Thawte is one of the oldest CA brands in the industry (founded 1995 in South Africa, acquired through VeriSign → Symantec → DigiCert). The Thawte trust seal is recognised in business-to-business contexts as a long-standing mark of identity verification, particularly for international e-commerce and SaaS where buyer trust signals carry weight.
Extended Validation (EV) — the most rigorous identity check
EV is the strictest commercial validation level, governed by the CA/Browser Forum EV Guidelines. The CA performs full OV checks plus additional verification of physical operational presence, exclusive operational control of the domain, and the legal/operational authority of the requesting representative.
Issuance typically takes 5–7 business days due to the extra verification steps and required legal-officer signatures. Modern browsers no longer show the green address bar that legacy EV certs displayed, but the verified organisation name is still recorded in the certificate and visible to anyone who inspects it. EV certs continue to carry the strongest CA-issued identity assertion and the highest warranty levels.
Pick EV when: you operate in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, government), high-value e-commerce, B2B SaaS handling sensitive customer data, or any context where the strongest available identity assertion is required by policy, contract, or risk profile.
Single Domain coverage
Secures one fully-qualified domain (FQDN), with the www. and apex variants both covered as a convention (example.com + www.example.com share one cert). Other subdomains (e.g. app.example.com, api.example.com) require their own certificates.
The simplest and most common coverage type. Choose Single Domain when you have one canonical site, or when the additional subdomains you operate are best served by their own scoped certificates rather than a shared wildcard.
Certificate details
- Annual price — $394.31 USD
- Warranty — $1.5M (insurance coverage backed by the CA in case of misissuance)
- Issuance time — 5–7 business days
- Domains covered — up to 1
- Validity — 1 year (annual renewal)
- Reissue — free unlimited reissues during the validity period
- Refund — 30-day money-back guarantee on most certificate types
