Free Let's Encrypt SSL auto-installs and auto-renews on every domain. Premium DV, OV, and EV certificates from $39.95/year with free installation.
Modern browsers flag HTTP sites as "Not Secure." Google uses HTTPS as a ranking signal.
An SSL certificate encrypts the connection between your visitors' browsers and your web server, protecting sensitive data like login credentials, contact form submissions, and payment information from interception. Modern browsers now flag any site without SSL as "Not Secure" in the address bar, and Google has used HTTPS as a ranking signal since 2014. Every website should be on HTTPS, regardless of whether it handles payments.
Every Ultra shared hosting plan includes a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate that auto-installs and auto-renews for every domain on your account, with the same 256-bit encryption strength as any paid certificate. If you need organization validation, extended validation (EV) with company name in the certificate, a Sectigo trust seal, or a certificate from a specific CA for compliance, our premium SSL certificates below cover those cases with free installation by our team.
Every domain on your account gets a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, auto-issued and auto-renewed through AutoSSL on cPanel. The same 256-bit encryption as a paid certificate, trusted by every modern browser, with zero setup on your side. If a renewal ever fails, we get notified before it expires.
Get hosting + free SSL →Free Let's Encrypt covers most sites. Upgrade to a paid certificate when you need organization validation (OV), extended validation (EV) with company name in the certificate, a Sectigo trust seal, or a certificate from a specific CA for compliance. All paid certificates include free installation by our team.
Domain Validated (DV)
Organization Validated (OV)
Organization Validated (OV)
Extended Validation (EV)
Sectigo Trust Seal
For non-Ultra hosted sites
The certificate that fits your site depends on what kind of identity verification visitors and search engines need to see. Here is how the four tiers compare.
Best for blogs, portfolios, small business sites, and any website that needs HTTPS but does not require organization validation or a site seal. Auto-issued and auto-renewed. This is what most websites use, and it provides the same 256-bit encryption as any paid certificate.
A domain-validated certificate from a well-known commercial CA. Choose this if you need a certificate from a specific CA for compliance reasons, or if a third-party integration requires a non-Let's Encrypt certificate. Issued within minutes.
Organization-validated certificates that verify your business identity. These display your organization name in the certificate details and include a Sectigo trust seal you can add to your website. Choose InstantSSL Pro if you also need subdomain coverage.
Extended validation provides the highest level of trust verification. The certificate authority verifies your legal business identity, physical address, and operational status. Recommended for ecommerce, financial services, and organizations where visitor trust is critical.
The questions our sales team gets every week. If yours isn't here, drop us a line.
Yes. Every hosting plan includes a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate that is automatically issued and renewed for every domain on your account. No setup required.
The encryption strength is identical. The difference is in the validation level and trust indicators. Free Let's Encrypt certificates are domain-validated (DV) only. Paid certificates can include organization validation (OV) or extended validation (EV), which verify your business identity and can display your company name in the certificate.
Yes. Free Let's Encrypt certificates are installed automatically. Premium SSL certificates purchased through us include free installation by our team. We handle the CSR generation, certificate installation, and HTTPS configuration.
No. Modern SSL/TLS has negligible performance impact. Our servers support HTTP/2, which actually requires HTTPS and delivers better performance than unencrypted HTTP/1.1 connections through multiplexing and header compression.
Yes. Our free Cloudflare integration works with both free and paid SSL certificates. Cloudflare provides an additional layer of SSL between visitors and their edge servers, while our server SSL handles the connection between Cloudflare and your hosting account.
Every plan, every domain, auto-installed and auto-renewed. Starting at $3.95/mo with a 45-day money-back guarantee.
