SSL Certificate Brands Overview
You can purchase SSL certificates from over 10 leading international brands on the Racent platform. This article provides an introduction to SSL certificates from each available brand.
sslTrus
sslTrus is a domestic Chinese SSL certificate brand independently developed by Racent based on globally leading CA infrastructure services. While providing HTTPS security encryption and identity authentication, it also delivers fast, stable global OCSP signature verification services to meet global access requirements. It comes with built-in value-added features including certificate monitoring, malware detection, and vulnerability scanning. Its "one-click website enterprise information verification" feature fully simplifies the process of verifying website authenticity. sslTrus SSL certificates are available in three product lines: Basic, Pro, and Standard (Domestic Root). It supports multiple trusted roots to ensure customers can meet their multi-root switching requirements.
Sectigo
Sectigo (formerly Comodo CA) is a leading CA company in terms of global SSL certificate market share, with nearly 40% of SSL certificate users currently choosing Sectigo. It is trusted and favored by a large number of webmasters due to its secure products and affordable pricing. Sectigo SSL certificate offerings include OV SSL, DV SSL, EV SSL, and Code Signing certificates, providing various types of digital certificate security solutions for websites and enterprises. SSL certificate brands under Sectigo include Sectigo, Positive SSL, and Sectigo Enterprise, among others.
Digicert(Symantec)
Digicert is an early established American CA founded in 2003, with the brand motto of "Encryption Everywhere", focusing on the enterprise digital certificate market. After acquiring Symantec's SSL certificate business in 2017, Digicert SSL certificates are divided into three major product lines: Basic series, Secure Site series, and Secure Site Pro series. To address response speed and ICP compliance issues for Digicert certificates in China, Digicert has launched a domestic OCSP customized version of SSL certificates, enabling faster and more stable SSL certificate responses for users accessing websites within mainland China.
Globalsign
GlobalSign is a Japanese CA founded in 1996, and one of the earliest companies in the world to provide digital certificates, offering services including communication encryption and automated identity authentication. GlobalSign provides SSL certificate services to all types of enterprises worldwide. It has high penetration among large and medium-sized enterprises in China, supports localized services, and is highly recognized by BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent). GlobalSign certificates are a preferred choice for the e-commerce industry and are favored by major internet companies in China.
CFCA
China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA) is the only CA that issues certificates with a Chinese root, and is also a member of the international CA/Browser Forum. CFCA's global server SSL certificates use mainstream international algorithm combinations, support TLS 1.2 protocol, AES-128 and stronger encryption strength, meet Apple ATS requirements, and comply with Google Certificate Transparency (CT) requirements. CFCA is a purely domestic certificate issuing CA with international WebTrust certification.
GeoTrust
GeoTrust, a subsidiary of Digicert, is one of the world's mainstream security brands, focusing on enterprise-level SSL certificate solutions. It provides OV SSL, EV SSL, DV SSL, wildcard SSL certificates, and multi-domain certificates for enterprises of different sizes. Its sub-brand RapidSSL is popular among small and micro enterprises and individual webmasters due to its low price. GeoTrust products are known for fast certificate response times and reasonable pricing. They support 256-bit encryption technology and provide different website seals for different types of certificates.
WoTrus
As a leading domestic SSL certificate issuing CA, WoTrus has focused on providing third-party digital identity authentication services since its founding in 2002, issuing a variety of globally trusted digital certificate products. Its full range of self-branded WoTrus SSL certificates and SSL certificates using the Guomi SM2 algorithm are highly recognized by domestic government websites, e-government systems, and critical national infrastructure website systems.