Understand your account type and coverage model
Your account type determines navigation paths, available user roles, and certificate coverage model throughout this chapter. Check the menu identifiers in CertCentral to confirm your account type:
Account type | Menu identifiers | Coverage model |
|---|---|---|
Subscription | Shop DigiCert Products, My Digital Trust Products | 12-month subscription per protected asset. No Annual Plans or Multi-year Plans |
Enterprise | Request a Certificate, Certificates. CertCentral Enterprise logo | Annual Plans and Multi-year Plans. Up to five user roles |
Partner | Request a Certificate, Certificates. CertCentral Partner logo | Annual Plans and Multi-year Plans. Reseller and subaccount management |
Legacy | Request a Certificate, Certificates. No suffix on logo | Transitioning to Subscription model |
For a full explanation of account types, see Understand how CertCentral works.
Confirm your coverage model
Subscription accounts: Certificates are issued per protected asset within your 12-month subscription. No Annual Plans or Multi-year Plans apply.
Enterprise, Partner, and Legacy accounts: Public TLS certificates are issued on Annual Plans (1-year default) or Multi-year Plans (up to 3 years). Maximum certificate validity is 199 days. To use remaining plan coverage, reissue the certificate before it expires.
For details, see Understand DigiCert annual plans and Understand Multi-year Plans.
Confirm payment method
Auto-renew requires an account balance as the default payment method. Credit card payment is not supported for automatic renewal.
Azure Key Vault and some integration-driven automation models require account credit as the default payment method.
Subscription accounts pay per protected asset. No per-certificate payment is required at request time.