2020’s Definitive Free SSL Roundup

Introduction:

The Best Totally Free SSL Providers:

Let’s Encrypt’s homepage.
Let’s Encrypt’s homepage.
  1. Flexible — This setting secures connections between a client’s browser and Cloudflare, so proxied domains/subdomains will show up as secure (meaning no insecure warning on browsers like Chrome). However, this setting is actually semi-insecure because it doesn’t actually encrypt data between Cloudflare’s servers and the origin server; read this post on the Cloudflare Community forum for more information. Free web hosting users using modified platforms, such as what you might find on 000webhost, will typically need to use this option.
  2. Full — This setting secures connections between browsers, Cloudflare, and your origin web server, allowing the web server to go without a trusted SSL certificate (meaning self-signed certificates are O.K.). This option is great for users whose website hosting provider uses cPanel, which (by default) installs self-signed certificates on every new site.
  3. Full (Strict) — This setting also secures connections between browsers, Cloudflare, and your origin web server. However, it requires that the origin server have a trusted certificate (learn more about the difference here). Luckily, if you can’t obtain one easily, Cloudflare provides trusted origin certificates free of charge (they also last up to 15 years)!
Cloudflare’s homepage.
Cloudflare’s homepage.
cPanel’s logo.
cPanel’s logo.
ZeroSSL’s homepage.
ZeroSSL’s homepage.
Buypass’s homepage.
Buypass’s homepage.
CertCloud’s homepage.
CertCloud’s homepage.
TrustAsia’s homepage.
TRUSTOCEAN’s homepage.
GoGetSSL’s Unlimited Trial homepage.
GoGetSSL’s Unlimited Trial homepage.

Honorable Mentions:

CAcert’s homepage.
CAcert’s homepage.
Comodo Free SSL homepage.
Comodo Free SSL homepage.

Conclusion:

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