# Sectigo

> Sectigo issues digital certificates and sells cloud-based software to discover, deploy, monitor and renew them. Its Certificate Manager platform serves organizations managing public and private PKI across multiple certificate authorities, alongside SSL/TLS, signing and web security products. The company traces its roots to Comodo CA in 1998 and has been owned by GI Partners since 2020.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Scottsdale, United States
- **Founders:** Melih Abdulhayoglu (Founder of predecessor Comodo; listed as Sectigo founder by Crunchbase)
- **Products:** Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM Enterprise), Sectigo Certificate Manager Pro, SSL/TLS certificates, Signing certificates, Private PKI
- **Notable:** Reports more than one billion certificates issued., Reports more than 700,000 global customers and 2,700 active partners., Acquired Entrust’s public certificate business in January 2025; Sectigo said the deal doubled its enterprise footprint.

## Products & services

- **Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM Enterprise)** — Cloud-based, CA-agnostic discovery, inventory, issuance, deployment, renewal and governance for public and private certificates; APIs and infrastructure integrations.
- **Sectigo Certificate Manager Pro** — SSL/TLS management for small and midsize organizations. Published plans: Basic $25/month or $250/year; Plus $100/month or $1,000/year; Advanced $225/month or $2,250/year. ACME automation starts at Plus; capacity and validation support differ. Prices observed October 17, 2026.
- **SSL/TLS certificates** — Domain, organization and extended validation certificates, including wildcard and multi-domain options.
- **Signing certificates** — Code signing, S/MIME email protection and document signing certificates.
- **Private PKI** — Private certificate authority services and lifecycle management for internal identities, users, devices and workloads.
- **Sectigo PQC Labs** — Post-quantum certificate testing sandbox developed with Crypto4A. A testing environment, not a claim of universal production compatibility.
- **Web security** — Website security, PCI scanning and backup offerings alongside its certificate business.

## Achievements

- Reports more than one billion certificates issued.
- Reports more than 700,000 global customers and 2,700 active partners.
- Acquired Entrust’s public certificate business in January 2025; Sectigo said the deal doubled its enterprise footprint.
- Launched Sectigo PQC Labs with Crypto4A in February 2025.
- Its Calvi case study reports at least 16 hours saved per month compared with alternatives.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Named Ian Hassard Chief Product Officer on September 1 to lead product strategy and CLM platform growth.
- **2026-05** — Refreshed its brand and positioning around Simplicity at Scale on May 19.
- **2025-02** — Launched PQC Labs with Crypto4A on February 6.
- **2025-01** — Announced acquisition of Entrust’s public certificate business on January 29; purchase price was not stated in the announcement.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sectigo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sectigo
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SectigoHQ
- GitHub: https://github.com/sectigo
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Sectigo
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Sectigo.RSA/

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Last updated: 2026-10-17