A quick comparison of all budget entry level SSL certificates. None of these certificates are EV (extended validation) certificates.
| SSL Certificate | Certificate Features | Price Per Year |
| Comodo SSL | Comodo’s most popular fully business validated SSL Certificate, Comodo’s InstantSSL Certificate, provides the necessary encryption and visual assurance for conducting business online. | $64.95 |
| Thawte SSL 123 | SSL123 is thawte’s entry level certificate which provides validation that your domain is registered and that you have authorized the purchase of the certificate. Through SSL encryption, the certificate assures that information is kept private between your web server and your clients’ web browsers. | $149.00 |
| VeriSign Secure Site SSL Certificate | VeriSign® Secure Site SSL Certificates protect the transfer of sensitive data on Web sites, intranets, and extranets using a minimum of 40-bit and up to 256-bit encryption.
* Full business authentication |
$399.00 |
| Comodo PositiveSSL Certificate | 128 bit SSL Certificates designed for encrypting web sites for low volume online transactions. Trusted by over 99.3% of current Internet users, Positive SSL is the solution for new websites or environments where trust has been established and entity verification (for identity assurance) is not needed. Positive SSL Certificates do not carry any warranty.
Speed of Issuance & Validation Levels: Positive SSL provides domain validation but do not authenticate the business behind the online business. However, in order to provide critical identity assurance for your site, every Positive SSL comes with FREE registration in IdAuthority. IdAuthority is world’s first and unique real-time identity assurance service developed by Comodo that allows website identities to be verified against registry and public data. This validation process delivers identity assurance so customers will trust you and be confident buying on your site. |
£22.95 |
| GeoTrust Quick SSL | Secure your site in minutes with a GeoTrust® QuickSSL® SSL Certificate, enabling up to 256-bit encryption. QuickSSL Certificates help ensure that your customers’ and business partners’ information is secure during transmission with your site.
GeoTrust issues your QuickSSL certificate in about 10 minutes. When you purchase a certificate, GeoTrust’s fully automated authentication and issuance process verifies that you have administrative rights to the domain listed in the certificate. This greatly lowers our costs for issuing QuickSSL certificates, and we pass the savings on to you. |
$249.00 |
| GoDaddy SSL | People are getting smart about online security. More and more of them are looking for the padlock icon and “https” prefix in the address bar of their browser before submitting personal information online. If your Web site doesn’t have an SSL Certificate, visitors may leave before making a purchase, creating an account or even signing up for a newsletter. But you can change all that with an SSL from GoDaddy.com. | $29.99 |
