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William P.

Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/21/2020

"Let's Encrypt has transformed web encryption for the better, but it's not for every situation."

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

Let's Encrypt most notable feature is that it's free. It's provided Open Source without the typical upselling efforts of other free products. Impressively, Let's Encrypt was created with the primary goal of making using the web safer for everyone. As a sign of it's legitimacy, Let's Encrypt is supported by Google, Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation as well as other major corporations and foundations.

Fortunately, it's also generally very reliable. Over the years, we have had very few issues securing new sites and keeping them safely encrypted.

Let's Encrypt is also widely supported and usually easy to add to a website. Many web-hosting companies offer one-click installation via cPanel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

This is not a criticism, but Let's Encrypt is not for every situation. If you have highly sensitive transactions, you should use premium encryption solutions. For example, Let's Encrypt does not provide Extended Validation (EV SSL) Certificates which prove who the website owner is.

It should also be noted that some large hosting companies do not make adding Let's Encrypt certificates easy. These hosting companies do this so they can sell you their own premium encryption products. However, to me, this is a mark against those hosting companies and not Let's Encrypt. (We use a top notch hosting company with easy Let's Encrypt implementation.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

If you web-hosting company does not offer Let's Encrypt integration (and you only need basic SSL security), you should at least consider switching hosting companies. Of course, there are other factors in choosing a hosting company, but in our experience, companies that want to find unneeded charges in one area do so in multiple areas. For us at least, such companies are not worthy of our business.

If you add Let's Encrypt to an existing site, it is important to know that you will likely have to fix links to a number of media assets and other resources to secure the lock symbol for your domain (ie. to be fully protected). If you use Wordpress, you can use a plugin like 'Really Simple SSL' to assist with this process. If you are having challenges, it's worth engaging an expert for this one-time process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

At its most basic level, we use Let's Encrypt to ensure that data travelling between our servers and end users is encrypted. This protects both our clients and their customers (and other stakeholders).

Let's Encrypt allows us to provide our clients with SSL site encryption without looking like we are trying to gouge our customers financially for a similar product for which some web-hosting / security companies charge $88+ US a year. Most clients are only prepared to spend a certain amount of money. What we lose in one area, we generally gain in another -- all while providing more value to those that we serve.

The ease of installation means that we can secure a new site in less than five minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rahul K.

Information Technology Manager

Information Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/8/2024

"Easy, Free to use and auto renew"

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

The best feature I really lik is the cost, its FREE I have VPS and I just love this SSL issuer. easy to use and simple to implement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

Free tier validity is very less, but the features are just awesome Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lynne C.

Content Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/26/2021

"Let's Encrypt is the perfect free-SSL Certificate service for your websites"

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

Not only does Let's Encrypt work well, but it's free! Each website gets its own Private Key. Through the control panel, it's super easy to add an SSL/TLS certificate to my domain and then enable it. "Easy" and "free" are both great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

The only thing I dislike is with the free product version, I need to renew it manually every 3 months, but then that's what you get for the free version! And the free version works great, so I can't really find any issues to complain about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

Let's Encrypt is easy to set up. The free version works great, but you need to renew it manually every 3 months, so make sure you set up reminders on your calendar. Let's Encrypt does send reminder notifications, but it helps to set up an alternate reminder, so you aren't left without an SSL/TLS Certificate for your websites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hosting a website can get expensive when you start adding additional extensions and support services. It's nice to find an encryption service that is free, yet works as it's supposed to and does a good job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maria R.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/23/2020

"Free SSL Certificate for your website"

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

Having an SLL certificate is essential if you want to qualify for google rankings. Letsencrypt is free and easy to set-up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

I would not use a strong term 'dislike' but It would be nice if I didn't have to renew it every 3 months. I am grateful that I can use Letsencrypt till I decide to buy an SSL Certificate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

If your website is new and you would like to use an SSL certificate for FREE... then I strongly recommend Letsencrypt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

Other than being good for google rankings, SSL certificate assures my visitors that my website is secure and their data is safe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jason K.

