DigiCert ONE is a commercial certificate lifecycle management tool by DigiCert. SandboxAQ is a commercial certificate lifecycle management tool by SandboxAQ. Compare features, ratings, integrations, and community reviews side by side to find the best certificate lifecycle management fit for your security stack.
CST VerdictBased on our analysis of NIST CSF 2.0 coverage, core features, integrations, company size fit, here is our conclusion:
Enterprise and mid-market teams managing PKI at scale will get the most from DigiCert ONE because it actually automates certificate lifecycle management across disparate trust domains, not just TLS/SSL renewals. The platform covers five distinct trust surfaces simultaneously: public CAs, private PKI, code signing, IoT device certificates, and DNS infrastructure, which means you're not stringing together point solutions. The post-quantum cryptography readiness is table stakes for anyone with a five-year planning horizon. This isn't the pick for smaller organizations that only need a certificate management dashboard or teams that want to avoid PKI complexity altogether; DigiCert ONE assumes you've already committed to centralized governance as an operational control.
Enterprise security teams preparing for post-quantum cryptography migration should start with AQtive Guard, which maps cryptographic exposure across your entire infrastructure and identifies which assets need rekeying first. The platform covers NIST PR.PS and PR.DS through cryptographic vulnerability mapping, giving you the threat inventory most organizations lack before they touch quantum-safe algorithms. Skip this if you need certificate lifecycle automation for today's RSA and ECDSA environments; AQtive Guard is built around tomorrow's problem, not managing your current PKI operations.
Unified PKI & DNS platform for managing digital trust and cert lifecycles.
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DigiCert ONE: Unified PKI & DNS platform for managing digital trust and cert lifecycles. built by DigiCert. headquartered in United States. Core capabilities include Certificate lifecycle management with automated renewals and expiration alerts, Software trust and secure code signing with malware and vulnerability scanning, IoT device trust management across full device lifecycle..
SandboxAQ: AI and quantum computing platform for cybersecurity, drug discovery, and science. built by SandboxAQ. headquartered in United States. Core capabilities include Post-quantum cryptography management via AQtive Guard, Cryptographic vulnerability mapping across digital infrastructure, AI-based drug discovery simulation (AQBioSim)..
Both serve the Certificate Lifecycle Management market but differ in approach, feature depth, and target audience.
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