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Best acme.sh Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from certificate management software ranked against acme.sh on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Certify The Web Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $4.92/mo6.7
    acme.sh vs Certify The Web
  2. 3
    Certbot Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    acme.sh vs Certbot
  3. 4
    OpenXPKI Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    acme.sh vs OpenXPKI
  4. 5
    Qualys External Attack Surface Management Free trial apiLinuxWeb 6.5
    acme.sh vs Qualys External Attack Surface Management
  5. 6
    AWS Certificate Manager Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    acme.sh vs AWS Certificate Manager
  6. 7
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management Free plan apiWeb Free6.4
    acme.sh vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management
  7. 8
    cert-manager Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.3
    acme.sh vs cert-manager
  8. 9
    Entrust Certificate Manager AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted 5.7
    acme.sh vs Entrust Certificate Manager
  9. 10
    KeyTalk CKMS Free trial AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted €5/mo5.7
    acme.sh vs KeyTalk CKMS
  10. 11
    ManageEngine Key Manager Plus Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $49.92/mo5.6
    acme.sh vs ManageEngine Key Manager Plus
  11. 12
    Keyfactor Platform Free trial apiself-hostedWeb 5.5
    acme.sh vs Keyfactor Platform
  12. 13
    Certynx apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    acme.sh vs Certynx
  13. 14
    GlobalSign Atlas apiWeb 5.4
    acme.sh vs GlobalSign Atlas
  14. 15
    Google Cloud Certificate Manager apiWeb 5.4
    acme.sh vs Google Cloud Certificate Manager
  15. 16
    SSL.com Certificate Lifecycle Management apiWeb 5.4
    acme.sh vs SSL.com Certificate Lifecycle Management
  16. 17
    GeoTrust WebWinLinux 5.3
    acme.sh vs GeoTrust
  17. 18
    DigiCert ONE Web 5.2
    acme.sh vs DigiCert ONE
  18. 19
    DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager apiLinuxWebWin $3.33/mo5.2
    acme.sh vs DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager
  19. 20
    EJBCA Web 5.2
    acme.sh vs EJBCA
  20. 21
    lego Mac 5.2
    acme.sh vs lego

acme.sh alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Certify The Web6.7Free plan$4.92/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Certbot6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4OpenXPKI6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Qualys External Attack Surface Management6.5No—API, Linux, Web
6AWS Certificate Manager6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
7Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Secret Management6.4Free planFreeAPI, Web
8cert-manager6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
9Entrust Certificate Manager5.7No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10KeyTalk CKMS5.7No€5/moAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
11ManageEngine Key Manager Plus5.6No$49.92/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
12Keyfactor Platform5.5No—API, self-hosted, Web
13Certynx5.4No—API, self-hosted, Web
14GlobalSign Atlas5.4No—API, Web
15Google Cloud Certificate Manager5.4No—API, Web
16SSL.com Certificate Lifecycle Management5.4No—API, Web
17GeoTrust5.3No—Web, Windows, Linux
18DigiCert ONE5.2No—Web
19DigiCert Trust Lifecycle Manager5.2No$3.33/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
20EJBCA5.2No—Web
21lego5.2No—Mac
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Questions about acme.sh alternatives

What is the best alternative to acme.sh?

Certify The Web, number 1 in certificate management software with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: Certbot, OpenXPKI, Qualys External Attack Surface Management and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to acme.sh?

Certify The Web is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 6 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.