SSL & HTTPS
SSL comes free with every plan — upgrade whenever you're ready
Each site we host receives a complimentary, self-renewing SSL certificate, with paid OV and EV upgrades on standby for the moment you want to verify your business identity in full.
$0
Cost for baseline SSL
Auto
Setup and renewal
256-bit
Encryption depth
$1.5M
EV certificate warranty
Why This Matters
Encryption, trust, and that padlock — covered
An SSL certificate isn't just a checkbox exercise — it shields your visitors' data and tells them your site is safe to use.
A padlock your visitors recognize
HTTPS-enabled sites display that familiar padlock icon in the browser bar. Skip it, and visitors are met with a 'Not secure' alert instead.
Your data, scrambled in transit
Every login, form submission and payment gets encoded as it travels between the visitor's browser and our servers, keeping it unreadable to anyone intercepting the connection.
Renewal, handled for you
Well before an expiry date arrives, your certificate quietly reissues itself — no expired padlock, no checkout suddenly throwing errors.
A small edge in search rankings
Search engines give secure pages a nod, meaning an HTTPS site can outrank an otherwise-identical page that skipped encryption.
Proof it's really you
An EV certificate confirms your business identity through a vetting process and prints your verified company name right into the certificate — valuable proof when customers are handing over payment details.
Live before you know it
The moment your domain's DNS points our way, your free certificate sets itself up — nothing to purchase, nothing to configure.
Included At No Cost
Free SSL, included everywhere, no fine print
A no-cost SSL certificate comes bundled with every hosting plan we offer — shared, WordPress, reseller, VPS and dedicated hosting all included. It sets itself up automatically, extends to your domain and its subdomains, and renews without any input from you, keeping that padlock in place permanently.
- Applied automatically across your domain and subdomains
- Issued as soon as your domain points our way
- Renewed on your behalf ahead of every expiry
- No bait-and-switch first-year pricing
Certificate Upgrades
Move up to wildcard or EV coverage
When the free tier isn't sufficient, a paid certificate picks up the slack. A wildcard certificate locks down every subdomain under a single cert, while an EV certificate embeds your verified business name in the certificate details — reassurance that counts for online stores, membership sites and anyone processing sensitive information.
- Domain-validated (DV) certificate options
- Wildcard protection across every subdomain
- Extended Validation (EV) for the highest trust level
- Coverage backed by warranty up to $1.5 million
Add a Certificate
Most sites don't need to buy one
The free certificate on your plan is the same strong encryption a paid one uses, and it renews itself. There are exactly two reasons to pay.
Every plan includes a free, auto-renewing certificate that gives visitors the padlock and modern TLS encryption. For a normal website or shop, that is genuinely all you need, and we would rather say so than sell you something you won't benefit from.
Two things a free certificate cannot do. It cannot cover unlimited subdomains from a single certificate — that needs Wildcard. And it cannot put your verified company identity inside the certificate with a warranty behind it — that needs Extended Validation, which matters mainly if you handle payments or logins and want the strongest possible trust signal.
Need a warranty-backed single-domain certificate without wildcard coverage? We can still issue one on request — just ask, and we'll tell you honestly whether it will do anything for you.
Wildcard SSL Certificate
One certificate that covers a domain and every subdomain
$169.99/yr
renews at the same price · covers every subdomain
- Validation
- Domain (DV)
- Issued
- Usually same day
- Warranty
- $10,000
- Secures
- *.yourdomain
- A single certificate protects every subdomain
- Wildcard coverage for *.yourdomain
- Padlock and HTTPS across all your subdomains
- Backed by a $10,000 relying-party warranty
- A great fit for apps with lots of subdomains
- Our support team will help you install it free
- Issued the same day in most cases
- 256-bit encryption with a 2048-bit key
- Unlimited server licences
- Reissue it as often as you need
Secure checkout completes on Hosting Cheap, our billing platform.
EV SSL Certificate
The highest level of trust, with your business identity verified
$379.99/yr
renews at the same price · highest assurance
- Validation
- Extended (EV)
- Issued
- 1–3 days
- Warranty
- $1,500,000
- Secures
- 1 domain
- Extended Validation confirms your business is real
- Your verified company name appears in the certificate
- The strongest trust indicator you can offer visitors
- Backed by a $1,500,000 relying-party warranty
- Gives visitors confidence at checkout and login
- Our team walks you through the validation process
- 256-bit encryption with a 2048-bit key
- Trusted by every major browser
- Reissue it as often as you need
- A site seal for your footer
Secure checkout completes on Hosting Cheap, our billing platform.
Once checkout is complete, our team handles validation and installation for you — typically within a day for Wildcard and a few days for EV, since EV requires verifying your company.
The Process
Secure from the start, nothing to set up
- 1
Aim your domain our way
Attach your domain to your account and point its DNS at our servers — that's the only manual part.
- 2
Issuance happens on its own
As soon as your domain checks out, we request and install your free certificate automatically — no buttons to click, no files to edit.
- 3
Security that runs itself afterward
Your certificate renews on schedule ahead of its expiry date, keeping HTTPS and that padlock active without any effort from you.
