Protect logins, payments, and private information with trusted encryption. Choose from three straightforward SSL certificates no confusing catalog.
Every plan enables HTTPS and encrypts customer data. The difference is what you protect and how deeply your business is verified.
Affordable, fast domain validation for a website, blog, portfolio, or small online project.
Extended validation confirms your legal business identity ideal when customers share payment or account information.
Use one certificate to protect your main domain and unlimited first-level subdomains.
Displayed prices are starting annual rates and can vary by certificate term. Final pricing is confirmed before purchase.
You do not need to understand SSL terminology. Start with what you need to protect.
| Feature | PositiveSSL | PositiveSSL EV | EssentialSSL Wildcard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | One standard website | Business and ecommerce trust | Main domain plus subdomains |
| Validation | Domain | Extended business | Domain |
| Coverage | 1 domain | 1 domain | Unlimited first-level subdomains |
| Typical issuance | Minutes | 3–7 business days | Minutes |
| Encryption | Up to 256-bit | Up to 256-bit | Up to 256-bit |
| Site seal | Static | Dynamic | Static |
| Warranty | $10,000 | $1,000,000 | $10,000 |
| Free reissues |
Pick the certificate that matches your domain setup and trust requirements.
Confirm domain control. EV orders also complete business and callback checks.
Install the issued certificate on your server and start serving secure HTTPS.
Still unsure? Tell us about your website and we will point you to the right certificate.
Talk to an SSL specialistIt encrypts information between a visitor's browser and your server, enables HTTPS, and prevents browser "Not secure" warnings when correctly installed.
Choose Wildcard if you need to protect multiple first-level subdomains such as shop.example.com, app.example.com, and login.example.com under the same main domain.
EV issuance includes verification of domain ownership, the legal business, its address, and an approved telephone callback. That extra checking creates stronger identity assurance.
All three certificates provide strong encryption. EV's main advantage is verified business identity and the higher certificate warranty, not stronger encryption.
Publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificates once lasted several years. The former 398-day maximum is now being reduced in stages to just 47 days by 2029. The goal is stronger security, faster response to compromised keys, and more reliable domain ownership checks.
Shorter lifetimes reduce how long a compromised key or mis-issued certificate can be abused. More frequent validation also helps keep domain ownership accurate and accelerates adoption of stronger security standards.
Chromium security guidanceRenewing and installing certificates manually every few weeks creates avoidable outages and human error. ACME-compatible automation can request, validate, deploy, and renew certificates with far less administrative work.
Prepare before 2029Your one-year or multi-year order term continues. What changes is the individual certificate: it must be reissued and reinstalled more often. Reissues are included with these Sectigo certificates at no additional certificate cost.
Free certificate reissuesThe certificate validity limit and validation reuse period are separate. Shorter reuse periods mean certificate authorities must reconfirm information more often.
Shorter certificates improve security, but only if renewals happen reliably. Inventory your certificates, identify legacy systems, and move repeatable issuance and installation to automation wherever possible.
Choose your Sectigo certificate and start moving your website to HTTPS.