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title: Free Universal SSL/TLS certificates · Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs
description: By default, Cloudflare issues — and renews — free, unshared, publicly trusted SSL certificates to all domains added to and activated on Cloudflare.
lastUpdated: 2024-11-26T17:20:32.000Z
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By default, Cloudflare issues — and [renews](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/#universal-ssl) — free, unshared, publicly trusted SSL certificates to all domains [added to](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) and [activated on](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) Cloudflare.

Universal certificates are [Domain Validated (DV)](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/concepts/#validation-level). For setup details, refer to [Enable Universal SSL](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/).

Note

If your website or application requires an SSL certificate prior to migrating traffic to Cloudflare, or if you need to [customize cipher suites](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/), refer to [Advanced](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) or [Custom](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) certificates.

## Availability

| | Free | Pro | Business | Enterprise |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

## Related resources

* [Backup certificates](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/)
* [Validity period and renewal](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/#universal-ssl)
