EZCA vs KeyTalk CKMS
EZCA
keytos.io
KeyTalk CKMS
keytalk.comSide by side
| Figure | EZCA | KeyTalk CKMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $200/mo | €5/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 12 |
| Spec score · Public Key Infrastructure Software | 8.4 (#4) | 8.8 (#2) |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Amersfoort, Netherlands |
| Protocols | It issues certificates through ACME, EST, and SCEP, and provides APIs for applications and workflows. | CKMS supports REST, ACME and SCEP for certificate automation and deployment. |
| Revocation | EZCA supports certificate revocation checking through CRLs and OCSP. | KeyTalk supports CRL and OCSP status checking and can assign certificate lifetimes as short as one second when the CA permits it. |
| Support | Basic includes support within one business day, Premium includes 24/7 support within 24 hours, and Private Infrastructure includes 24/7 support within one hour. | KeyTalk says it offers customers 24/7 support. |
| What it does | EZCA is a cloud PKI service for running and scaling certificate authorities without operating the PKI infrastructure yourself. | KeyTalk CKMS automates enrollment, distribution, renewal and management of digital certificates and keys. |
Plans
EZCA
- Basic$200 a month
- Premium$500 a month
- Self-Hosted Licensing$3,000 a month
- Private Infrastructure$6,000 a month
KeyTalk CKMS
- S/MIME on-premise€5 a month
- S/MIME hosted SaaS€6.50 a month
- CKMS 0–49 seatsPrice not published
- CKMS 100,000+ seatsPriced on request
- CKMS 10,000–24,999 seatsPrice not published
- CKMS 1,000–2,499 seatsPrice not published
- CKMS 25,000–49,999 seatsPrice not published
- CKMS 2,500–9,999 seatsPrice not published
- CKMS 250–999 seatsPrice not published
- CKMS 50,000–74,999 seatsPrice not published
In their own words
EZCA
EZCA is a cloud PKI service for running certificate authorities without operating the underlying PKI infrastructure yourself. It issues certificates through ACME, EST, and SCEP, and provides APIs for applications and workflows. Certificate uses include users, devices, applications, Wi-Fi, VPN, web services, and IoT, including device authentication for Azure IoT Hub and Azure IoT Central. Integrations include Azure, Entra ID, Intune, Azure Key Vault, and Azure applications; Intune and Jamf are supported for device certificates. EZCA can chain to an existing on-premises CA or bring an AD CS CA into a cloud setup. The maker says its CAs are HSM-backed, with Basic using FIPS 140-3 Level 2 and Premium Level 3. CA changes, requests, and approvals are logged for export to a preferred SIEM, and revocation checks use CRLs and OCSP. Basic costs $200 a month per CA, and a 30-day trial is available; there is no free plan. Plans differ in throughput, support, availability, and infrastructure options.
KeyTalk CKMS
KeyTalk CKMS automates PKI implementation and the enrollment, distribution and management of digital certificates. It keeps certificates and keys in a central repository and supports automated or semi-automated deployment and renewal, alongside reporting, notifications and alerts. Smart Security Scan finds certificates and keys on a network so valid findings can be imported. The product includes a private certificate authority that can operate beneath an existing root or as a standalone root. Integrations and protocols include DigiCert, DigiCert QuoVadis, GlobalSign, Microsoft CA, Intune, MobileIron, load balancers, HSMs, Citrix, SCEP and ACME. Access controls include AD and Entra ID authorization, multifactor authentication and role-based controls. CKMS can run as a virtual machine on customer infrastructure, in private cloud environments such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, or as KeyTalk-managed PKI service. General CKMS pricing is on request, and a free trial is available. Separate S/MIME plans cost €5 a month for on-premise service and €6.50 a month for hosted SaaS, billed per user per month.