rapidssl vs. quickssl

[Jeff]

For securing a contact form used by job applicants to include their license number I'm trying to decide between a rapidssl or a quickssl certificate. What are the deciding factors to choose the slightly more expensive cert?

[Brooke-Resell1]

For securing a contact form used by job applicants to include their license number I'm trying to decide between a rapidssl or a quickssl certificate. What are the deciding factors to choose the slightly more expensive cert?

RapidSSL is considered appropriate for things like logins, or very light eCommerce. The main reason to choose QuickSSL over RapidSSL is name recognition; the GeoTrust site seal is something most people recognize. An independent study recently found that something like 70% of consumers will abandon a transaction if they don't recognize the issuer of the SSL certificate. To me personally, submitting a Drivers License number is even more of a risk than submitting a credit card number, so I think QuickSSL would be more appropriate.

You didn't ask about QuickSSL Premium, but in case you're curious, Premium certificates come with a live date and time stamp for an additional level of reassurance to the validity of the seal. Plus, they're the only certificate we offer that has mobile ubiquity, so if you think there is a good chance your applicants will be filling out the information on a mobile device, a Premium certificate may be appropriate.

[Laurie-Resell1]

This has a good overview of the Rapid SSL faqs: http://www.rapidssl.com/ssl-certificate-support/ssl-faq.htm. This will give you the same for the QuickSSL: http://www.geotrust.com/resources/product_pdfs/pdfs/DS_QSSL_0205s.pdf. The main difference in these certificates is the amount of verification during purchase. The encryption is basically the same for both.