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Let's Encrypt vs. OpenSSL

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
OpenSSL
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
OpenSSL is a toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Testimonials
Let's EncryptOpenSSL
Likelihood to Recommend
Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Open Source
I would recommend OpenSSL for just about any kind of cryptographic operations that you may need. I can't think of a particular situation where it would not be appropriate to use OpenSSL for a cryptographic function of some sort or another. If you are going to provide some sort of encryption service in a product, OpenSSL is probably the best way to get it off the ground and going. With other competitors, you may get it working, but I fear long term support and interoperability will be an issue.
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Pros
Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Open Source
  • integrates into just about everything
  • codebase is well managed and follows predictable paths
  • although there are alternatives, OpenSSL is vastly better supported
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Cons
Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Open Source
  • the entire project could be completely refactored while preserving the library apis
  • the documentation on command line usage is not usually the best
  • code examples are not very well explained
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Alternatives Considered
Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Open Source
LibreSSL is another option to OpenSSL, however, the sheer volume of other applications using OpenSSL and the wide support for it makes OpenSSL a compelling product.
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Return on Investment
Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)
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Open Source
  • roi is hard to measure for openssl. It's not that it doesn't provide a significant roi, but it is in the background of an application, not the foreground.
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