Web Administrator

Supermarkets

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/16/2019

"The Best Free SSL Certificate Provider"

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

The most helpful quality about LetsEncrypt is that it is readily available. On top of that, I don't have to spend a cent on it. I love the apps simplified user interface that allows me to issue SSL certificates to all my domains and sub-domains easily and quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

Since I started using LetsEncrypt eight years ago, I've never found any reason to complain about it. Therefore, no dislikes from me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

It's free. It's easy to use. Plus, it's very effective. I highly recommend it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

Despite the fact that getting a premium security certificate for my website is even much safer, working with LetsEncrypt is still a very viable option. It simplifies the whole process since it comes embedded to my cPanel and also lowers overall costs of running the company website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Construction

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/12/2018

"Super Easy Way to Add SSL to your Site"

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

I just love how easy it is to get your site secured with SSL using LetsEncrypt. Most registrars offer their service now and the best part, it is FREE! I use DreamHost for hosting of many websites and LetsEncrypt just abstracts the user from the nitty gritty involved with SSL certificates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

Honestly, their service is straightforward and is easy to use and again, it's free. What couldn't you like about that. I remember the days where adding SSL to your site was not such an easy task and it was expensive too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

Just try it, it is that simple. If you don't know how, contact your web host they can help set your site up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

Securing our web applications, protecting users data and following Google SEO standards so your sites don't show "Not Secure" in Google Chrome address bar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jared H.

General Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/10/2018

"Free SSL Certificate for you website"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

I love that Let's Encrypt offers a free solution towards getting an SSL for your website without having to spend a crazy amount of money a year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

I dislike the manual installation of installing an SSL Encryption. You also have to renew it every 6 months by reinstalling a new certificate each time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

If you are looking for the solution with Google Marking your page Not Secure, or just want that HTTPS professionalism, I recommend using Let's Encrypt to get that for free! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

With Lets Encrypt we were able to tackle out the problem with Google Chrome marking websites without an SSL certificate as "Not Safe". We are now able to avoid that free of cost with Let's Encrypt! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Travis T.

Front End Developer / Data Integration (ETL)

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/11/2018

"It is a great free SSL "

4/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

This is a great tool that gives you and SSL for free that is what makes it great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

I like this free SSL as i use it on a lot of my servers but i wish it could allow you to keep the SSL for longer than a few months a year would be ideal Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

I just wish that it would allow you to create an SSL for a full year. But free is free but just need to set a calendar reminder to renew it which they made very easy to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using it for free SSL certs on wordpress sites, it is helping with SEO for small businesses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian H.

CEO

Events Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/11/2018

"Very Good SSL for websites"

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

Secure, Free to use, Easy to integrate into many websites and servers. Our team set this up in under a day and it automatically updates using a linux cron job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

Mostly just a feature request such as code-signing for software would be nice to have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Izan S.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/30/2018

"Free SSL certificates"

5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

Its all free, very easy to install and setup. Instant verification and compatibility with all web hosting panels and web servers. It comes with a handy API to make certificates via plugins and its very efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

I dont dislike anything about Letsencrypt Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

If you need free fast and reliable CA that gives you certificates for free this is the choice to go.

Your customers will thank you if you are running some type of store as i do Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

It gives the abilityy to the user to see that the trafic on your website is cyphered and anyone can see it. Also it gives reliability to the people that buy from our store to dont be afraid against fraud . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Javier G.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/30/2018

"The Best Free CA"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Letsencrypt?

The possibility it gives to any web page, mail server, ftp... to encrypt the traffic that is sent and received through said service in an easy, fast, and simple way. Additionally, if you have a business or an online web page, you can provide much more reliability to customers as you demonstrate to them that the page is secure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Letsencrypt?

There is nothing I dislike about this service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Letsencrypt:

If you have a webpage or something where you need to encrypt the traffic between the client and the server, I recommend that you use this system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Letsencrypt solving and how is that benefiting you?

The possibility of creating certificates for each person and a wildcard certificate to secure our services and our website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.