# AWS Certificate Manager: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 18 judge labels across 1 categories by 11 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/aws-certificate-manager/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate lifecycle management | 6% | 4 | 0% | 18 |

## What the models said for it

- "AWS Certificate Manager - a service that lets you easily provision, manage, and deploy Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates" (Llama 4 Maverick, Certificate management)
- "the best choice is usually AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) if your certificates are mainly used in AWS, because it issues certificates at no cost" (Perplexity Sonar, Certificate management)
- "or AWS Certificate Manager if you're AWS-native" (Kimi K2, Certificate management)
- "AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is free for public certificates and handles automated renewal seamlessly" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Certificate management)

## In its own words

What AWS Certificate Manager's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Provision and manage SSL/TLS certificates for use with AWS, hybrid, and multicloud workloads (https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager)
- For: Organizations using AWS, hybrid, or multicloud workloads; workloads running on EC2 instances, containers, on-premises hosts, and AWS services (https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager)
- Price stated: Public and private SSL/TLS certificates provisioned through ACM and used exclusively with ACM-integrated services are free. If you choose to issue exportable public certificates, you pay for certificate issuance, certificate renewal, and related API usage. You pay a monthly fee for the operation of each private CA until you delete it, and for the private certificates you issue that are not used exclusively with ACM-integrated services. (https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager/faqs)
- Starting price: No cost (https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Public and private SSL/TLS certificates provisioned through ACM and used exclusively with ACM-integrated services are free. (https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager/faqs)
- Integrations claimed: 3 (https://aws.amazon.com/certificate-manager)
- Hosting: US East (N. Virginia)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.