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VeriSign Trust Seal
As a VeriSign major partner, TBS internet is the first company in Europe to offer the VeriSign trust logo, the most recognized worldwide. An SSL certificate is no longer required as the seal is available after an organisation audit and comes with a malware detection system. More details...





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CERTIFICATES COMPARATIVE CHART


TBS Internet has been providing SSL server certificates since 1996 and currently represents over 40% of the French market. Thanks to our experience, we run a multi-authority platform in order to offer you the broadest possible choice and the best prices. Discover our job: broker!

We are strategic partners of VeriSign, Thawte, Comodo, GeoTrust, chamberSign, GlobalSign et we also market or distributor brand TBS X509. Test us for the price, you will stay for the service!

All our server certificates are issued by WebTrust certification authorities and are fully validated (triple authentication). We provide sales services and support in both French and English.



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SERVER CERTIFICATES WITH 40-BIT WARANTY


Our summary table below assembles commercial and technical criteria. The principal technical criterion is browser recognition; see our comparison page.

Certificates with 40-bit waranty can also operate at 128-bit with browsers natively 128-bit compliant (even at 256-bit with compatible software).

Name X509 Ecommerce TBS Comodo AAA SSL Thawte Standard VeriSign Secure
buy buy buy buy
Price (1 year) 75 € 95 € 148 € 395 €
Cipherment 40-bit waranty*, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty**, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty***, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty****, up to 256-bit
Browsers recognition 96% 98.5% 99.2% 97%
Web logo included
Price of additional machine licence purchase another certificate purchase another certificate 89 € 375 €
Certificates lifetime (year) 1 to 3 1 to, 3 1 to 5 1 to 5
Standards X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained X509v3, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLS, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained
Free reissue Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime 30 days
Money back guarantee no no 30 days 30 days
Average delivery time 3 business days 1/2 business days 2/3 business days 2 business days
Other Secures with and without www. Secures with and without www.
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*: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.77+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.6.0+. Not suitable for mobiles.
**: guarantee applicable for W IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.51+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2+.
***: guarantee applicable IE 4.0+, Netscape 4.0+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.3.0_02+.
****: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.79+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2_06+. Not suitable for all mobiles.




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SERVER CERTIFICATES WITH 128-BIT WARANTY


Certificates with 128-bit waranty can also operate at 256-bit with compatible software. They force some 40-bit browsers (see our browser comparison) into 128-bit mode.

Name X509 SGC TBS GlobalSign OrganizationSSL Thawte Supercert VeriSign Global
buy buy buy buy
Price (1 year) 199 € 239 €
209 €
345 € 995 €
Cipherment 128-bit waranty*, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty**, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty****, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty****, up to 256-bit
Browser recognition 96% 98% 98% >98%
Web logo included
Installable on how many machines? 1 3 1 1
Price of additional machine license purchase another certificate 209 € (for 3 machines) 249 €
207 €
945 €
Certificates lifetime (year) 1 to 3 1 to 5 1 to 4 1 to 5
Standards X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained
Free reissue Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime 30 days
Money back guarantee no 30 days 30 days 30 days
Average delivery time 3 business days 2/3 business days 2/3 business days 2 business days
Other Secures with and without www. Secures with and without www.
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*: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.77+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.6.0+. Not suitable for mobiles.
**: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.51+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2_06+.
****: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.6+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Opera 3+, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2_03+.



EV SERVER CERTIFICATES


EV certificates are nowadays the must-have products to fight phishing. They activate the green bar in IE7 and IE8, the green tab in Firefox 3, and the security indicators in Safari, Google Chrome, iphone, etc.

EV SERVER CERTIFICATES WITH 40-BIT WARANTY
Name Comodo EV Thawte SSL EV Verisign Secure Site EV GeoTrust True Business ID with EV
buy buy buy acheter
Price (1 year) 449 €
399 €
498 €
389 €
975 € SPECIAL OFFER
194 €
Cipherment 40-bit waranty*, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty**, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty***, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty***, up to 256-bit
Green bar activation
Old browser recognition 97% 99.2% 97.5% 97.5%
Web logo included
Installable on how many machines? 1 1 1 1
Price of additional machine license purchase another certificate 368 €
311 €
926 € purchase another certificate
Standards EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained
Free reissue Lifetime Lifetime 30 days Lifetime
Money back guarantee 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days
Average delivery time 4 business days 5 business days 5 business days 5 business days
Other Secures with and without www.
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* : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.77+, Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.5.0_08+. Not suitable for all mobiles.
** : guarantee applicable for IE 4.0+, Netscape 4.0+, Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.3.0_02+.
*** : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.6+, Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2_03+.



