DigiCert DNS Trust Manager review

Overview

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

DigiCert DNS Trust Manager is a managed DNS service that provides authoritative DNS hosting and secondary DNS through UltraDNS and UltraDNS² ^S1. It is used by enterprises that need reliable, globally scalable DNS infrastructure to maintain trust and uptime ^S2. The service offers custom pricing and is positioned for organizations requiring high availability and compliance ^S1.

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

Identity: DigiCert DNS Trust Manager is a managed DNS service from DigiCert ^S1.
Core purpose: Provides reliable DNS resolution and secondary DNS to support global operations ^S2.
Intended users: Enterprises needing scalable, trustworthy DNS infrastructure ^S2.
Product scope: Includes UltraDNS (primary) and UltraDNS² (secondary) services ^S1.
Positioning: DigiCert emphasizes trust and reliability in DNS management ^S2.
Claimed distinction: Achieved 99.99% reliability and global scale ^S2.

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

Audience	Practical use case
Enterprises	Maintain DNS reliability and global scale for their online services ^S2.
Compliance teams	Manage compliance at scale with streamlined evidence collection ^S3.

Traffic and search

SEO analysis

Collected Oct 22, 2026

digicert.com: an estimated 1,027,738 total monthly visits and about 500,980 monthly organic visits across 15,877 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 1 pages and measured a technical health score of 69/100.

Search summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

digicert.com is the public website evaluated in this SEO report. digicert.com: an estimated 1,027,738 total monthly visits and about 500,980 monthly organic visits across 15,877 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 1 pages and measured a technical health score of 69/100.

Total traffic (modeled): 1,027,738 monthly visits across all channels.
Organic search traffic (estimated): 500,980 monthly visits from search.
Strongest sampled ranking: authority certificate at position 1.
Leading page in the collected evidence: https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-a-certificate-authority.
Closest measured organic competitor: support.dnsimple.com, appearing 1 times in the sampled first-page SERPs.
Technical crawl: 1 pages, health score 69/100.

Domain performance

Modeled total traffic, six-month trend, engagement, countries, and domain identity.

Total website traffic

Six-month trafficModeled monthly visits

Monthly visits1,027,738

Global rank#44,397

Top-country rankUS #18,629

Bounce rate50.3%

Pages per visit4.42

Visit duration3m 44s

Month	Modeled visits
2026-04	1,109,143
2026-05	1,017,103
2026-06	980,952
2026-07	1,083,898
2026-08	996,057
2026-09	1,027,738

Top visitor countries

Country	Name	Traffic share
US	United States	41.1%
JP	Japan	8.3%
IN	India	6.2%
CN	China	4.8%
AU	Australia	2.4%

41.1%United States

United States41.1%Japan8.3%India6.2%China4.8%Australia2.4%Other37.2%

Domain identity

Signal	Value
Registered	Dec 2, 1996
Last changed	Apr 13, 2025
Expires	Dec 1, 2027
WHOIS server	whois.verisign-grs.com
DNSSEC	Not signed
Nameservers	NS20.DIGICERTDNS.COM, NS21.DIGICERTDNS.COM, NS22.DIGICERTDNS.COM, NS23.DIGICERTDNS.NET, NS24.DIGICERTDNS.NET, NS25.DIGICERTDNS.NET, PDNS196.ULTRADNS.BIZ, PDNS196.ULTRADNS.COM, PDNS196.ULTRADNS.NET, PDNS196.ULTRADNS.ORG

Website capture

Organic keywords

Top keywords and an independent Google result page.

Top organic keywords

Keyword	Volume	CPC	Estimated value
digicert	24,030	$3.63	$17,780
ca	750,130	$0.80	$2,260
world quantum readiness day	1,680	$0.00	$2,210
ssl	98,160	$1.06	$2,170
ssl checker	39,950	$1.58	$2,170

