EJBCA
8.2#1 in certificate management softwareFrom £62,065 a yearFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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ManageEngine Key Manager Plus
7.6#5 in certificate management softwareFrom $475 a yearFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | EJBCA | ManageEngine Key Manager Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Community Edition can be deployed with Helm, as a container, or from source; the download page links Docker Hub, Artifact Hub, and GitHub. | The product is offered as both a SaaS solution and an on-premises deployment. |
| Documentation | The official documentation includes concepts, installation, operations, integration guides, tutorials, troubleshooting, release notes and supported-version information. | The vendor documentation hub provides online help, quickstart material, FAQs, system requirements, security specifications, case studies, tutorials and release notes. |
| Founded | 2001 | 1996 |
| Intended users | EJBCA is presented for securing industrial environments, IoT devices, national eIDs, DevOps workflows, and internal PKIs. | The product is positioned for enterprises seeking centralized management of certificates and machine identities across their IT infrastructure. |
| Licence | EJBCA Community is open source under LGPL version 2.1 or later; dependencies use licenses including Apache 2.0, BSD, MIT and EPL. | The licence agreement grants a proprietary, non-exclusive, non-transferable ZOHO licence; it is not an open-source licence. |
| Purpose | EJBCA is open-source PKI and Certificate Authority software for certificate management, registration, enrollment, and validation. | Key Manager Plus manages SSL/TLS certificate lifecycles across enterprise networks, from discovery and acquisition through deployment, renewal, and expiry tracking. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.5 out of 5 from 38 reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 3 reviews |
| Rating on Gartner Peer Insights | 4.5 out of 5 from 15 reviews | 4.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings |
EJBCA plans
- EJBCA Community EditionFree
- EJBCA Enterprise Cloud trialFree
- EJBCA Enterprise trialFree
- EJBCA PKI SaaS£62,065 a year
- EJBCA EnterprisePriced on request
ManageEngine Key Manager Plus plans
- Free EditionFree
- On-premises license (25 managed keys)$59 a month
- Subscription — 25 keys$475 a year
- On-premises license (25 managed keys)$599 a year
- On-premises perpetual license (25 managed keys)$1,188, paid once
- Perpetual — 25 keys$1,188, paid once
Pick EJBCA if…
EJBCA suits teams managing PKI for internal systems, DevOps, industrial environments, IoT devices, or national eIDs. Community is for learning, testing, and prototyping; production users should consider its stated limitations and Enterprise support offering.
Pick ManageEngine Key Manager Plus if…
Key Manager Plus suits enterprises seeking centralized management of certificates and machine identities. It also fits teams that manage SSH or PGP keys and need certificate renewal alerts and audit trails.