Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to StartEncrypt

Get and install an https certificate for free

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. StartEncrypt launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   TinyCert▲237

   Free SSL certificates for your startup.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Let's Encrypt▲26

   A new Certificate Authority - free, automated, and open.

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   .app▲631

   A new secure domain for apps from Google.

   2018 · registry.google · its alternatives →

4. 4
   StartSSL▲6

   Free to affordable SSL certificates for your website & apps

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   HTTPS Everywhere▲294

   Chrome extension that encrypts and secures your browser

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6MV
   Mkcert – Valid HTTPS certificates for localhost▲839

   2019 · blog.filippo.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Let's Encrypt▲11

   Free SSL/TLS certificates.

   2019 · its alternatives →

8. 8AR
   Anchor Relay – A faster, easier way to get Let's Encrypt certificates▲80

   From the cryptic terminal commands to the innumerable ways to shoot yourself in the foot, I always struggled to use TLS certificates. I love how much easier (and cheaper) Let's Encrypt made it to get certificates, but there are still plenty of things to struggle with. That's why we built Relay: a free, browser-based tool that streamlines the ACME workflow, especially for tricky setups like homelabs. Relay acts as a secure intermediary between your ACME client and public certificate authorities like Let's Encrypt. Some ways Relay provides a better experience: - really fast, streamlined…

   2025 · anchor.dev · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ZeroSSL: FREE SSL▲9

   Free SSL Certificates and Free SSL Tools for your website.

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    lcl.host▲307

    Get HTTPS in your local dev environment

    2024 · lcl.host · its alternatives →

11. 11LA
    Letsencrypt (and other) certificate dashboard▲6

    2017 · keychest.net · its alternatives →

12. 12
    SecureDB▲83

    Encryption as a service for mobile, web and IoT applications

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13EW
    Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL▲123

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14KC
    Kubernetes Certificate Manager – Native Let's Encrypt Integration▲186

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Secure My Website▲245

    A pain-free service to add SSL to your site, for non-geeks

    2018 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Let's Seal – Let's Encrypt for document signing, free and self-hosted▲94

    TLDR, Let's Seal gives the finger to Adobe and every doc signing tool (docusign, google, etc) who pay to play with the Adobe Approved Trust List and then charge you for something that should be free. Currently even the person checking if a document/contract is sealed or code is authentic has to also be inside the same Adobe walled garden too. Verification, the part that should be free is the part everyone charges for. Thats the shape Let's Encrypt fixed for TLS, and I wanted the same thing for documents and files. The core idea therefore needed to go a bit beyond e signatures and i…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17FC
    Free Certificate Monitoring via RSS▲120

    2024 · raphting.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18IC
    I created a web app to encrypt/decrypt messages using Web Crypto API▲35

    2024 · webcrypto-private-messages.vercel.app · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Phase▲85

    Encryption for app developers

    2023 · phase.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20
    SSL Montior▲77

    Free SSL monitoring app for macOS

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Tap / Free WordPress SSL▲8

    Free Automated Let's Encrypt SSL

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22MS
    My side project that grew - cheap SSL certificates▲36

    2013 · getssl.me · its alternatives →

23. 23
    EncryptLab▲63

    A collection of free and comprehensive encryption tools

    2020 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    SSL For Free▲10

    Never pay for SSL again.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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