Independent Google result page

Query: authority certificate

Position	Title	URL	Description
1	What is a Certificate Authority? CA's Explained	https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-a-certificate-authority	A certificate authority (CA) is a trusted organization that verifies identities and issues digital certificates to secure websites, software, ...
2	Certificate authority	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority	In cryptography, a certificate authority or certification authority (CA) is an entity that stores, signs, and issues digital certificates.
3	Certificate Authority	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=concepts-certificate-authority	A Certificate Authority (CA) is a trusted central administrative entity that can issue digital certificates to users and servers.
4	Get Operating Authority (Docket Number) \| FMCSA	https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration/get-mc-number-authority-operate	Daily Register / Certificates / Letters Learn About. Review Types of Authority $14.00 Reinstate Authority $80.00
5	What is a Certificate Authority?	https://www.entrust.com/resources/learn/certificate-authority	A certificate authority (CA), sometimes called a certification authority, is an entity that validates the digital identity of websites, email addresses, ...
6	Sales Tax Vendor Registration (Certificate of Authority)	https://nyc-business.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/description/sales-tax-vendor-certificate-of-authority	If you have a business that sells tangible personal property or services in New York State, you need a Certificate of Authority. This certificate lets you ...
7	What is a Certificate of Authority and Do I Need One	https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-insights/what-is-a-certificate-of-authority	A Certificate of Authority shows that you are authorized to do business in a state other than your original formation state.
8	What Is a Certificate Authority List and Where Can I Find ...	https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/what-is-a-certificate-authority-list-and-where-can-i-find-one/	A certificate authority list is a roster of publicly trusted root certificate authorities that help form the “chain of trust”
9	What Is a Certificate Authority (CA)? Trust Explained	https://www.globalsign.com/en/ssl-information-center/what-are-certification-authorities-trust-hierarchies	A Certificate Authority (CA) verifies identity and issues digital certificates that browsers trust. Learn how the CA trust hierarchy works.

Important pages

Pages earning the most estimated search traffic in the sample.

URL	Ranking keywords	Estimated traffic	Best position
https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-a-certificate-authority	2	364.8	1
https://www.digicert.com/blog/official-list-trusted-root-certificates-android	3	97.3	1
https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-an-aname-record	3	79	1
https://knowledge.digicert.com/tutorials/create-csr-using-openssl-and-install-your-ssl-certificate-on-an-apache-server	4	79	1
https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days	3	51.7	1
https://www.digicert.com/blog/author/amit-sinha	1	33.4	1
https://docs.digicert.com/zf/content-trust-manager/integration-guides/adobe/adobe-acrobat-reader/configure-signature-and-timestamp-in-adobe-acrobat-reader.html	1	15.2	1
https://www.digicert.com/blog/types-of-electronic-signatures-and-when-to-use-them	1	12.2	1
https://docs.digicert.com/en/certcentral/automate-certificate-lifecycle/set-up-managed-automation/set-up-acme-in-certcentral/install-and-activate-an-acme-automation-agent.html	1	9.1	1
https://knowledge.digicert.com/solution/how-to-enable-activex-for-certificate-creation-with-internet-explorer-7-8-9-10	1	9.1	1

Rank tracking

Persistent keyword baselines and position movement.

This analysis created the first position baseline at 2026-10-22T13:39:29.809Z. Movement appears after the next fresh analysis using the same location and language.

Keyword	Current	Previous	Movement	Volume	Ranking URL
authority certificate	1	Baseline	Baseline	720	https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-a-certificate-authority
a certification authority	1	Baseline	Baseline	480	https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-a-certificate-authority
android security certificate	1	Baseline	Baseline	140	https://www.digicert.com/blog/official-list-trusted-root-certificates-android
android security certificates	1	Baseline	Baseline	140	https://www.digicert.com/blog/official-list-trusted-root-certificates-android
47-day certificates	1	Baseline	Baseline	110	https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days
amit sinha digicert	1	Baseline	Baseline	110	https://www.digicert.com/blog/author/amit-sinha
aname record	1	Baseline	Baseline	110	https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-an-aname-record
aname records	1	Baseline	Baseline	110	https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-an-aname-record
apache add ssl	1	Baseline	Baseline	110	https://knowledge.digicert.com/tutorials/create-csr-using-openssl-and-install-your-ssl-certificate-on-an-apache-server
adobe qualified timestamp	1	Baseline	Baseline	50	https://docs.digicert.com/zf/content-trust-manager/integration-guides/adobe/adobe-acrobat-reader/configure-signature-and-timestamp-in-adobe-acrobat-reader.html
apache install ssl	1	Baseline	Baseline	50	https://knowledge.digicert.com/tutorials/create-csr-using-openssl-and-install-your-ssl-certificate-on-an-apache-server
apache server ssl certificate installation	1	Baseline	Baseline	50	https://knowledge.digicert.com/tutorials/create-csr-using-openssl-and-install-your-ssl-certificate-on-an-apache-server
apache ssl certificate installation	1	Baseline	Baseline	50	https://knowledge.digicert.com/tutorials/create-csr-using-openssl-and-install-your-ssl-certificate-on-an-apache-server
advance electronic signature	1	Baseline	Baseline	40	https://www.digicert.com/blog/types-of-electronic-signatures-and-when-to-use-them
aname dns	1	Baseline	Baseline	40	https://www.digicert.com/blog/what-is-an-aname-record
android trusted credentials list	1	Baseline	Baseline	40	https://www.digicert.com/blog/official-list-trusted-root-certificates-android
90-day certificate	1	Baseline	Baseline	30	https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days
90-day certificates	1	Baseline	Baseline	30	https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days
acme agents	1	Baseline	Baseline	30	https://docs.digicert.com/en/certcentral/automate-certificate-lifecycle/set-up-managed-automation/set-up-acme-in-certcentral/install-and-activate-an-acme-automation-agent.html
activex ie	1	Baseline	Baseline	30	https://knowledge.digicert.com/solution/how-to-enable-activex-for-certificate-creation-with-internet-explorer-7-8-9-10

