{"id":2024,"date":"2021-06-10T15:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2021-06-10T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T12:31:00","slug":"compare-ssl-plans-and-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/compare-ssl-plans-and-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Compare SSL Plans and Pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"

SSL certificates come at varying price points depending on what you need them to cover. There are two key considerations when choosing your SSL certificate: <\/span>Scope <\/b>and <\/span>Type<\/b>. These two criteria will often jointly determine the price of the <\/span>SSL certificate chosen<\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

SSL scope mainly dictates how wide a coverage area your SSL will provide.<\/b> For example, a standard SSL certificate will only protect a single domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

SSL type influences the security level of the SSL<\/b>. The security here refers to the vetting process required to obtain the certificate, not the encryption level supported.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scope of SSL<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nSSL<\/span><\/td>\nWildcard SSL<\/span><\/td>\nUCC \/ SAN SSL<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/span><\/td>\nCheck Now<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nCheck Now<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nCheck Now<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Domains Covered<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\n1<\/span><\/td>\nUp to 100<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subdomains Covered<\/span><\/td>\nNo<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nNo<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Encryption<\/span><\/td>\n2048-bit<\/span><\/td>\n2048-bit<\/span><\/td>\n2048-bit<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Variants Available<\/span><\/td>\nDV, OV, and EV<\/span><\/td>\nDV, OV, and EV<\/span><\/td>\nDV, OV, and EV<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Type of SSL<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nDomain Validation (DV)<\/span><\/td>\nOrganization Validation (OV)<\/span><\/td>\nExtended Validation (EV)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/span><\/td>\nCheck Now<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nCheck Now<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nCheck Now<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ideal for<\/span><\/td>\nNon-commercial or personal websites<\/span><\/td>\nBusiness or organization websites<\/span><\/td>\nWebsites processing financial transactions (e.g. eCommerce or Online Stores)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proves ownership of domain name<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Validates business organization ownership<\/span><\/td>\nNo<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Checks on business entity<\/span><\/td>\nNo<\/span><\/td>\nNo<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Padlock Icon<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secure trust seal<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\nYes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Aside from these characteristics, the <\/span>price of the SSL certificate<\/b> will also be affected by the specific Certificate Authority (CA). ScalaHosting offers a comprehensive range of SSL certificates from <\/span>GeoTrust and Symantec<\/span><\/a>, two of the most recognized brands in the SSL community.<\/span><\/p>\n

For personal websites, <\/span>ScalaHosting supports free <\/b>Let\u2019s Encrypt SSL certificates<\/b><\/a>, allowing non-commercial blogs easy SSL protection at all times.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SSL certificates come at varying price points depending on what you need them to cover. There are two key considerations when choosing your SSL certificate: Scope and Type. These two criteria will often jointly determine the price of the SSL certificate chosen. SSL scope mainly dictates how wide a coverage area your SSL will provide. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-hosting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}