Best SSL certificate providers (2026)

The best place to buy an SSL certificate depends on the product. On 10 November 2026 Namecheap had the lowest verified first-year prices for plain DV and EV certificates, GoGetSSL was cheapest for OV and for most Sectigo and DigiCert brands, and SSL.com, a CA selling directly, suited code signing. For most websites a free ACME certificate is enough.

How we compared

We list a seller only when we could read a 1-year price on its own website, and every price below links back to that check in the certificate comparison. We did not run lab tests or collect customer reviews, so you will not find star ratings here. Some sellers pay us a commission; the disclosure lists who and how much, and commissions never change the order.

Quick picks

Namecheap Standard SSL at $11.00 was the cheapest paid certificate overall. The table lists the cheapest verified option per need on 10 November 2026:

Namecheap: lowest first-year prices, now issued by SSL.com

Namecheap is the best pick if you want a cheap DV, OV or EV certificate and already keep domains there. Since 11 July 2026 every newly activated Namecheap certificate is issued by SSL.com, and the old Sectigo names are gone: PositiveSSL is now Standard SSL, InstantSSL is High Assurance SSL, and so on. Watch the renewal price: Standard SSL is $11.00 for the first year and renews at $13.20. The headline "$5.99/yr" is the per-year price of a 5-year subscription. Namecheap's product pages list a 15-day refund window and free unlimited reissues, which matters now that certificates must be reissued at least every 200 days.

GoGetSSL: widest catalog of branded certificates at low prices

GoGetSSL is the best pick when you want a specific brand: PositiveSSL, RapidSSL, GeoTrust, Thawte or DigiCert Secure Site. Of the 30 products both GoGetSSL and The SSL Store sell in our data, GoGetSSL was cheaper on 24, The SSL Store on 2, and the 4 code signing products cost the same. We found no public affiliate program at GoGetSSL, so we earn nothing from these links.

SSL.com: buy directly from the CA

SSL.com is a certificate authority, not a reseller, so you deal with the company that validates your organization. Its own prices are higher for basic TLS (Basic SSL is $49.00 for one year), but it is strong for code signing: OV code signing is $129.00 and its eSigner service lets CI pipelines sign without a USB token.

The SSL Store and Trustico

The SSL Store and Trustico were each the cheapest seller for only a few specific products.

The SSL Store sells most DigiCert and Sectigo products and states token costs for code signing clearly; its site footer describes it as a DigiCert subsidiary. It had the lowest price we found for PositiveSSL EV ($99.98) and for Sectigo's own-brand OV ($105.00) and DV wildcard ($215.00) certificates.

Trustico focuses on Sectigo products and its own brand, with simple 12- or 24-month options. It was cheapest for PositiveSSL Multi-Domain ($57.00 for a primary domain plus two more) and for Sectigo DV SSL at $69.00.

What to check before buying from anyone

Check three things before paying any seller:

• Confirm you need to pay. Read free vs paid SSL first.
• CAA records. If your DNS has CAA records, add the issuing CA (for example ssl.com for Namecheap since July 2026) or issuance fails. Check with the CAA checker.
• Reissues. With a 200-day maximum validity, make sure reissues are free and that your server can install the new certificate, ideally automatically via ACME.