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Let's Encrypt

A free, automated, and open Certificate Authority (CA)
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What is Let's Encrypt?

It is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
Let's Encrypt is a tool in the Certificate Authority category of a tech stack.

Who uses Let's Encrypt?

Companies
512 companies reportedly use Let's Encrypt in their tech stacks, including Tokopedia, deleokorea, and main.

Developers
1071 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Let's Encrypt.

Let's Encrypt Integrations

MongoDB, Shopify, axios, Traefik, and IBM Containers are some of the popular tools that integrate with Let's Encrypt. Here's a list of all 11 tools that integrate with Let's Encrypt.
Pros of Let's Encrypt
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Open Source SSL
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Simple setup
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Free
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Microservices
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Easy ssl certificates
Decisions about Let's Encrypt

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Let's Encrypt in their tech stack.

Bayardo Rivas Romero
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I have to install several websites for a company. I would like to have more reasons than only saving money to use Let's Encrypt certificates. Why should be better to use LetsEncrypt than any other certificate??

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Joshua Dean Küpper
CEO at Scrayos UG (haftungsbeschränkt) · | 1 upvote · 54.6K views

The first certs we got issued were EV SSL certificates from Comodo, but we later decided that we do not want to support the whole CA-thing anymore as they constantly get abused and take tremendous amounts of cash in exchange, so we work with Let's Encrypt since 2016.

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Let's Encrypt Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Let's Encrypt?
GoDaddy
Go Daddy makes registering Domain Names fast, simple, and affordable. It is a trusted domain registrar that empowers people with creative ideas to succeed online.
OpenSSL
It is a robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. It is also a general-purpose cryptography library.
Ensighten
Ensighten is a comprehensive website security company, offering next generation compliance, enforcement and client-side protection against data loss, ad injection and intrusion.
Google reCaptcha
It is a free service that protects your website from spam and abuse. It uses an advanced risk analysis engine and adaptive CAPTCHAs to keep automated software from engaging in abusive activities on your site. It does this while letting your valid users pass through with ease.
Authy
We make the best rated Two-Factor Authentication smartphone app for consumers, a Rest API for developers and a strong authentication platform for the enterprise.
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