Certify The Web provides tools for requesting, deploying, and renewing TLS certificates. Certificate Manager is intended for Windows servers or desktops, Management Agent for headless Linux and macOS systems, and Management Hub for administering multiple instances centrally. Domain validation can use HTTP or DNS, including built-in providers, Certify DNS, acme-dns, manual TXT records, or custom DNS scripts. Built-in deployment tasks cover IIS, Apache, nginx, Tomcat, Exchange, ADFS, RDP, Azure App Service, Azure Key Vault, HashiCorp Vault, and IIS Centralized Certificate Store. Other services can use PowerShell or Bash scripts, webhooks, SSH/SFTP, or UNC shares. The Hub provides a web UI, API, role-based access, managed DNS challenges, and certificate status and renewal monitoring across instances. Credentials are encrypted at rest. Supported ACME authorities include Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services, ZeroSSL, Actalis, and private or enterprise CAs. The free evaluation has no feature limitations or time limit. Licenses do not override certificate authority rate limits.
Who it is for
Certificate Manager suits Windows servers or desktops, while Management Agent is intended for headless Linux and macOS systems. Teams administering multiple instances can use Management Hub.
What is good
- Supports several ACME authorities, including Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL.
- Offers HTTP and DNS domain validation options.
- Built-in deployment tasks cover many server and cloud services.
- Hub aggregates certificate status and renewal history.
- Free evaluation has no feature limits or time limit.
What to know first
- A license cannot exceed a certificate authority's rate limits.
- The $4.99 USD monthly cloud-managed license requires at least 10 Hub licenses.
Verdict
Certify The Web covers certificate requests, deployment, renewal, and centralized monitoring across varied environments. The free evaluation has no feature or time limit, while paid plans have different terms and license limits.
Certify The Web plans and pricing
All plansCompared on certificate management software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $4.99/mo
- Certificate discovery
- Yes
- Automatic renewal
- Yes
- Deployment automation
- Yes
- Revocation workflows
- Yes
- Certificate types
- tls
- CA integrations
- Yes
