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Ask HN: What is the best CA to buy a SSL certificate?
I'm looking for a good Certificate Authority to buy a SSL certificate from. I've found many ones, but don't know the best option. I've heard that www.ssl.com is a great one, is it?
I want your advice on this.
- rnovak 11y agoWhat criteria would you use to judge whether one is better than the other? Price? Trust? Also, what kind of SSL Cert are you looking for? There's a big difference between EV certs, and say a single domain cert, wildcard, multiple-domains, etc. For single domains, I've had pretty good luck with Comodo through Namecheap. It generally costs 9.99/yr for Single domain, and I've even used their multiple-domain certs. but yeah, more info would definitely help give you a better recommendation.
- taha-sh 11y agoThanks for your answer. I'm sorry I had to clarify my question more. When I say the best, I mean for the overall experience. It should be reliable and easy to use. Price is important, but it's not my main concern. The certificate type is a single-domain certificate. I'll check what you suggested, thanks :).
- sfunk1x 11y agoI've had a pretty good experience with https://www.startcom.org/ https://www.startcom.org/.
- lightlyused 11y agoI've started to not like them. They have been stopping me from getting free certs if the site even remotely looks like an ecom site. I'd rather pay a bit and not get hassled.
- toomuchtodo 11y agohttps://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/ should be ready shortly.
- chadholt 11y agoNamecheap Domain Validation cert for $9
- borplk 11y agoI've heard good things about Digicert
- kevinschumacher 11y agoI've had ok experiences with Comodo for wildcard certs (through Namecheap and direct). Both times the cert never arrived in my inbox after domain verification. Had to contact support but then they (re?)sent it straightaway.
- kevinsimper 11y agoI bought a couple of times a AlphaSSl from https://ssl2buy.com https://ssl2buy.com, where I got the email directly from AlphaSSL :)
- nnrocks 11y agoI found lowest provider of ssl certificate (https://www.cheapsslshop.com/ https://www.cheapsslshop.com/).
- kennpeterson 11y agoYou can try https://comodosslstore.com https://comodosslstore.com for best price, feature and return policy. It's offers unlimited reissue, Unlimited server licenses.