Startssl vs Letsencrypt

Mihai B. · Feb 17, 2017

I read many recommendations about Letsencrypt but not sure about services of Startssl. Does any one use both of them? can give me any feedback? which one is better and why?

VirtuBox · Feb 17, 2017

Mihai B. said:
I read many recommendations about Letsencrypt but not sure about services of Startssl. Does any one use both of them? can give me any feedback? which one is better and why?

Startssl had several issues with their certificates in the past few months, so you should go with letsencrypt, it's pretty easy to generate a SSL certificate for Apache or Nginx.

gigsgigs · Feb 17, 2017

letsencrypt work perfectly for us

Collabora · Feb 17, 2017

Given some issues and restrictions for StartSSL I prefer sticking with Letsencryptdomain. Plus it works well -- no reason to switch. However, for serious ecommerce sites a standard cert like Comodo's is superior due to better validation, wildcards, can be used on unlimited servers, warranties, compatibility, and support.

VictorVictories · Feb 18, 2017

Let's Encrypt certificates presently can be used only on web-servers that can validate using the ACME protocol they use. StartCom provides the free Class 1 X.509 SSL certificate that works well for web servers (SSL/TLS) and also well as for E-mail encryption (S/MIME). It also offers Class 2 and 3 certificates as well as Extended Validation Certificates, where a complete validation (with costs) is mandatory.

austenite · Feb 19, 2017

I would also always recommend LetsEncrypt, most decent panels have one click plugins and with Mozilla now distrusting these WoSign and StartSSL it's just a no go https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/10/24/distrusting-new-wosign-and-startcom-certificates/

Lampard · Mar 1, 2017

I have heard that StartSSL was having some problems, like most of the famous browsers did not want to "trust" them anymore. I see that StartSSL is rarely is used by companies, better choice is Lets Encrypt.

HostBastic · Mar 1, 2017

Like mentioned above StartSSL is not as popular and widely available due to its troubled past, however Letsencrypt is solid and users like it.

Mihai B. · Mar 3, 2017

VirtuBox said:
Startssl had several issues with their certificates in the past few months, so you should go with letsencrypt, it's pretty easy to generate a SSL certificate for Apache or Nginx.

HostBastic said:
Like mentioned above StartSSL is not as popular and widely available due to its troubled past, however Letsencrypt is solid and users like it.

Letsencrypt is free and what conditions to install it for my websites?
Will it work for all hosting control panels?

HostBastic · Mar 3, 2017

Yes you can install it separately, the only requirement is a VPS with CentOS, Debian or Ubuntu.

StartVM · Mar 3, 2017

Certbot, a manager for LetsEncrypt Certs, has an apache plugin that automatically reads your apache vhost configs. Very helpful

HostaPolis · Mar 18, 2017

StartSSL is rarely used and has issues, whereas Letsencrypt is widely used and supported/funded by many companies.
Alternatively, use CloudFlare. They offer SSL for free, too.

Marc A · May 22, 2017

Hello,
LetsEncrypt is fast and simple, while StartSSL is okay, you need to verify your domain and stuff like that. Go with LetsEncrypt.
:cheers: ,
Marc A.

dnsme · Jun 8, 2017

1. Startssl 3-year certificate - Letsencrypt 3 months(Automatically extended).
2- Letsencrypt automatically installed.
3- Letsencrypt USA - Startssl Israel
4- More security Letsencrypt.
5- Letsencrypt confirmed by Google.
6- Letsencrypt approved by all major platforms and browsers.
AND ... Letsencrypt the best option.

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