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DigiCert

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DigiCert is a certificate authority. Its home page leads with TLS/SSL certificates, code signing and certificate management.[1]

DigiCert is a global provider of digital security solutions, specializing in SSL/TLS certificates, PKI management, and IoT security. They offer high-assurance certificates and advanced tools to help organizations secure their digital communications and protect against cyber threats.

DigiCert belongs toSSL/TLS certificate authoritiescategory.

Certificate management

One platform for PKI, DNS and certificate lifecycles[1]

Code signing

Code signing to protect software releases[1]

Visibility

A view of every certificate across the trust landscape[1]

346websites

use it — 13.5% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#1of 4

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 8)

67public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

In short: a certificate authority for TLS, code signing and certificate management. Most of the home page is about its AI trust products, so read the product pages before you buy.[1]

8.28% of all websites we track run DigiCert▼ 0.01 points since 20 Sep

Should you use DigiCert?

The 10-second version, from the vendor’s own pages and what we see in our scans

DigiCert fits if…

  • You manage many certificates and want one place to see them[1]The platform shows every certificate you hold.
  • You sign software and need code signing[1]Code signing is one of its listed products.

Look elsewhere if…

  • You only need a certificate for services hosted on AWS[2]AWS Certificate Manager issues certificates at no cost for integrated AWS services.
The home page leads with AI trust products[1]

How DigiCert sites protect themselves

Share of the 346 sites we scanned that run each protection

HSTS81% · 280 sites

HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS

Akamai Bot Manager25% · 88 sites

Akamai Bot Manager detect bots using device fingerprinting bot signatures

reCAPTCHA19% · 67 sites

reCAPTCHA 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 DigiCert for

An estimate from UptimeCard's technology map of 55 public sites

Runs the whole site52 sites

acumatica.com · aiia.eu · akamai.com

Runs a shop or catalog2 sites

vaisala.com · wwnorton.com

Runs the marketing site1 sites

workiva.com

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 DigiCert sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

51PerformanceLowaverage site: 5091AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8996Best practicesGoodaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about as fast as the average site

DigiCert sites
4.1 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most DigiCert sites load in 3.4–5.9 s. Home page weight: 2.8 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 54 public sites measured.

Where are they hosted?

Mostly Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare

  • Amazon Web Services31%
  • Cloudflare10%
  • Google Cloud9%
  • Akamai International B.V.7%
  • Other42%
United States 67%Canada 19%Australia 3%

Who uses it?

Technology and Software is the biggest group

Technology and Software51%
Business Services8%
Cybersecurity6%
Software as a Service (SaaS)6%

Share of 67 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Browser-security check

32% of graded sites pass

6of 19 score B or better

Rates each site’s own security settings, not DigiCert. 19 public sites graded so far.

How DigiCert sites are built

Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on DigiCert sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.

Adobe Client Data Layer5×Akamai mPulse4×Boomerang4×Akamai Bot Manager4×Akamai4×Adobe Experience Manager3×Adobe Experience Platform Launch3×Adobe Analytics3×Java3×

Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with DigiCert on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 346 DigiCert sites that run the whole stack.

8 stacks · swipe, drag or use the arrows
#1

DigiCert + Akamai + OneTrust + Adobe Experience Manager

4.3%15 of 346 sites
#2

DigiCert + Akamai + Emotion

4.6%16 of 346 sites
#3

DigiCert + OneTrust + Emotion

2.3%8 of 346 sites
#4

DigiCert + Akamai + Brightcove

2.3%8 of 346 sites
#5

DigiCert + OneTrust + Microsoft ASP.NET

2.3%8 of 346 sites
#6

DigiCert + Angular + Zone.js

2.3%8 of 346 sites
#7

DigiCert + OneTrust + VideoJS

2%7 of 346 sites
#8

DigiCert + Microsoft ASP.NET + Sitecore

2%7 of 346 sites

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 346 DigiCert sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Google Tag Manager45%Adobe Experience Platform Launch15%Google Analytics41%Facebook Pixel17%Linkedin Insight Tag13%OneTrust30%Microsoft Advertising11%Cart Functionality11%
Tag managerAnalyticsCookie consentAdvertisingOnline store

Similar tools in its category

SSL/TLS certificate authorities: 8 tools known, 4 seen in our scans

AWS Certificate Manager272 sitesAlternativeSectigo123 sitesAlternativeThawte2 sitesAlternativeEntrust0 sitesAlternativeGlobalSign0 sitesAlternativeIdentrust0 sitesAlternativeLet's Encrypt0 sitesAlternative

How websites combine DigiCert with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Complements another tool 47Needs another tool 13Integrates with another 11

Websites using DigiCert

346 websites use DigiCert: 13.5% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months. A selection is shown below.

Scores are out of 100: P Performance · A Accessibility · B Best practices · S SEO. Green 80+, yellow 65–79, orange 50–64, red below 50. The dot shows whether our last scan found the site failing (red) or not (green); Red, amber or blue: an active incident on the site's status page (outage, degraded, maintenance) or a failing scan; amber also means a certificate ending within 30 days. Hover the dot for details.

Questions about DigiCert

What does DigiCert sell?
The home page leads with TLS/SSL certificates, code signing and certificate lifecycle management.[1]
How many websites use DigiCert?
We found DigiCert on 346 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (13.5%). 67 of them have a public status page.
What is DigiCert often used with?
Among the websites we scan, DigiCert is often found alongside Akamai (32.7% of its sites), OneTrust (29.5% of its sites), Akamai Bot Manager (25.4% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to DigiCert?
Other ssl/tls certificate authorities tools we recognize include AWS Certificate Manager, Sectigo, Thawte, Entrust.

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