What You Get
Everything bundled with your certificate
- Free certificate with every plan
- Issued and installed without manual steps
- Protection for your domain plus its subdomains
- Renewal that happens automatically
- Option to force HTTPS redirects
- Encryption via current TLS 1.3
- Upgrade paths: DV, wildcard and EV
- Recognized across every major browser
- Certificate pricing with no hidden costs
- Real people on support, 24/7
Common Questions
Questions about SSL certificates
Does every plan actually include SSL at no cost?
Yes — every hosting plan bundles in an SSL certificate at no additional charge. It's issued and kept current automatically for the entire time your site stays hosted with us.
How does the free certificate differ from a paid one?
The free option encrypts your traffic and delivers that padlock — that's its whole job. Paid certificates build on top: a wildcard certificate covers every subdomain under a single certificate, while an EV certificate layers on a vetted review of your business identity, something both browsers and shoppers recognize as a stronger signal of trust.
Do site visitors actually see the padlock icon?
Once your certificate is active, browsers render the padlock icon and serve your pages over HTTPS. Any site missing a valid certificate instead triggers a 'Not secure' notice right in the address bar.
Will I need to renew the certificate myself?
No. Free certificates take care of their own renewal before the expiry date arrives. With paid wildcard and EV certificates, we send a reminder ahead of the validation window so coverage never lapses.
Will adding SSL make my site slower?
Not in any way you'd notice. Current TLS implementations are finely tuned, and HTTPS is actually a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 — protocols that tend to make most sites faster, not slower.
Can a single certificate protect all my subdomains?
Yes. Our free certificates already extend to your primary domain and its subdomains, and a wildcard certificate is available too if you're managing many subdomains at once.
Earn your visitors' confidence.
Every plan includes free, self-renewing SSL, plus premium EV or OV certificates ready whenever you need to prove your business identity.
Browse Hosting PlansGreat SSL certificates is mostly invisible: pages load, mail arrives, renewals don't sting. That's the experience we engineer for — NVMe drives, tuned caching and human support that replies in minutes, not days.
Designed with site owners securing visitor traffic in mind, plans include free SSL certificates, free site moves, automated daily backups and support from real engineers 24/7 — all standard, never extra.
The HostingAlly approach to ssl certificates
Speed is engineered in, not bolted on. Every certificate runs on 100% NVMe storage behind LiteSpeed servers with HTTP/2, so time-to-first-byte stays low and Core Web Vitals stay green — the things search engines and visitors both reward.
Reliability is contractual, not aspirational: a 99.9% uptime SLA backed by redundant tier-3 data centers, automatic failover and monitoring that pages an engineer before you ever notice a blip.
Honest pricing, upfront
The classic hosting trick is a teaser first year followed by a renewal cliff. We don't play it: the price you sign up at is the price your certificate renews at, and any promotional pricing is labelled as exactly that before you pay.
Every plan is also covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee, so trying SSL certificates with us carries no real risk — if it's not the right fit, you get your money back without a retention-department wrestling match.
Infrastructure that takes ssl certificates seriously
Your certificate lives in a tier-3 data center on enterprise hardware we own and maintain — NVMe storage arrays, redundant networking and conditioned power, watched 24/7 from our network operations desk.
Software stays current on our schedule, not yours: kernel patches, panel updates and PHP releases are rolled out across the fleet so security never depends on you remembering to update.
- 100% NVMe storage behind LiteSpeed web servers
- Network-edge DDoS filtering on every plan
- Proactive patching handled by our engineers
- Round-the-clock monitoring from our network desk
More Reasons
Built to help you grow
Quick out of the box
Speed is the default: NVMe arrays plus server-side caching mean your certificate loads fast from day one.
Free SSL, forever
Certificates are issued and renewed automatically on every domain, at no cost.
Free migration
Switching hosts? Engineers transfer your certificate at no charge, typically inside a day.
Daily backups
Daily snapshots run automatically, so a bad update costs minutes, not data.
Human support 24/7
Real engineers on chat and tickets with typical replies in under 15 minutes.
Renewal-safe pricing
The renewal price is the sign-up price; promotional pricing is always labelled before checkout.
Getting Started
How to get going
- 1
Pick your plan
Choose the ssl certificates tier that fits today — upgrading later takes one click, not a migration.
- 2
Connect your domain
Register a new domain from $2.99 or point one you already own; SSL configures itself.
- 3
Launch and relax
Go live in minutes, or let us move an existing site over for free while you watch.
Good To Know
What's covered
- 30-day money-back guarantee on hosting plans
- Built for site owners securing visitor traffic
- Network-edge DDoS filtering built in
- Free WHOIS privacy on eligible domains
- One-click installs for 240+ applications
- Instant account provisioning after checkout
- Upgrade any time without migrating
- UK-registered company, prices shown in USD
More FAQ
More questions, answered
How quickly can my certificate go live?
Accounts are provisioned within minutes of checkout. If you're moving an existing certificate, our free migration team typically completes the transfer inside 24 hours with no downtime.
Is SSL included with SSL certificates?
No. HTTPS ships free on every domain — the certificate installs itself and keeps renewing without you touching anything.
What happens at renewal time?
No renewal cliff: the price you join at is the price you renew at. Where a first-term promo applies, the renewal figure is printed right next to it before checkout.
What if SSL certificates isn't the right fit?
Licences and issued certificates activate immediately, so refunds are handled case-by-case — contact support within 7 days and we'll work it out. Hosting plans bought alongside them keep their full 30-day money-back guarantee.