Free SSL Certificate Hosting — HTTPS Included at No Extra Cost

We believe encryption should be standard, not an upsell. Every website — whether it is a personal blog, a small business site, or an e-commerce store — deserves HTTPS protection. That is why every AnubizHost hosting plan includes a free SSL certificate at no additional cost, with no hidden fees and no expiration traps.

Our free SSL certificates are powered by Let's Encrypt, a globally trusted certificate authority backed by major tech companies including Google, Mozilla, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Let's Encrypt certificates use the same 256-bit encryption as paid certificates and are trusted by every modern browser and operating system.

By including free SSL, we ensure that all of our customers start with a secure foundation. You do not need to budget for SSL separately, compare certificate providers, or worry about renewal invoices. HTTPS is simply part of your hosting — as fundamental as disk space and bandwidth.

Activating your free SSL certificate takes a single click in your AnubizHost control panel. Select your domain, click "Enable SSL," and within seconds your site is serving HTTPS. We handle CSR generation, domain validation, certificate installation, and web server configuration automatically. No technical knowledge required.

Let's Encrypt certificates are valid for 90 days, which means they need renewal four times per year. Our automation handles this completely — renewal begins 30 days before expiration, and the new certificate is installed without any downtime or manual intervention. You receive a confirmation email when renewal completes, but no action on your part is ever needed.

If you add a new domain or subdomain to your hosting account, the system automatically provisions a free SSL certificate for it. Whether you run one domain or twenty, every hostname on your account gets HTTPS coverage. This is especially valuable for agencies and developers managing multiple client sites from a single hosting account.

Our free Let's Encrypt certificates provide identical encryption strength to paid certificates. For most websites — blogs, portfolios, informational sites, and small businesses — free SSL is all you need. The encryption is strong, browser trust is universal, and auto-renewal eliminates management overhead.

Consider upgrading to a paid certificate when you need Organization Validation (OV) or Extended Validation (EV) to display your business identity, when you need a wildcard certificate for multiple subdomains, or when your business requires the financial warranty that comes with paid certificates. E-commerce sites processing significant transaction volumes often benefit from the added trust of EV SSL.

Upgrading is seamless. Purchase a paid certificate from your dashboard, and it replaces the free certificate on your domain instantly. If you later decide to switch back to free SSL, that is equally simple. There is no penalty, no configuration loss, and no downtime during the transition.

When you sign up for AnubizHost, your site is HTTPS-ready from the moment your domain resolves. We pre-configure HTTP-to-HTTPS redirection, set appropriate security headers, and enable OCSP stapling for optimal SSL performance. Your visitors are automatically directed to the encrypted version of your site with no manual redirect rules needed.

Our hosting infrastructure is optimized for SSL performance. TLS 1.3 is enabled by default for the fastest possible handshake, HTTP/2 multiplexing reduces page load times, and our edge caching layer serves encrypted content from locations closest to your visitors. The result is a faster HTTPS experience than many competitors offer over plain HTTP.

We also provide a free SSL health checker in your dashboard that scans your site for mixed content warnings, insecure resource references, and suboptimal SSL configuration. Fix issues with one click using our automated mixed content resolver, which rewrites insecure URLs in your database and configuration files to use HTTPS.