Alternatives and competitors
Sites like RapidSSL
The 20 closest SSL certificate authority alternatives to RapidSSL, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 8 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to RapidSSL? The closest matches are GeoTrust, DigiCert and SSL.com. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About RapidSSL
RapidSSL rapidssl.com
Upgrade your TLS/SSL & Wildcard Certificates to GeoTrust | RapidSSL
Buy, switch and resell TLS/SSL and Wildcard certificates from GeoTrust via trusted resellers spanning the globe. Upgrade to a GeoTrust TLS/SSL certificate and get greater warranties, tools, support and security, now powered by DigiCert.
Summary by Claude
RapidSSL is a DigiCert-owned brand of low-cost domain-validated TLS/SSL and wildcard certificates sold through resellers, with upgrade paths to GeoTrust certificates that come with warranties, 24/7 support and the CertCentral management console.
- Who it’s for
- Website owners, small businesses and hosting resellers
- Business model
- Certificate sales through resellers
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to RapidSSL’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to RapidSSL
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to RapidSSL, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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GeoTrust | SSL Digital Certificate Authority | Encryption & Authentication
SSL certificates by DigiCert secure unlimited servers with the strongest encryption and highest authentication available.
Very close cos 0.941 - 02
SSL Certificate & Digital Certificate Authority - SSL.com
SSL.com provides SSL/TLS & digital certificates to secure and encrypt data with our 4096-bit SSL/TLS Certificates, trusted by all popular browsers.
Very close cos 0.901 - 03
IdenTrust – Part of HID Global
IdenTrust offers the most trusted & secure digital certificates used for digital signing, secure access & email encryption across a variety of industries.
Very close cos 0.897 - 04
Digital Certificates - PKI - SSL/TLS 🌎 GlobalSign GMO
We're experts in automated, Scalable, Integrated Digital Certificates Solutions, SSLs/TLSs, managed PKI, IoT, authentication & email security. Learn more about our identity management services.
Very close cos 0.895 - 05
Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Read all about our work in our Annual Report.
Close cos 0.893 - 06
Smart Global SSL Security | Thawte
At Thawte, Digital Trust is at the center of confidence—confidence in visiting your site, entering information, and making a purchase.
Close cos 0.883 - 07
We enable digital trust | Trusted Shops
Our trust solutions provide real security in the digital world and more success for businesses
Close cos 0.876 - 08
Certificate Management Solutions & SSL Certificates | Sectigo® Official
Sectigo is a leading provider of SSL certificates & automated certificate management solutions. A Certificate Authority trusted by global brands for 20+ years.
Close cos 0.871 - 09
Security check | Network Solutions
American-based technology company and a subsidiary of Web.com
Close cos 0.872 - 10
Rapid7 Managed Cybersecurity: Outpace Attackers
Outpace attackers with the only endpoint to cloud, unified cybersecurity platform. Build business resilience with expert-led 24/7 MDR.
Close cos 0.868 - 11
Google Trust Services | Home
Google Trust Services
Close cos 0.868 - 12
Gandi.net - Gandi.net: Domain Names, Web Hosting, SSL Certificates and Emails
➤ Manage your websites, your emails, your SSL certificates, and VPS servers. ✅ Included with a domain name: 1 SSL certificate, Unlimited aliases & forwarding, and our LiveDNS.
Close cos 0.868 - 13
Docs.rs
official documentation website for Rust libraries
Close cos 0.864 - 14
Managed DNS Business Services & Solutions Provider | a DigiCert Company
DNS Made Easy powered by DigiCert provides high-performance managed DNS services with 100% uptime, low-latency resolution, enhanced security, and simplified DNS management.
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Imperva
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- reCAPTCHA
Close cos 0.864 - 15
Canadian based online payment processing company
Close cos 0.860 - 16
EuroDNS: Domains, Hosting & Web Essentials All In One Place
Find a domain, launch your website, and make it happen with us! From hosting, to SSL, to branded email: EuroDNS has everything you need in one place.
Close cos 0.864 - 17
Trustindex.io - Skyrocket Your Sales with Customer Reviews
Keywords
Close cos 0.860 - 18
NLnet Labs - Home
Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.
Close cos 0.860 - 19
Responsible AI Governance & Compliance Solutions | OneTrust
OneTrust helps companies manage privacy, consent, and AI governance while automating compliance and reducing risk to build trust and drive innovation.
Close cos 0.859 - 20
DonDominio | Your Domain, Web Hosting, Email and SSL Certificates provider
All you need to build up your website: Domain names, Web Hosting / Email accounts and SSL certificates. Build up your website now!
Close cos 0.861
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to rapidssl.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones RapidSSL uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What RapidSSL is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CMS
- Adobe Experience Manager page source: /content/dam/rapidssl/
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: googletagmanager.com/gtag/js
- Tag managers
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags asset https://assets.adobedtm.com/80bda08f0087/1015fcf0b78f/launch-EN214b022a648841a199bcc6b7b2…
- Security
- Imperva header x-iinfo: 61-20022183-20022193 PNNN RT(1793957641690 340) q(0 1 1 2) …
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-dus1260025-DUS
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX rapidssl-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- UltraDNS NS pdns196.ultradns.biz
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:_spf.salesforce.com…
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what RapidSSL adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on rapidssl.com 14/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Atlassian · not on rapidssl.com 9/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on rapidssl.com 8/20
- Cloudflare · not on rapidssl.com 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on rapidssl.com 6/20
- Font Awesome · not on rapidssl.com 6/20
- Bootstrap · not on rapidssl.com 5/20
- Apple Business · not on rapidssl.com 5/20
- jQuery · not on rapidssl.com 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on rapidssl.com 5/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on rapidssl.com 5/20
- Salesforce 5/20
- Google Workspace · not on rapidssl.com 5/20
- OpenAI · not on rapidssl.com 4/20
- nginx · not on rapidssl.com 4/20