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Modern certificate operations without legacy complexity.

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Legacy certificate platforms are heavy, slow to deploy, and expensive to run. MachineCert delivers the same outcomes — discovery, inventory, automation — as cloud-native software you can stand up in days.

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SaaS, no applianceDays to valueLower cost
legacy CLM → MachineCertlive in days, not quarters
Discoveryagentless · 60s
DeploymentSaaS · no appliance
Time to valuedays
Renewalfully automated
Who this is for
Teams modernizing legacy CLM
For teams modernizing legacy CLM deployments without rebuilding operations.
Why teams leave legacy platforms

Legacy CLM is powerful —
and painful.

The capabilities are real, but the operational weight, cost, and complexity push teams to look for a modern alternative.

Heavy to operate

Appliances, upgrades, and specialists just to keep the lights on.

Slow time to value

Deployments measured in quarters, not days.

High total cost

License, infrastructure, and staffing add up fast.

Complex by default

Powerful but unwieldy — hard to adopt and harder to love.

Migration path

A migration measured
in days.

1
Connect

Point MachineCert at your clouds, CAs, and network.

2
Discover

A complete inventory appears in minutes, not weeks.

3
Reconcile

Import legacy data and confirm coverage.

4
Automate

Switch on renewal and retire the old platform.

Migration flow

Migration without disruption.

Move from legacy CLM platforms without rebuilding your PKI program.

STEP 01
Inventory import
CSV · API · Venafi export
STEP 02
Connector setup
CAs · clouds · K8s
STEP 03
Ownership mapping
teams · on-call · approvers
STEP 04
Validation
side-by-side comparison
STEP 05
Go live
cut over · keep audit trail
MachineCert vs legacy CLM

Same outcomes.
None of the weight.

Capability
MachineCert
Legacy CLM
Deployment
SaaS — minutes
—Appliance / heavy install
Time to value
Days
—Weeks to quarters
Agentless discovery
—
Multi-cloud native
—Bolt-on
Machine Trust Graph
—
Pricing model
Usage-based
—Enterprise license
Operational outcomes

Everything you had,
without the overhead.

Faster deployment

Live in days as cloud-native SaaS.

Simpler operations

No appliances, upgrades, or specialists.

Lower cost

Usage-based pricing, no infrastructure tax.

Faster time to value

A complete inventory on day one.

Modern architecture

Built for multi-cloud and Kubernetes.

New capabilities

Trust Graph and blast-radius analysis.

FAQ

Migrating off legacy CLM,
answered.

Legacy CLM platforms are powerful but heavy: they often require appliances or complex installs, take weeks to quarters to deliver value, need dedicated specialists, and carry high license and infrastructure costs. Teams move to modern SaaS to get the same outcomes with far less overhead.
MachineCert delivers the core CLM outcomes — discovery, inventory, monitoring, policy, and automated renewal — as cloud-native software. Most teams run it alongside their existing platform during migration, then retire the legacy system.
Because discovery is agentless and the platform is SaaS, a complete inventory appears in minutes and most migrations are measured in days, not quarters.
Yes. Existing certificate data can be imported and reconciled against what MachineCert discovers, so coverage is confirmed before you switch off the old system.
MachineCert uses usage-based pricing with no appliances or dedicated infrastructure to license and maintain, which typically lowers total cost of ownership versus enterprise-license legacy platforms.
Yes — it connects to public CAs, Microsoft ADCS, HashiCorp Vault, and Kubernetes cert-manager, unifying public and private PKI in one place.
Beyond parity, MachineCert adds modern capabilities like the Machine Trust Graph for blast-radius analysis, continuous risk scoring, and cloud-native multi-cloud discovery.
MachineCert focuses on the outcomes teams actually rely on — visibility, risk, and automated renewal — delivered more simply. Migration plans confirm coverage of your specific requirements before cutover.
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Related capabilities

Certificate lifecycle managementThe lifecycle, explained.Certificate discoveryAgentless discovery in 60s.Renewal automationHands-off renewal.For PKI teamsModernize PKI ops.Machine Trust GraphA capability legacy lacks.MethodologyOur approach to machine trust.
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