Licensing

About Licensing

Certify The Web Certify Certificate Manager is a commercial product. A free community edition is available for download and evaluation (limited to a few managed certificates).

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This documentation covers the Certify (SSL/TLS) Certificate Manager app. We also have separate licensing for our Certify DNS managed dns challenge service which is not covered by the licensing below.

You can purchase a license key which will then enable you to install the app on one or machines (depending on your license type). You can purchase multiple license keys to fit different sized installs and each install can manage an unlimited number of certificates through your choice of Certificate Authority.

You can review and manage your license keys and active installs via your certifytheweb.com profile under License Keys.

There are two main methods of licensing:

License Bundles
Cloud Managed Licenses

We do not offer special licensing terms for any type of organisation.

License Bundles

For the Certify Certificate Manager app you can currently purchase the following license bundles:

Type	Renewal Frequency	Number of Installs	Price
Starter	12 Months	1	$59 USD
Professional	12 Months	3	$149 USD
Power Pro	12 Months	25	$649 USD
Enterprise	12 Months	100	$1999 USD

From 1st November 2023 we have moved to a 12 month renewal cycle for all license tiers and revised pricing, this will apply to new licenses, existing renewals will remain on the previous pricing/terms until after 1st Nov 2025. Pricing for Power Pro and Enterprise tiers last revised 1st October 2024.

These give you 1 license key (per bundle purchased) which can be used up to the given number of installs.
License tier names are an arbitrary label and are not related to the size/nature of your organisation, they are just our name for the license bundle.
These license bundles can be purchased using a credit card (via Stripe) or via PayPal.
POs/Proforma Invoicing etc are not supported due to the manual processing involved. See Cloud Licensing instead or you can also get a link to send to someone else to complete payment on behalf of your account.
If you specifically need to purchase through a reseller please provide your preferred reseller a link to this page with your enquiry. See Licensing through Resellers below.
Notifications are sent when your license key is about to expire. To stop receiving notifications about an expiring or expired license key, sign into your certifytheweb.com profile and choose Cancel Now from the License keys tab.

Cloud Managed Licenses

An alternative to purchasing a license bundle is to have a flexible license that's managed via a cloud subscription.

The benefits of a cloud managed license are:

Billing is entirely integrated into your organisations existing cloud provider subscription.
You have one product license key which you can apply to multiple installs.
You can increase or decrease the number of installs required at any time.
Your organisation is only billed (by the cloud provider) for the number of installs you have set in your cloud subscription (pro rata per month).

Cloud subscription pricing varies by provider. The number of licensed installs set on your subscription is referred to by cloud providers as Seats or Users.

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Note: If you license (for example) 10 installs but only actually install 9 you will be billed for 10. You can review your currently activated installs on your certifytheweb.com profile under License Keys. You cannot have a greater number of active installs than licensed installs.

We currently use Microsoft Azure marketplace for our subscriptions. This is only a convenient billing mechanism and does not require you to have servers hosted with Azure.

To get started with cloud managed licensing via Microsoft Azure billing you can use any of the following links to create your subscription:

Cloud Managed License pricing via Azure is $4.99 USD per install per month.

If you would like us to support a different cloud provider marketplace for licensing, please contact support at certifytheweb.com.

Upgrading and Downgrading License Keys

If you are using a license bundle, you can downgrade your license bundle through the License Keys tab of your certifytheweb.com account when your license is about to expire (or has already expired). If you currently have a license key and want to renew your license at a lower tier, you can choose the Downgrade Now option.

To upgrade to a new license tier you can either purchase a new license key of the required type and move each install to the new key (About > Deactivate Install, then About > Enter Key..) or alternatively contact support at certifytheweb.com to discuss upgrade options for an existing license key.

Licensing through Resellers etc

Any organization can purchase a license then assign it to another account while retaining control of the license key renewal. You do not need to contact us to ask to become a reseller. To get started, sign into https://dash.certifytheweb.com and purchase the license type you require, then select Assign License and enter the email address of the organization. They will then be sent an invite link to accept the assigned license and they will not see the original invoice.

Note to all resellers: We do not offer discounted pricing for resellers, you are welcome to apply whatever pricing markup your service normally incurs but this is between you and your customer. We only offer electronic license purchases via our https://dash.certifytheweb.com and we do not accept POs or other manual invoicing. If you absolutely require information (forms etc) not listed on this page then we most likely do not provide it and your customer is welcome to engage with us directly.

Guidance for customers with reseller assigned licenses:

Your license assignment link will be emailed to you. Follow the instructions to sign in (or create an account) on https://dash.certifytheweb.com and follow the "accept the license assignment" link in your email.
Once accepted, the new license will appear on your License Keys page.

Terms of Service

Our services, licenses and products are subject to our Terms and Conditions.

Frequently Asked Licensing Questions

Q: If I deactivate the license (About > Deactivate Install), will my certificate continue to work?

A: Yes, the app will revert to the Community Edition feature set. Existing certificate renewals will continue as normal, it's just that adding new managed certificates on that install will be subject to the limits of the community edition.

Q: How do I transfer the license to another machine?

A: On the old machine, use About > Deactivate Install, or deactivate the install via the certifytheweb.com license keys tab. On the new machine enter the license under About > Enter Key.

Q: My payment method has changed, how do I change it on our subscription

A: We do not retain payment information and license bundle renewals are manual, not automatic, so there is nothing to change.

Q: I don't need my license anymore but I keep getting an email to renew it, how to cancel?

A: Sign into certifytheweb.com and on the License Keys tab choose Cancel Now next to your license key.

About Licensing​

License Bundles​

Cloud Managed Licenses​

Upgrading and Downgrading License Keys​

Licensing through Resellers etc​

Company Information​

Terms of Service​

Frequently Asked Licensing Questions​