Features

Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

Capability	What it does
Authoritative DNS hosting	Provides primary DNS resolution through UltraDNS ^S1.
Secondary DNS	Offers independent second anycast network via UltraDNS² for redundancy ^S1.
Global anycast network	Distributes DNS queries across multiple locations for performance ^S2.
Scalable infrastructure	Supports global scale for enterprise DNS needs ^S2.

Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interface	Type	What it enables
Hyperproof	Integration	Streamlines compliance evidence collection and management ^S3.
Harness	Integration	Supports deployment and scaling of DigiCert's infrastructure ^S2.

Pricing

Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offer	Verified price and billing	Included	Limits
UltraDNS	Contact sales ^S1	Custom ^S1	Plans sized by domains, queries, users and features ^S1
UltraDNS²	Contact sales ^S1	Custom ^S1	Independent second anycast network for secondary DNS ^S1

Competition

Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

Competitor	First-page appearances	Sampled queries	Average position	Queries observed
support.dnsimple.com	1	1	1	authority certificate
en.wikipedia.org	1	1	1	a certification authority
swisssign.com	1	1	2	authority certificate
vertifi.com	1	1	3	authority certificate
ssl.com	1	1	3	a certification authority
appviewx.com	1	1	4	authority certificate
csrc.nist.gov	1	1	4	a certification authority
cheapsslsecurity.com	1	1	5	authority certificate
entrust.com	1	1	5	a certification authority
reddit.com	1	1	6	authority certificate

AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 0.7%

Month	Traffic share	Source
—	—	All AI assistants
—	—	All AI assistants
—	—	All AI assistants

Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

Opportunity	Recommended action	Evidence
Competitor gap	Review the sampled queries where support.dnsimple.com appears.	1 first-page appearances across authority certificate
Technical priority	Missing page title	https://www.digicert.com/

Trust and proof

Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

Platform	Page	How it was found	Note
G2	digicert Products / Read 71 Reviews on G2	Grounded web search	4.3 out of 5 stars ... ProductDigiCert CertCentral31 reviewsCertCentral facilitates better certificate lifecycle management by consolidating tasks for issuing, installing, inspecting, remediating, and renewing certificates into one scalable software suite.
Trustpilot	DigiCert, Inc. Reviews / Read Customer Service Reviews of digicert.com	Grounded web search	# DigiCert, Inc. Reviews 277 ... 4.6 ... Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their exceptional helpfulness, professionalism, and positive attitude, making interactions pleasant and productive. Many people highlight the outstanding customer service, appreciating the personalized and efficient approach to resolving issues. The service provided is frequently described as excellent, with consumers noting the quick response ti
Gartner Peer Insights	DigiCert Software Trust Manager Reviews & Ratings 2026 / Gartner Peer Insights	Grounded web search	## DigiCert Software Trust Manager Reviews and Ratings #### 4.7 ##### ( 36 Ratings) ### Rating Distribution 5 Star 75 % 4 Star 22 % 3 Star 3 % 2 Star 0 % 1 Star 0 % ... , although the initial setup took some time to understand and the cost may
TrustRadius	DigiCert CertCentral vs OpenSSL / TrustRadius	Grounded web search	--- / --- / --- / / Likelihood to Recommend / DigiCert DigiCert is perfect for single application use where you need extra verification/validation for secure web interface. Incentivized ... . I can't think of a particular situation where it would not be
startwithidentity.com	DigiCert Review · Start with Identity	Grounded web search	one of the largest publicly trusted certificate authorities and a serious certificate ... and its DigiCert ONE platform layers automation and management on top. Unlike pure ... tools in the PKI and certificate lifecycle category, DigiCert owns the trust
G2	Compare DigiCert CertCentral and Keyfactor Command Social Share Options	Grounded web search	DigiCert CertCentral(31)4.4 out of 5DigiCert CertCentral By digicert Keyfactor Command(56)4.5 out of 5Keyfactor Command ... Its quite easy to use thre is no hectic guides that you will need to follow. just easy simple steps.
G2	Compare DigiCert CertCentral and Sectigo Certificate Manager Social Share Options	Grounded web search	DigiCert CertCentral(31)4.4 out of 5DigiCert CertCentral By digicert ... ST Shishir T. Verified User in Financial Services --- Support after sales, and straight forward Process Most Helpful Critical Review G Verified User in E-Learning

