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| Corporate Structure |
Owned by GMO, a public company. Offices for each major territory – US, UK, Belgium (supporting EU) & Asia-Pac. |
Owned by VeriSign (VeriSign owns Thawte and GeoTrust). |
| Issuance Speed |
Minutes |
Minutes |
| Browser Recognition |
All popular browsers and mobile devices supported |
All popular browsers – must upgrade to QuickSSL Premium to work with mobile devices |
| Encryption Level |
SGC enabled
Steps weak 40 bit browsers up to strong 128 bit, provides up to 256 bit on all non EV compliant browsers |
Not SGC enabled
Will not step up legacy browsers from 40 bit to 128 bit. Will keep legacy browsers at 40 bit only. Will provide up to 256 bit on all popular non-legacy browsers |
| Expanded Capabilities |
Specifiy Subject Alternative Names during application. Allows certifcate to secure multiple domain names or internal host names |
Not available |
Confidence Enhancing
Clickable Site Seal |
Included free of charge – “Secured by GlobalSign” clickable site seal |
Not included with QuickSSL, must upgrade to QuickSSL Premium |
| Installation Healthcheck |
Server availability, certificate installation, common error checking and site seal installation all checked free of charge for every certificate issued |
Not available |
| Vetting Method |
Domain ownership validation PLUS advanced anti-phishing checks |
Domain ownership validation PLUS anti-phishing checks |
| Server Licenses |
3 server licenses
One for web server, backup server and third for additional server or load balancer. Usage is customer defined. |
1 server license
For web server only |
| Additional Server License Policy |
Additional packs of three server licenses available for €1148 |
Additional server licenses available at €249 each |
| Warranty |
$10,000 underwritten by insurance |
$10,000 |
| Price 1 year |
€187 |
€249 for comparable Certificate with site seal and mobile device recognition. |
| Price 1 year Wildcard |
€637 |
Not available |
