Encryption for everyone, trust for business

For most websites — blogs, brochures, small stores — free Let's Encrypt SSL is sufficient. It provides the same encryption as paid certificates and triggers the browser padlock. You need a paid certificate when you want organisation validation (your company name in the cert), a warranty, a site seal, or wildcard coverage for many subdomains.

DV (Domain Validation) proves you control the domain — issued in minutes, no business checks. OV (Organisation Validation) verifies your business exists and your company name appears in the certificate — issued in 1–2 days. EV (Extended Validation) is the strictest — full business verification, your company name shown in the browser, issued in 1–5 days.

If you have many subdomains (shop., blog., api., mail.) a wildcard certificate secures them all with one certificate. Free SSL is issued per-subdomain, so managing 10+ subdomains individually becomes tedious. A wildcard saves time and is often cheaper than buying individual certificates.

The warranty is the certificate authority's liability to your visitors if the certificate is mis-issued. If a visitor suffers a loss because the CA issued a certificate to the wrong party, the CA pays up to the warranty amount. It is not insurance for you — it is protection for your visitors.

Free SSL and DV certificates are issued within minutes. OV certificates take 1–2 business days for business verification. EV certificates take 1–5 business days for full extended validation. We keep you updated throughout the process.

Yes. Free Let's Encrypt SSL is included on every hosting plan and renewed automatically. You only need a paid certificate if you want organisation validation, a warranty, a site seal or wildcard coverage.