Customer proof

Proof type	Named customer or source	Evidence
Case study	FeaturedCustomers	testimonial — Read 22 DigiCert reviews and testimonials from customers, explore case studies and customer success stories, and watch customer videos to see why companies chose ... (22 DigiCert Customer Reviews & References / FeaturedCustomers)
Case study	harness.io	customer case study — The challenge of maintaining this level of trust was compounded by the need to scale globally. (How DigiCert Secured 99.99% Reliability and Global Scale / Harness Case Study)
Case study	hyperproof.io	customer case study — - A seamless tool that helps speed up evidence collection and management processes - 80 hours of time saved a month for DigiCert’s compliance team - A holistic view into DigiCert’s audit readiness - Effective framewor… (DigiCert Case Study: Managing Compliance at Scale with Hyperproof)

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

Signal	Finding	Source
Company and ownership	Not published on the collected pages.	—
Contact and support	Not published on the collected pages.	—
Legal and privacy	Not published on the collected pages.	—
Security and compliance	Not published on the collected pages.	—
Uptime and status page	Not published on the collected pages.	—
Domain registered	1996-12-02	—
Domain expires	2027-12-01	—

Not found on the collected pages: company and ownership, contact and support, legal and privacy, security and compliance, uptime and status page. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.

Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Not established in the collected sources.

Technical

Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

Signal	Finding	Source
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)	Cloud-based managed DNS service ^S1.	^S1
Platforms and apps	Web-based management ^S1.	^S1
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)	Not published on the collected pages.	—
Data ownership and export	Not published on the collected pages.	—
Performance and reliability claims	99.99% reliability and global scale ^S2.	^S2
Release activity	Not published on the collected pages.	—

Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

Signal	Finding
Domain registered	1996-12-02 — MarkMonitor Inc.
Domain expires	2027-12-01
TLS certificate	DigiCert Inc, valid, expires 2026-11-26
Security headers	HSTS
Headers not served	CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Mail handled by	digicert-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
Nameservers	pdns196.ultradns.biz, pdns196.ultradns.com

Not measurable: wayback: rate limited by archive.org, ladder stopped after 1 probe(s); rdap: exceeded the overall budget; wayback: exceeded the overall budget; tls: exceeded the overall budget; dns: exceeded the overall budget; headers: exceeded the overall budget. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

Pages crawled: 1 of 15 maximum
Technical health: 69/100
Critical issues: 1
Warnings: 3
Notices: 2

Issues

Severity	Issue	Value	Affected URL
critical	Missing page title	—	https://www.digicert.com/
warning	Missing meta description	—	https://www.digicert.com/
warning	Page should have one primary H1	0	https://www.digicert.com/
warning	Missing canonical URL	—	https://www.digicert.com/
notice	Page is marked noindex	—	https://www.digicert.com/
notice	Low visible word count	6	https://www.digicert.com/

Crawled pages

Status	Title	H1s	Words	Response	URL
200	Missing title	0	6	40 ms	https://www.digicert.com/

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

Channel	Estimated share
direct	52.0%
search	23.4%
search organic	23.1%
search paid	0.2%
social	1.5%
social organic	1.3%
social paid	0.1%
referrals	20.4%
paid referrals	0.4%
mail	1.6%
gen ai	0.7%
affiliate	0.1%
other	0.0%

First-party connections

Integration	Status	Data available after connection
Google Search Console	Not connected	Clicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google Analytics	Not connected	Organic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention any competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed feature documentation, API information, and customer testimonials beyond review counts. Pricing details are not public, requiring contact sales.

Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on a limited collection: the product page was partially rendered, and external proof search provided case studies and review listings. No detailed documentation or pricing pages were scraped. Claims are cited from the evidence catalog; external snippets were not used as primary evidence.

Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/sellers/digicertVerified
Review Sitehttps://www.trustpilot.com/review/digicert.comVerified
Review Sitehttps://www.gartner.com/reviews/product/digicert-software-trust-manager?marketSeoName=it-securityVerified
Review Sitehttps://www.trustradius.com/compare-products/digicert-certcentral-vs-opensslVerified
Articlehttps://www.featuredcustomers.com/vendor/digicertVerified
Review Sitehttps://startwithidentity.com/vendors/pki/digicert/Verified
Articlehttps://www.harness.io/case-studies/digicertVerified
Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/compare/digicert-certcentral-vs-keyfactor-commandVerified
Articlehttps://hyperproof.io/case-studies/digicert/Verified
Review Sitehttps://www.g2.com/compare/digicert-certcentral-vs-sectigo-certificate-managerVerified

DigiCert DNS Trust Manager