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AWS Certificate Manager issues and renews SSL/TLS certificates for AWS services. Public certificates for integrated AWS services are free.[1][2]
AWS Certificate Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services that simplifies the process of provisioning, managing, and deploying public and private SSL/TLS certificates. It integrates seamlessly with other AWS services, enabling secure connections for websites and applications.
AWS Certificate Manager belongs toSSL/TLS certificate authoritiescategory.
272websites
use it — 10.7% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months
#2of 4
tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 8)
110public pages
on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing
In short: a free certificate for AWS services that integrate with ACM. Watch the per-domain charges for exportable and ACME certificates.[2]
9.66% of all websites we track run AWS Certificate Manager▼ 0.03 points since 20 Sep
Should you use AWS Certificate Manager?
The 10-second version, from the vendor’s own pages and what we see in our scans
AWS Certificate Manager fits if…
Look elsewhere if…
- You need a commercial certificate authority that manages PKI and certificates for you[3]DigiCert sells certificate and PKI management as its own product line.
Support and help for AWS Certificate Manager
How the vendor says you can reach it, and the public help community
Pricing quote
Custom pricing for certificates outside the free tier is quoted on request[2]
How AWS Certificate Manager sites protect themselves
Share of the 272 sites we scanned that run each protection
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS
reCAPTCHA23% · 63 sitesreCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that helps protect websites from spam and abuse
Protections add up, they do not replace each other: a site can run all of them.
What sites use AWS Certificate Manager for
An estimate from UptimeCard's technology map of 92 public sites
advapacs.com · aiir.com · altium.com
bird.com · keepit.com · myfitapp.com
homey.app
Rough guide, not a measurement: each description is written automatically from the site’s technology stack and the site has not confirmed it. A site is counted once, in the first group its description fits (shop, help and docs, blog, marketing site; otherwise the whole site). Descriptions that only guess (“likely”, “may”) are left out.
At a glance
UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly
How AWS Certificate Manager sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details
Page load time
Loads about as fast as the average site
Most AWS Certificate Manager sites load in 3.1–6.7 s. Home page weight: 3.6 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 95 public sites measured.
Where are they hosted?
Mostly Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare
- Amazon Web Services89%
- Cloudflare1%
- Dailymotion S.A.1%
- Keepit A/S1%
- Other8%
Who uses it?
Technology and Software is the biggest group
Share of 110 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.
Browser-security check
38% of graded sites pass
10of 26 score B or better
Rates each site’s own security settings, not AWS Certificate Manager. 26 public sites graded so far.
How AWS Certificate Manager sites are built
Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on AWS Certificate Manager sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.
Amazon CloudFront6×
Amazon S33×
Contentful2×
Emotion2×Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with AWS Certificate Manager on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 272 AWS Certificate Manager sites that run the whole stack.
AWS Certificate Manager + Amazon CloudFront + Amazon S3 + Contentful
AWS Certificate Manager + Amazon CloudFront + Google Sign-in
AWS Certificate Manager + Amazon CloudFront + styled-components
AWS Certificate Manager + Amazon CloudFront + Sentry + Emotion
AWS Certificate Manager + Sentry + Wistia
AWS Certificate Manager + Amazon S3 + Sentry
AWS Certificate Manager + Amazon S3 + Emotion
Usually installed alongside
The bigger the bubble, the more of the 272 AWS Certificate Manager sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.
Google Tag Manager63%
Google Analytics53%
Facebook Pixel19%
Linkedin Insight Tag18%
OneTrust17%
Microsoft Advertising15%
DoubleClick Floodlight11%
HubSpot11%Similar tools in its category
SSL/TLS certificate authorities: 8 tools known, 4 seen in our scans
DigiCert346 sitesAlternative
Sectigo123 sitesAlternative
Thawte2 sitesAlternative
Entrust0 sitesAlternative
GlobalSign0 sitesAlternative
Identrust0 sitesAlternative
Let's Encrypt0 sitesAlternativeHow websites combine AWS Certificate Manager with other tools
Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.
Who is behind AWS Certificate Manager
From its own pages and public records, with sources
Operated by
Amazon Web Services, Inc.[1]
Questions about AWS Certificate Manager
- Are AWS public certificates free?
- Public certificates for integrated AWS services are issued at no cost. Some certificates for use outside those services are charged per domain.[2]
- How long are ACME certificates valid?
- ACME certificates are valid for a maximum of 45 days.[2]
- How many websites use AWS Certificate Manager?
- We found AWS Certificate Manager on 272 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (10.7%). 110 of them have a public status page.
- What is AWS Certificate Manager often used with?
- Among the websites we scan, AWS Certificate Manager is often found alongside Amazon CloudFront (83.5% of its sites), Node.js (26.5% of its sites), Amazon S3 (23.5% of its sites).
- What are the alternatives to AWS Certificate Manager?
- Other ssl/tls certificate authorities tools we recognize include DigiCert, Sectigo, Thawte, Entrust.
Is your website built with AWS Certificate Manager?
UptimeCard checks it around the clock, tells you the minute it stops answering, and gives your visitors a status page.