How do Wildcard and Regular SSL Certificates Compare?
With the encryption levels and cryptography system being the same, what is it that can compare Wildcard and Regular SSL certificates with each other? For example, regular SSL secures a domain or multiple domains for your organization, but a Wildcard SSL certificate provides security to not only multiple domains but secures all the subdomains within those domains.
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| Product Name | Single/Multi-domain DV/OV Wildcard Certificates | Single or Multi-domain SSL Certificates |
|---|---|---|
| Validation Level | Domain Validated (DV)or Organization Validation (OV) | DV, OV or EV (Extended Validation) |
| Mobile and Web Browser Compatibility | 99% | 99% |
| Encryption Level | 256-bit SSL Encryption | 256-bit SSL Encryption |
| Issuance Time | From few minutes to 3-5 Days | From few minutes to 3-5 Days |
| Domains Secured | Up to 250 domains and unlimited subdomains using additional SAN | Up to 250 domains using additional SSL (Wildcard OV certificates secure all subdomains of secured domains) |
| Server Licenses | Unlimited as required | Unlimited as required |
| Reissues | Unlimited and free | Unlimited and free |
| Key Length | 2048-bit | 2048-bit |
| Search Engine Visibility | Boosts Google Search Rankings | Boosts Google Search Rankings |
| Warranty Amount | Up to $1 Million depending on certificate | Up to $1.75 Million depending on certificate |
| Refund | Cancelation within 30 days gives you a 100% refund. | Cancelation within 30 days gives you a 100% refund. |
| ADD TO CART | ADD TO CART |
Wildcard SSL vs Multi-Domain SSL – Benefits & Limitations
Wildcard SSL Certificate
Benefits of Wildcard Certificates- Wildcard character (*) just before fully qualified domain name allows protection of unlimited sub-domains that makes it more flexible solution for webmasters.
- The main advantage of wildcard certificates is that maintaining them is very easy. That is because you need to manage one certificate only for all your present and future sub-domains. This leads to less administrative cost.
- A major limitation of wildcard certificates is that they can protect sub-domains at one specific domain level only. For example, you can protect sub.example.com, domain. example.com or other similar sub-domains with a wildcard certificate generated for example.com, but that certificate won’t work for sub.example2.com, login.sub.example.com or any other sub-domain that’s more than one level away from the root domain.
Multi-Domain SSL Certificate
Benefits of Multi-Domain (SAN) certificates- Multi-Domain SAN certificates are intended to protect multiple domains/sub-domains with a single certificate. As you can expect, this leads to easy maintenance and reduced administrative costs.
- It can protect different domain names like example1.com, example2.org, mail.exmaple3.com, shop.online.exmaple4.com, example99.com. where each domain names are count as separate SAN names.
- There’s a limit on how many domains you can protect with these certificates. Majority certificate authorities in the market won’t allow you to protect more than 250 domains. Some of them come with even more restrictions and allow protecting up to 25 domains only. That’s not too much of a problem though, because unless you’re running a huge enterprise, you won’t need to create more than 250 different domains.
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