $276 ($0 for two years for educational establishments) | 2 | Yes | No | ? | ? | |||
PGP TrustCenter | ? | TC Trust SSL | 1 | 0 | ? | $179 | 2 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ||
PGP TrustCenter | TC Trust SSL Wildcard | 1 | unlimited | ? | $719 | 2 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |||
PGP TrustCenter | TC Extended Trust EV SSL | 1 | 0 | ? | $719 | 3 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |||
RapidSSL | United States GeoTrust 2010[9] |
RapidSSL Certificate[10] | 1 | 0 | ? | $49 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $10,000 | |
RapidSSL | RapidSSL Wildcard[11] | 1 | unlimited | unlimited | $199 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $5,000 | ||
SSL.com | United States ??[12] | Basic SSL[13] | 1 | 1 | ? | $49.00 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $10,000 | |
SSL.com | Premium SSL[14] | 1 | 3 | ? | $99.00 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $10,000 | ||
SSL.com | Enterprise EV SSL[15] | 1 | 1 | ? | $299.00 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $250,000 | ||
SSL.com | Wildcard SSL[16] | 1 | unlimited | ? | $299.00 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $10,000 | ||
SSL.com | Multi-domain SAN/UCC SSL[17] | 3 | unlimited if used with wildcard | ? | $177.00 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $10,000 | ||
SSL.com | Multi-domain SAN/UCC EV SSL[18] | 3 | 0 | ? | $747.00 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $250,000 | ||
StartCom | Israel 1999 |
StartSSL Free | 1 | 1 | ? | $0 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Android > 2.1) | $10,000[19] | |
StartCom | StartSSL Verified | unlimited | unlimited | ? | $59.90 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Android > 2.1) | $10,000[19] | ||
StartCom | StartSSL Extended Validation | 1 | 1[20] | ? | $199.90[21] | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |||
SwissSign | Switzerland 2001 |
SSL Silver | 1 | 1 | ? | $199 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $10,000 | |
SwissSign | SSL Gold | 1 | 1 | ? | $299 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $100,000 | ||
SwissSign | SSL Gold Extended Validation | 1 | 1 | ? | $799 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | $100,000 | ||
Thawte | South Africa 1995 |
SSL123 | 1 | 0 | ? | $149 | 1 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ||
Thawte | SSL Web Server Certificate | 1 | 0 | ? | $249 | 2 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |||
Thawte | SSL Web Server EV | 1 | 0 | ? | $599 | 3 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |||
Thawte | SGC SuperCert | 1 | 0 | ? | $699 | 2 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |||
Thawte | Wildcard SSL | 1 | 0 | ? | $349 | 2 | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |||
Symantec | United States 1982 |
Secure Site[22] | 1 | 0 | ? | $399 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,000,000 | |
Symantec | Secure Site Pro[22] | 1 | 0 | ? | $995 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,250,000 | ||
Symantec | Secure Site with EV[22] | 1 | 0 | ? | $995 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,500,000 | ||
Symantec | Secure Site Pro with EV[22] | 1 | 0 | ? | $1,499 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,500,000 | ||
GlobalSign | Belgium?[23] 1996[24] |
DomainSSL[25] | 1 | 2 | ? | $249 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $10,000 | |
GlobalSign | OrganizationSSL[26] | 1 | 2 | ? | $349 | 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,250,000 | ||
GlobalSign | ExtendedSSL[27] | 1 | 2 | ? | $899 | 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,500,000 | ||
GlobalSign | MultiDomain SSL[28] | 40 | 40 | ? | $199 | 1,2,3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,250,000 | ||
GlobalSign | Wildcard SSL[29] | 1 | unlimited | ? | $849 | 1,2 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,250,000 | ||
GlobalSign | AlphaSSL[30] | 1 | 1 | ? | $49 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,000 | ||
GlobalSign | AlphaSSL Wildcard[30] | 1 | unlimited | ? | $149 | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | $1,000 |
See also[edit]
- Certificate authority
- Certificate revocation list
- Extended Validation Certificate
- Robot certificate authority
- Web of trust
- X.509
- Server gated cryptography
References[edit]
- ^ 1: Domain only. 2: Domain and business details. 3: Domain, business details and identity of representative.
- ^ http://wiki.cacert.org/InclusionStatus
- ^ http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/ssl/ssl-certificate-premiumssl.html
- ^ http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/ssl-certificate-ucc.html
- ^ http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/ssl/ssl-certificate-ev.html
- ^ http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-products/addsupport/ev-ssl.html
- ^ "Who are we | ipsCA". 2008. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ a b http://certs.ipsca.com/PRODUCTS/SSLServer.asp
- ^ "RapidSSL is a leading low-cost certificate authority, generating SSL certificates, including free SSL and wildcard SSL certificates, for small and medium businesses". 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ https://www.rapidssl.com/buy-ssl/ssl-certificate/index.html
- ^ https://www.rapidssl.com/buy-ssl/wildcard-ssl-certificate/index.html
- ^ "SSL.com Terms of Use | SSL.com". 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ http://www.ssl.com/certificates/basicssl
- ^ http://www.ssl.com/certificates/premiumssl
- ^ http://www.ssl.com/certificates/ev
- ^ http://www.ssl.com/certificates/wildcard
- ^ http://www.ssl.com/certificates/ucc
- ^ http://www.ssl.com/certificates/evucc
- ^ a b http://www.startssl.com/?app=39
- ^ Extended Validation guidelines prohibit the issuance of wildcard SSL certificates. Wildcard supported on non-EV certificates. Multiple domain names (Subject Alternative Names) supported on both EV and non-EV certificates. http://www.startssl.com/?app=25#87
- ^ First server certificate included, successive certificates $49.90. Unlimited number of Non-EV certificates included.
- ^ a b c d http://www.verisign.com/ssl/buy-ssl-certificates/secure-site-services/index.html
- ^ "GlobalSign Subscriber Agreement" (PDF). 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ "GlobalSign, Doing more than any other CA..." (PDF). 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-08-13.
- ^ https://www.globalsign.com/ssl/domain-ssl/
- ^ https://www.globalsign.com/ssl/organization-ssl/
- ^ https://www.globalsign.com/ssl/ev-ssl/
- ^ https://www.globalsign.com/ssl/unified-communications/
- ^ https://www.globalsign.com/ssl/wildcard-ssl/
- ^ a b http://www.alphassl.com/