Cloud-native simplicity without the on-prem overhead.
Keyfactor Command is a serious enterprise CLM with deep PKI expertise behind it. TigerTrust delivers the same lifecycle scope on a cloud-native SaaS footprint, so you stop running the platform that runs your certificates.
Less infrastructure. More coverage.
Keyfactor knows PKI — their team has some of the deepest certificate expertise in the industry. Teams still switch when they no longer want to operate the platform themselves.
What changes when the platform runs itself.
- Dedicated infrastructure to size, secure, and back up
- Multi-month implementation with professional services attached
- Ongoing patch and upgrade cycles owned by your team
- Complex licensing that scales with modules and connectors
- Support tiers that gate what would elsewhere be table-stakes
- Fully-managed SaaS with a 99.99% uptime SLA
- Self-service deployment, guided architect calls when useful
- Automatic security updates, zero-touch platform maintenance
- One platform price, all connectors and features included
- 24/7 support included at every tier
Capability comparison, head to head.
Keyfactor Command is a mature enterprise CLM with strong PKI depth. Here is where the offerings align and where the delivery model differs.
| Capability | TigerTrust | Keyfactor Command |
|---|---|---|
Certificate discovery (network, cloud, K8s) Keyfactor has strong discovery, especially in Microsoft-heavy estates | ||
Multi-CA orchestration | ||
Microsoft ADCS integration Keyfactor is particularly strong on ADCS and Windows enrollment | ||
Cloud-native SaaS delivery Keyfactor Command is primarily on-premise / hybrid; Keyfactor Command SaaS exists but on-prem is the default | ||
Kubernetes cert-manager integration | ||
ACME protocol issuance | ||
GraphQL API | ||
Self-service onboarding | ||
On-premise / air-gapped deployment |
Moving off Keyfactor, phase by phase.
Keep Keyfactor authoritative until each workflow is proven on TigerTrust.
Export inventory
Pull your Command inventory via API or export. Owners, policies, templates, and CA bindings mirror into TigerTrust.
Reconnect CAs
Point TigerTrust at the same CAs Keyfactor uses (ADCS, EJBCA, DigiCert, Sectigo, Entrust, Vault, private roots). No re-issuance required.
Parallel run
New workloads onboard to TigerTrust while Keyfactor keeps issuing for existing ones. Cutover per group with a rollback path documented.
Retire the footprint
Once one renewal cycle runs cleanly, retire the Keyfactor infrastructure and reclaim the servers, licences, and ops effort.
Frequently asked questions
Does TigerTrust match Keyfactor Command on ADCS depth?
For lifecycle management of ADCS-issued certificates, yes. Keyfactor was founded on Microsoft PKI expertise and has particularly deep ADCS tooling. If you rely on a specific ADCS enrollment agent or a niche template workflow, walk us through it — we will confirm coverage before you commit.
Can TigerTrust use Keyfactor as an upstream issuer?
Yes. If you have invested in Keyfactor as an issuance layer, TigerTrust can sit on top as the CLM plane while Keyfactor keeps issuing. Many teams start there and only later collapse to a single platform.
What is different operationally?
The biggest single difference is that TigerTrust runs the platform. No SQL Server tuning, no HA topology to maintain, no patch cycles owned by your team. If self-hosted is a requirement, we offer it — but most teams switch specifically to stop running the platform.
How does TigerTrust handle EJBCA integrations?
EJBCA is supported as an upstream issuer via its REST API. Keyfactor owns and contributes heavily to EJBCA; we integrate with the standard EJBCA API surface, so anything your EJBCA policies allow, TigerTrust can request.
What about our custom Command workflows?
Send them over. Most workflow logic — approval chains, policy gates, deployment targets — maps cleanly to TigerTrust primitives. For genuinely custom logic, our API and webhook surface handles the same patterns without custom platform builds.
Retired a Keyfactor Command cluster and a small ops team along with it.
“We stopped patching SQL Server, tuning HA topology, and owning the upgrade cycle. That alone paid for the switch inside the first year.”
Modern DevOps integrations, first-class not bolted on.
Everything Keyfactor supports plus the modern pipeline surface enterprise CLMs treat as an afterthought.
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