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GlobalSign SSL & Digital Certificates vs. OpenSSL

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GlobalSign SSL & Digital Certificates

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AGlobalSign offers SSL and digital certificates.

    $249

    per year

    OpenSSL

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AOpenSSL 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
    Pricing
    GlobalSign SSL & Digital CertificatesOpenSSL
    Editions & Modules
    DomainSSL
    $249.00
    per year
    Multi-domain
    $249.00
    per year
    OrganizationalSSL
    $349.00
    per year
    ExtendedSSL
    $599.00
    per year
    Wildcard SSL
    $849.00
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GlobalSign SSL & Digital CertificatesOpenSSL
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe pricing mentioned is the annual fee of the product and is subject to change.
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    User Ratings
    GlobalSign SSL & Digital CertificatesOpenSSL
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GlobalSign SSL & Digital CertificatesOpenSSL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GlobalSign India
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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
    GlobalSign India
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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
    GlobalSign India
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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
    GlobalSign India
    No answers on this topic
    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
    GlobalSign India
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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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