Entrust Certificate Manager

Entrust Certificate Manager brings discovery and lifecycle controls together for organizations managing certificates across multiple authorities and environments. It suits IT and security teams with growing machine-identity estates; buyers seeking a simple, low-cost certificate tool should look elsewhere.

Overview

The platform centralizes certificate discovery, audit, issuance, renewal, and revocation. Continuous monitoring, reporting, and alerts cover networks, cloud environments, and CA repositories, giving teams a broader view than a single-authority inventory can provide.

Policy-driven workflows automate issuance, renewal, and revocation, while multi-CA management covers Entrust and third-party certificates from one control point. That combination is relevant as machine identities grow and certificate lifecycles shorten, including to 47 days. Smaller, stable estates may not need this level of lifecycle coordination.

Key features

Discovery and lifecycle automation

Continuous discovery, monitoring, reports, and alerts help teams identify certificate activity across networks, cloud environments, and CA repositories. Automated workflows can reduce repetitive issuance, renewal, and revocation work, provided policies are defined for the organization’s needs.

Integration and API access

Integration options span cloud, automation, CA gateway, enrollment protocols, secrets management, and custom REST APIs. Documented compatibility includes CSP CA Gateway 3.x, CSP Compliance Manager 10.4.5 or higher, KMIP KMS 2.0, and F5 BIG-IP using iControl REST API 15.1 or newer. External identity-provider standards include OpenID Connect 1.0 and LDAP v3, including Active Directory; PostgreSQL 15 or higher is a supported database.

The API can query certificates by metadata, import certificates, and update custom-field metadata. Available operations depend on token permissions, so teams should account for access controls when designing integrations.

Deployment and cryptographic readiness

Entrust supports deployment across on-premises, private-cloud, and public-cloud environments, with a hybrid deployment model. The range can suit organizations with mixed infrastructure, though the documented compatibility requirements make it important to check the intended architecture before adoption. Entrust also describes support for crypto-agility and post-quantum readiness, including rapid certificate updates as standards evolve.

Security and support

Entrust says its information security program conforms to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and that the organization is certified to that standard. Customer service centers offer immediate assistance in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific regions.

Pricing

Certificate Manager is a paid product with custom pricing; buyers need to talk with Entrust experts. There is no free plan. This makes it a better fit for organizations evaluating a certificate-management program than for teams looking to start with a self-serve free tier or compare published entry-level prices.

Platforms

Supported platforms are Android, iOS, Linux, web, API, and self-hosted. The hybrid deployment model and on-premises, private-cloud, and public-cloud options give organizations deployment flexibility across different environments.

Who it's for

Certificate Manager is best suited to organizations that need centralized oversight across multiple CAs, continuous discovery, and automated lifecycle workflows at scale. Its documented integrations and hybrid deployment options may also suit teams working across varied infrastructure. It is less compelling for smaller estates that do not need multi-CA coordination or buyers who require transparent, published pricing.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Discovery, monitoring, reporting, and alerts cover network, cloud, and CA-repository environments, helping teams maintain visibility across a distributed estate.
• Policy-driven issuance, renewal, and revocation workflows can reduce repetitive certificate administration.
• Entrust and third-party CA management from one control point suits organizations with mixed certificate authorities.
• Deployment across on-premises, private-cloud, and public-cloud environments supports hybrid infrastructure needs.
• API operations cover metadata queries, imports, and custom-field updates for teams integrating certificate workflows with other systems.

Cons

• Custom pricing and the absence of a free plan make it harder for smaller teams to assess cost before engaging with Entrust.
• Compatibility includes specific product versions and database requirements, so teams must validate their intended stack.
• API operations vary by token permissions, which requires careful planning of integration access.

Alternatives

For a broader category search, compare Certificate Management Software and Public Key Infrastructure Software. Teams evaluating adjacent needs can also browse Key Management Software, Encryption Key Management Software, Cloud Encryption Software, and KYC Software.

Didit is an alternative for teams focused on KYC verification that want a free plan with 500 full verifications each month. Shufti is another KYC-focused option, with a free tier capped at 10 verifications monthly and a free trial. Alloy Embedded, Footprint, and Jumio are other paid alternatives. Socure offers a free plan and a document-verification option priced at $0.80 per evaluation, while Trulioo uses a custom enterprise plan. Ondato offers a Business Onboarding (KYB) plan from €600 a month.

Verdict

Choose Entrust Certificate Manager if your organization needs to discover, govern, and automate certificates across multiple CAs and hybrid environments, especially as machine identities and lifecycle demands grow. Its strongest reason to buy is the combination of broad discovery and policy-driven lifecycle control; its main drawback is custom pricing, which makes it a less suitable choice for teams that need a low-cost or self-serve starting point.