I think you really have to understand that at its heart, Let&#x27;s Encrypt is not about <i>free</i> certs as much as it is about <i>automatic</i> certs. If you just want a cert, definitely use an established provider. But a year from know, LE will be making this a &quot;set and forget&quot; thing, which is how it should be.  LE is NOT a painless way to get certs for legacy infrastructure. I found this out by using it for an elastic beanstalk hosted site. I just wrote about it at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;go-to-hellman.blogspot.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;using-lets-encrypt-to-secure-elastic.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;go-to-hellman.blogspot.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;using-lets-encryp...</a>