Free certificates

Free SSL/TLS Certificates

These certificates do not charge for the certificate itself, but hosting, cloud resources, domains, and operations may still incur costs.

AWS logoAWS

AWS Certificate Manager Public Certificate

Public SSL/TLS certificates managed by AWS Certificate Manager.

Validation
DV
Term
Automatically managed
Wildcard
Supported
Export
Not supported

Primarily for AWS integrations such as CloudFront and Elastic Load Balancing; AWS resources may still incur charges.

Azure logoAzure

Azure App Service Managed Certificate

Free managed certificates provided by Azure App Service.

Validation
DV
Term
Automatically managed
Wildcard
Not supported
Export
Not supported

Requires an eligible App Service domain and plan; wildcards are not supported.

Cloudflare logoCloudflare

Cloudflare Universal SSL

Managed certificates automatically issued and deployed by the Cloudflare edge network.

Validation
DV
Term
Automatically managed
Wildcard
Platform-dependent
Export
Not supported

Applies only to Cloudflare-proxied hostnames; Cloudflare manages the certificate and private key.

Let's Encrypt logoLet's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt DV Certificate

Open-source ACME certificates for automated issuance and renewal.

Validation
DV
Term
90 days
Wildcard
Supported
Export
Supported

Wildcard certificates require DNS-01 validation.

ZeroSSL logoZeroSSL

ZeroSSL Free SSL Certificate

Free ACME certificates with a web-based enrollment flow.

Validation
DV
Term
90 days
Wildcard
Supported
Export
Supported

Free plans have certificate-count and validity limits.