AWS Private Certificate Authority
No phone app
6.8No. 11 of 18
in Public Key Infrastructure Software
in Public Key Infrastructure Software
- Recognised40% of the score72
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score98
- Free plan14% of the score0
- Free plan
- Trial only
- Paid plans from
- $50/mo
- Runs on
- api, Web
Summary
AWS Private Certificate Authority is ranked #11 of 18 in public key infrastructure software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on API, Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $50/mo.
AWS Private Certificate Authority plans and pricing
All plans30-day CA operation trial Free First 30 days for the first private CA created in each account and Region CA operation only · Issued certificates still incur charges aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
Short-lived private certificates $0.06 once Per certificate issued Short-lived certificate mode CA · 1+ certificates aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
General-purpose private certificates $0.75 once Per certificate issued; calendar-month tiers per Region: 1–1,000 $0.75 each, 1,001–10,000 $0.35 each, 10,001+ $0.001 each General-purpose mode CA aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
Short-lived certificate mode CA operation $50/mo Per private CA; prorated for partial months Certificates valid up to 7 days · Certificate issuance charged separately aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
General-purpose mode CA operation $400/mo Per private CA; prorated for partial months Can issue certificates with any validity period · Certificate issuance charged separately aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
Compared on public key infrastructure software
- Free plan
- Noaws.amazon.com
- Paid from
- $50/moaws.amazon.com
- Deployment model
- cloudaws.amazon.com
- SCEP support
- Yesaws.amazon.com
- HSM integration
- Yesaws.amazon.com
- Certificate profiles
- Yesaws.amazon.com
Facts
- Purpose
- AWS Private CA is a managed service for issuing and managing private certificates and maintaining an organization's internal PKI.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Resources protected
- Certificates can identify and protect servers, applications, users, devices, and containers.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Operating modes
- General-purpose mode supports any certificate validity period, while short-lived mode supports certificates valid for up to 7 days.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Certificate and CA management can be automated using APIs, AWS CLI commands, SDKs, and CloudFormation templates.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- CA connectors
- The service offers connectors for Active Directory, Kubernetes, and SCEP; the pricing page says these connectors have no additional charge.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The SCEP connector can work with mobile device management solutions such as Microsoft Intune and Jamf Pro.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Key protection
- AWS Private CA protects CA keys with AWS-managed hardware security modules that adhere to FIPS 140-2 security standards.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Access controls
- IAM policies can control who manages certificate authorities and who can issue or revoke certificates.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Revocation
- Customers can distribute certificate revocation information using OCSP, certificate revocation lists, or both.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Audit logging
- AWS Private CA integrates with CloudTrail, which captures service API calls and can deliver log files to an Amazon S3 bucket.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- CA hierarchy limit
- AWS Private CA supports a hierarchy up to five tiers deep: a root, three subordinate CA levels, and one issuing CA.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- AWS Private CA does not currently support Merkle Tree Certificates.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Company background
- Amazon Web Services says it launched in 2006 and is part of Amazon.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Support agreement
- AWS states that AWS Private CA has a service level agreement.aws.amazon.com · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- aws.amazon.com/private-ca/faqs/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- aws.amazon.com/private-ca/features/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- aws.amazon.com/private-ca/pricing/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- aws.amazon.com/about-aws/· checked 4 Oct 2026