Comparison between AutoSSL and paid SSL Certificate

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This articles points out the differences between AutoSSL and paid SSL certificates.

AutoSSL Certificate

Paid SSL Certificate

AutoSSL certificates do not offer warranty in case of compromisation.
AutoSSL certificates last for 90 days and automatically renew when they are due.
AutoSSL certificates do not offer support from the Certification Authority.
In order to have your AutoSSL certificate issued, your hosting provider must have your domain registered.
AutoSSL certificates do not support Extended Validation (EV - Green Bar).
AutoSSL certificates do not support wildcards.
AutoSSL certificates support the following subdomains, including your naked domain:
- <your_domain>
- www.<your_domain>
- autodiscover.<yourdomain>
- cpanel.<yourdomain>
- mail.<yourdomain>
- webdisk.<yourdomain>
- webmail.<yourdomain>

Paid SSL certificates offer the warranty stated on the package of your choosing in case of certificate compromisation.
In paid SSL certificates you can choose for how long you want the certificate issued before you have to manually renew it.
Paid SSL certificates offer full support from the Certification Authority in case of hosting provider change, SSL certificate reissue, private key compromisation etc.
Paid SSL certificates can be bought and issued in whichever server you like.
You can purchase an SSL certificate that offers Extended Validation (EV - Green Bar).
You can purchase an SSL certificate that offers wildcard if you have multiple subdomains.
Paid SSL certificates do not support any type of subdomain(unless it's a wildcard certificate). Acquiring a paid SSL certificate for a naked domain, additionally supports www.<your_domain> only.

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