- Nov 16, 2011
- 18,357
- 10,528
How to get SSL certificate for my website for free ? The hosting I purchased has not provided it.
How to get SSL certificate for my website for free ?
- Thread starter awesomewebsites
- Start date
- Jun 7, 2012
- 4,215
- 1,379
I am sure you can get a free one from Cloudflare and it is up in minutes.
+1 for cloudflare. Fast and easy setup. For me sometimes it's up in minutes, sometimes a few hours, but it's free so I can't complain.
Hassandepp
Regular Member
- Sep 3, 2014
- 348
- 138
Yeah, cloudfare is the place where you can get it for free.
- May 17, 2013
- 3,282
- 20,254
You can try Let's Encrypt. It's very easy to install.
Md Momin Hossain
Newbie
- Oct 13, 2019
- 38
- 3
you can get free ssl from cloudflare
Coastline17
Regular Member
- Oct 26, 2019
- 349
- 133
Do free SSL's generally have a lower quality?
:/ hope I didnt blow $80 for something I could get for free lol
:/ hope I didnt blow $80 for something I could get for free lol
- Jul 12, 2016
- 6,749
- 2,421
But does it worth go $10 per month thats what some hosting company offers.
Coastline17
Regular Member
- Oct 26, 2019
- 349
- 133
I think it's better to flat rate it then and save money. Also I think I read something about google making them a requirement otherwise they mark your site as unsafe.
spazzumes
BANNED
- Aug 10, 2018
- 261
- 127
the level of encryption on free vs paid is generally the same. Both offer secure connection so if you have a nothing site it probably wasn’t worth the $80
paid ssls can give some advantages...but $80 worth, not really. If you need extended validation for your site then a paid ssl if your only option. EV is supposed to help your customer know its really you...but it doesn’t look any different than a regular ssl.
if you need an ssl to cover all subdomains then paid might be good. Generally, it isnt worth it though
If you're running an online business certain merchant providers require you to have a paid and enhanced security SSL for processing payments.
For everyday blogs and sites, free is fine.
- Jul 12, 2016
- 6,749
- 2,421
even flat rate they charge for $99 per year. As other say better to go free version unless ecom site.
- Nov 13, 2010
- 866
- 367
If you're running a business or ecom site - paid version is good (EV)
free one gives a green (now gone in chrome) lock in address bar and nothing but EV SSL gives the company names and verifies the info as well that's why many payment processors needs a EV SSL secured site.
akshay_saini
Junior Member
- Aug 30, 2019
- 176
- 41
Agreed to that and for free I think Cloudflare is best bet.
cbtblogger
Newbie
- Jun 3, 2013
- 27
- 4
Try LetsEncript, Im use this for my site more than 8months without any trouble - https://letsencrypt.org/
Coastline17
Regular Member
- Oct 26, 2019
- 349
- 133
Right the EV one is great. Quite a few hoops to jump through apparently as I was looking into it.
bossofthebosses
Elite Member
- Feb 7, 2015
- 2,206
- 1,049
letsencrypt.org
Instaboy85
Regular Member
- Mar 13, 2019
- 374
- 134
I was looking for this answer as well!! Cloudfare it is 