Webcert price comparator
Below are the prices of certification, per annum, from all known tier 1 providers as of August 2004.
Comparing a number of professional level certificates against a True Business ID bought from SpaceReg. The certificates we are comparing are all from a well known brand with 99% browser ubquity, with a site seal, 128 bit encryption (the strongest available) and authentication of the company name as well as the domain.
| Company name | Equivalent product | Price |
| Verisign | Secure site pro | 895 USD |
| Geotrust | True Business ID (Note 1) | 229 USD |
| Thawte | SSL web server certificates | 199 USD |
| Entrust | Premium cert | 149 USD |
| SpaceReg | True Business ID | 135 USD |
Note 1: The True Business ID sold on GeoTrusts site is exactly the same as the one sold by SpaceReg.
Comparing a number of entry level certificates against a StarterSSL bought from SpaceReg. The certificates we are comparing do not have all the qualities of a professional level certificate, they authenticate only the domain and some products have major deficiencies (shown in brackets beside the product name).
| Company name | Equivalent product | Price |
| Verisign | Secure site (40 bit encrytpion only) | 349 USD |
| Thawte | SSL123 certificates | 159 USD |
| Comodo | Elite SSL (chained root authority) | 93 USD |
| FreeSSL | RapidSSL, renamed from StarterSSL (Note 2) | 69 USD |
| SpaceReg | StarterSSL | 39 USD |
Note 2: The RapidSSL sold on FreeSSLs site is exactly the same as the StarterSSL sold by SpaceReg.
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