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AWS Certificate Manager vs. Let's Encrypt

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Certificate Manager
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
AWS Certificate Manager is a service that lets users provision, manage, and deploy public and private Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates for use with AWS services and internal connected resources.N/A
Let's Encrypt
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). The solution aims to give people the digital certificates they need in order to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for websites, for free, with the goal of creating a more secure and privacy-respecting Web.N/A
Pricing
AWS Certificate ManagerLet's Encrypt
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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AWS Certificate ManagerLet's Encrypt
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
AWS Certificate ManagerLet's Encrypt
Considered Both Products
AWS Certificate Manager
Verified User
Employee
Chose AWS Certificate Manager
Much easier to generate new certificates and validate them directly in Route53 rather than have to generate them on servers via Let's Encrypt and then have to import them somewhere else, and then have to re-validate them every few months.
Let's Encrypt

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User Ratings
AWS Certificate ManagerLet's Encrypt
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(5 ratings)
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Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.7
(2 ratings)
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User Testimonials
AWS Certificate ManagerLet's Encrypt
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
I would always recommend AWS Certificate Manager for anyone using AWS cloud services. The perfect scenario would be with your domain managed by AWS Route 53 as you can obtain auto renewal of certificates with really good security for all your public facing application that uses CloudFront, ALB or API Gateway.
WJ
Walter Justet
Solutions Architect
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Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • easy to generate ssl certificates
  • free ssl certificates
  • ability to import private ssl certificates
  • integrates well with other AWS services
Verified User
Anonymous
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Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • It doesn't support automatic domain verification with other domain name services.
  • Limited to AWS only, Certificates issued by ACM can be used with AWS managed services only.
  • If you are having multi-region infrastructure then you'll need to issue an SSL certificate for a domain in each region.
ANurag Tamrakar | TrustRadius Reviewer
ANurag Tamrakar
Software Engineer - DevOps
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Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Usability
Amazon AWS
AWS historically has had very confusing interfaces. But in recent times they have improved them. AWS Certificate Manager is a clear sample of this. The interface is clear and straightforward, with no useless or cryptic options. Really I can't think of a way the interface could be better with the actual options available.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Support Rating
Amazon AWS
They do a great job.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Easy to implement within a few clicks, or even from command line, the alternatives doesn't integrate that easy with AWS Application Load Balancers or AWS CloudFront
WJ
Walter Justet
Solutions Architect
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Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • switching from paid expensive SSL certificates to free ones generated by ACM
  • quick deployment and validation of certificates
  • integration with other AWS services
Verified User
Anonymous
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Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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