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For the record I also provide certificates for a number of my clients, so have gone through this a number of times.
For the record I also provide certificates for a number of my clients, so have gone through this a number of times.


If you're looking for a recommendation on who to use? From my point of view they are all bad, choose the cheapest, you are in the market of selling bits and bytes and they all provide the same bits and bytes. The main difference is the certificate chain you get to use and the associated trust that they claim that this will provide (according to the [i]snake oil vendor[/i] Certificate Authority).  
If you're looking for a recommendation on who to use? From my point of view they are all bad, choose the cheapest, you are in the market of selling bits and bytes and they all provide the same bits and bytes. The main difference is the certificate chain you get to use and the associated trust that they claim that this will provide (according to the <s>snake oil vendor</s> Certificate Authority).  
The sales item you sometimes see where they talk about how high the insurance is, is bogus as there is literally nobody ever who has been able to claim such an insurance.
The sales item you sometimes see where they talk about how high the insurance is, is bogus as there is literally nobody ever who has been able to claim such an insurance.