Public Key Infrastructure Software
Alternatives to OpenXPKI
The tools Specifiction weighs against OpenXPKI, from its list of public key infrastructure software, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.
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EJBCA EJBCA suits organizations managing internal PKIs or securing industrial, IoT, DevOps, or national eID environments.
From £5,172.08/mo Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.2 Visit Specs - 02
KeyTalk CKMS CKMS suits businesses managing digital certificates and keys, including managed service providers serving customers.
From €5/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.8 Visit Specs - 03 Let's Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt suits people and organizations worldwide that need certificates for domain-named web, mail, or FTP servers.
Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.6 Visit Specs - 04 EZCA
It suits organizations managing certificates across users, devices, applications, and IoT, especially those using Azure or existing PKI.
From $200/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.4 Visit Specs - 05 OpenCA PKI
OpenCA PKI suits teams seeking free, on-premises PKI management and able to meet its software prerequisites.
Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.4 Visit Specs - 06
AWS Private Certificate Authority From $50/mo Free trial Web · API8.3 Visit Specs - 07 step-ca
step-ca suits DevOps teams that need a private CA for certificates used by VMs, containers, APIs, databases, Kubernetes pods or people.
Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API8.2 Visit Specs - 08
AppViewX PKIaaS Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted8.1 Visit Specs - 09 Boulder
Boulder suits developers experimenting with ACME or working on systems aligned with Let’s Encrypt’s needs.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 10
cert-manager cert-manager suits teams running Kubernetes or OpenShift workloads that need managed certificates for public-facing or internal services.
Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted8.0 Visit Specs - 11 Dogtag Certificate System Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs
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Keyfactor Platform It suits PKI, security, infrastructure, and DevOps teams that need certificate visibility, lifecycle controls, and automation across environments.
Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted7.9 Visit Specs - 13 Entrust Certificate Manager
It suits organizations that need to discover and manage certificates across varied environments and certificate authorities.
Web · Linux · iOS · Android7.7 Visit Specs - 14
DigiCert Private CA Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.4 Visit Specs - 15 XiPKI
XiPKI suits organizations needing self-hosted certificate authority, registration authority, and OCSP services, particularly in critical infrastructure.
Free plan macOS · Linux · API · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs - 16 Google Cloud Secret Manager From $0.01/mo Free plan Web7.0 Visit Specs
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Microsoft Cloud PKI From $2/mo Windows · macOS · iOS · Android6.5 Visit Specs - 18 Microsoft Active Directory From $33.58/mo Windows6.4 Visit Specs
- 19 HashiCorp Vault Windows · macOS · Linux6.2 Visit Specs
- 20 CFSSL Windows · macOS · Linux6.1 Visit Specs
- 21 GlobalSign Managed PKI Web5.8 Visit Specs
- 22 SecureW2 Managed PKI Web · Windows · macOS · Linux5.7 Visit Specs
- 23 Sectigo Private PKI Web5.4 Visit Specs
- 24 SSL.com Private Enterprise PKI Web5.3 Visit Specs
- 25 Smallstep Certificate Manager Web5.2 Visit Specs
OpenXPKI, head to head
- OpenXPKI vs EJBCA
- OpenXPKI vs KeyTalk CKMS
- OpenXPKI vs Let's Encrypt
- OpenXPKI vs EZCA
- OpenXPKI vs OpenCA PKI
- OpenXPKI vs AWS Private Certificate Authority
- OpenXPKI vs step-ca
- OpenXPKI vs AppViewX PKIaaS
- OpenXPKI vs Boulder
- OpenXPKI vs cert-manager
- OpenXPKI vs Dogtag Certificate System
- OpenXPKI vs Keyfactor Platform