EV SERVER CERTIFICATES WITH 128-BIT WARANTY
Name Comodo EV SGC Comodo EV Multiple Sites GlobalSign ExtendedSSL Verisign Secure Site Pro EV
buy buy buy buy
Price (1 year) 499 € 579 € 619 € 1340 €
Cipherment 128-bit waranty*, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty****, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty**, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty***, up to 256-bit
Green bar activation
Old browser recognition 97% 91% 98% 97.5%
Web logo included -
Installable on how many machines? 1 1 3 1
Price of additional machine license achetez un autre certificat achetez un autre certificat 619 € (pour 3 machines) 1273 €
Standards EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained, SAN EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained
Free reissue Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime 30 days
Money back guarantee 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days
Average delivery time 4 business days 6 business days 5 business days 5 business days
Other Secures with and without www. Contains 3 sites/SAN, more as an option Secures with and without www.
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* : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.77+, Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.5.0_08+. Not suitable for all mobiles.
** : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.51+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2_06+.
*** : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.6+, Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2_03+.
**** : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+ Windows, Netscape 6+, Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Camino, Chrome, et Safari 1.2+. Not suitable for all mobiles.




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WILDCARD SERVER CERTIFICATES

Wildcard certificates enable you to secure multiple websites which share the same suffix: *.domain.com
Our summary table below assembles commercial and technical criteria. The principal technical criterion is browser recognition; see our comparison page. Please note that Wildcard certificates have some technical limitations.

Name X509 Omnidomaine TBS Comodo WildSSL Thawte Wildcard X509 Omnidomaine SGC TBS GlobalSign OV Wildcard
buy buy buy buy buy
Price (1 year) 409 € 449 € 485 € 584 € 612 €
Cipherment 40-bit waranty*, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty**, up to 256-bit 40-bit waranty***, up to; 256-bit 128-bit waranty*, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty****, up to 256-bit
Browsers recognition 96% 98.5% 99% 96% 98%
Web logo included
Installable on how many machines? 1 1 1 1 3
Price of additional machine license 19 € 28 € 339 €
291 €
29 € 612 € (for 3 machines)
Certificates lifetime (year) 1 to 3 1 to 3 1 or 2 1 to 3 1 to 5
Standards X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained X509v3, SSLv2, SSLv3, TLS, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained
Free reissue Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime
Money back guarantee - - 30 days - 30 days
Average delivery time 3 business days 1/2 business days 2/3 business days 3 business days 2/3 business days
Other Secure with the sub-domaine and without (just domain.com) Secure with the sub-domaine and without (just domain.com)
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*: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.77+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.6.0+. Not suitable for mobiles.
**: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.5+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.1+, Windows Mobile 6+.
***: guarantee applicable for IE 4.0+ (except for Windows 95 & 98), Netscape 4.0+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.3.0_02+, Windows mobile 6+.
****: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.51+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Safari, Chrome, J2RE 1.4.2_06+.



MULTIPLE CN (SAN) SERVER CERTIFICATES


This type of certificate (also called Subject Alternative Name or SAN) enables to secure not only one website but a large number of sites (a list of sites) hosted on a shared infrastructure (server with multiple names, reverse proxy). Ideal to secure multiple brands of a corporation. One certificate per hardware is required.

Name Comodo UCC GlobalSign UCC Comodo EV Multiple Sites TBS X509 Multiple Sites
buy buy buy buy
Number of sites / FQDN / SAN included 5 3+3 3 12
Price (1 year) 325 € 444 € 579 € 672 €
Encipherment 40-bit waranty**, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty****, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty***, up to 256-bit 128-bit waranty*, up to 256-bit
Price (per additional site/SAN) 65 € 75 € 193 € 56 €
Browsers recognition 91% 91% 91% 90%
Public names in the SANs no limitation no limitation no limitation no limitation
Internal names in the SANs no limitation no limitation no limitation no limitation
IPs in the SANs no limitation no limitation none no limitation
Web logo included - - -
Installable on how many machines? 1 3 1 1
Price of additional machine license purchase another certificate same price as the original product for 3 machines purchase another certificate purchase another certificate
Standards X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, Exchange2007, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, Exchange2007, chained EV, X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, chained X509v3, SSLv3, TLS, SGC, chained
Free reissue Lifetime, including SAN changes Lifetime, including SAN changes Lifetime, including SAN changes Lifetime, including SAN changes
Money back guarantee 30 days 30 days 30 days 30 days
Average delivery time 2/3 business days 2/3 business days 6 business days 3 business days
Certificate lifetime (year) 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1, 2 1, 2, 3
Other Available with 12 SANs. Tailored for Exchange 2007 prefixes mail. owa. autodiscover. included for free NEW EV PRODUCT! Available with 40 and 100 SANs through a TBS-certificats account
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* : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+ Windows, Netscape 6+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Chrome, and Safari 1.2+ browsers. Not suitable for mobiles.
** : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+ Windows, Netscape 6+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Chrome, and Safari 1.2+ browsers. Suitable for Windows Mobile 5+.
*** : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+ Windows, Netscape 6+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Chrome, and Safari 1.2+ browsers. Not Suitable for all mobiles.
**** : guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+ Windows, Netscape 6+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino, Chrome, and Safari 1.2+ browsers. Suitable for Windows Mobile 5+.




