The Qualys SSL Server Test gives a great one-off A+ → F grade. MySSL gives you the same grade, keeps your results private, and then watches the certificate so you hear about problems before your visitors do — plus headers, email and CT. Free.
No card. Scanning needs no account; an account adds scheduled re-scans and alerts.
First, to be clear: the Qualys SSL Server Test (at ssllabs.com/ssltest) and SSL Labs are the same product. It's an excellent, free, deep TLS analysis — genuinely the reference tool for a thorough audit. We're not knocking the test; we're covering what happens after it.
In practice people hit three things: (1) it's a one-off spot check that never warns you before renewal; (2) a result can be listed on the public Recent Best / Recent Worst boards unless you opt out; and (3) the programmatic Assessment API moved to v4 and now asks you to register. MySSL is free, private by default, monitored continuously, and has a no-signup API tier. (Searching for the other name? See our SSL Labs alternative.)
| Capability | MySSL.info | Qualys SSL Server Test |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| SSL/TLS grade (A+ → F) | Yes | Yes |
| Depth of TLS / handshake analysis | Strong (testssl.sh engine) | Best-in-class |
| One-off spot check vs ongoing | Scheduled re-scans + history | One-off only |
| Expiry / grade-drop alerts | Yes | No |
| Results private by default | Yes (registered) | Public boards unless you opt out |
| API without registration | Yes (anon tier) | v4 — registration required |
| Security headers + email auth + CT | Yes | No — TLS only |
| Public Internet endpoints only | Yes (public endpoints) | Yes (public Internet) |
For a deep, exhaustive one-time TLS audit — full client-handshake simulation and every protocol/cipher edge case — the Qualys SSL Server Test remains the reference and it's free. Run it for periodic deep audits, and let MySSL handle the continuous monitoring, alerting and the headers / email / CT coverage in between.
Yes. The Qualys SSL Server Test is the free tool at ssllabs.com/ssltest, operated by Qualys SSL Labs — 'SSL Labs' and 'Qualys SSL Server Test' refer to the same product. If you searched for the SSL Labs name, see our SSL Labs alternative page, which covers the same ground from that angle.
Yes, it's free for public web servers and gives a deep A+ to F analysis of a server's TLS configuration. MySSL is free too, and adds continuous monitoring, alerts, security headers, email authentication, Certificate Transparency and a free API.
No — it analyses servers on the public Internet only, so internal hosts, staging behind a VPN or servers on non-standard setups can't be tested. MySSL also targets publicly reachable endpoints, so like Qualys it needs a host it can connect to; neither tool reaches inside a private network.
No. The Qualys SSL Server Test is a one-time, on-demand assessment — it does not track your certificate or warn you before it expires. MySSL schedules re-scans, keeps history, and alerts you before expiry or on a grade drop via email, Slack, Discord, Telegram or webhook.
Yes — tick the option not to show the results on the boards before you submit. Otherwise an assessment can appear on the public Recent Best and Recent Worst lists. For registered MySSL users, monitored-domain results are private by default and are never posted to a public leaderboard.
Yes, the SSL Labs Assessment API. It moved to v4 and now asks API users to register; the previous v3 was deprecated at the start of 2024, and Qualys has issued further API versioning and deprecation notices since. MySSL's JSON API keeps a no-signup anonymous tier plus a higher limit on a free key.
We're new and growing — your feedback helps us improve.