DEVELOPERS (CODE-SIGNING) CERTIFICATES
Nom Thawte Developer VeriSign Developer
buy buy
Price (1 year) 159 € 453 €
Browsers recognition 99.2%* 97%**
Nb of signables components illimited illimited
Certificates lifetime (year) 1 or 2 1 to 3
Standards X509v3, Microsoft Authenticode, JDK (java), Adobe AIR, Netscape Code Signing, chained X509v3, Microsoft Authenticode, JDK (java), chained
Free reissue Lifetime no
Average delivery time 3/4 business days 3 business days
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*: guarantee applicable for IE 5.0+, Netscape 4.0+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey/Camino and Safari browsers; JRE 1.3.0_02+, Office XP, Mac OS X.
**: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.79+, Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey / Camino, Safari; J2RE 1.4.2_06+, Office XP, Mac PS X.




USER CERTIFICATES
Name X509 Email Novice TBS X509 Email Particulier TBS X509 Sign & Login TBS X509 Email Pro TBS ChamberSign Fiducio GeoTrust My Credential for Acrobat (PDF)
go ! buy buy buy buy buy
Price (1 year) free 33 € 31 € 49 € 80 € 399 €
315 €
Class (validation level) 1 (ID not validated) 2 (ID validated) 2 (organization validated) 2+ (ID and organization validated) 3 (ID face-to-face validated and organisation validated) 2+ (ID and organization validated)
Web and Email recognition 97%** 97%** 97%* 97%** not recognised by default*** not recognised by default***
Usable for strong authentification? -
Usable for digital signature? yes : French TeleTVA, Tenders, e-procedures, SIV
Usable to sign and encipher email? - -
Signed-PDF recognized by default in Acrobat Reader ? - no, configure it no, configure it no, configure it -
Usable to sign PDF (software required)?
Medium type software software software software software or USB token USB token
Certificates lifetime (year) 1 1 to 3 1 to 7 1 to 7 1 1
Standards X509v3, S/MIME, chained X509v3, S/MIME, chained X509v3, chained X509v3, S/MIME, chained X509v3, S/MIME, no-chained, PRISv1 X509v3, chained
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All certs come with 40-bit waranty, up to 256-bit. No free reissue
*: guarantee applicable for IE 5.01+, Netscape 4.77+, Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey and Safari.
**: guarantee applicable for Outlook 2000+, Outlook Express 5.5+, Entourage, Mail MacOS X 10.3+, Thunderbird, Netscape 4.77+ and Mozilla/SeaMonkey.
***: rowsers do not have the root, manual importation required.




PKI OFFER
Name TBS-certificate Account TBS PKI SME TBS PKI chained TBS PKI Enterprise
Recommended from (number of certificates) 1 5 3000 4000
Yearly fixed expenses free free 35000 € 40000 €
Single certificate purchasing; - - -
Bulk certificate purchasing yes, from 200€ no, illimited users
Infrastructure expenses 0, outsourced 0, outsourced You setup all the infrastructure (hardware, software, datacenter)/td> Interfacing your systems with our platform to be implemented (API provided)
Server certificate issuance -
Client certificate issuance yes (flat fee possible)
Code-signing certificate issuance - - -
Certificate issuer brand dependant: Verisign, Thawte, TBS X509, Comodo TBS X509 CA Your own authority Your own authority
Root certificate brand dependant UTN / AddTrust UTN / AddTrust UTN / AddTrust
Average delivery time brand dependant 1 hour Depends on your infrastructure 10 minutes
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Last modified: 16 August, 2010