| DV HTTPS certificates | EV HTTPS certificates | |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Does not make any assurance that a certificate relates to any legal entity. | Proves who you are. |
| Address bar | No company name | Identity displayed in the browser address bar before anything else. |
| Lock | In 2 out of 4 major browsers, a gray lock. | A green lock in every browser. |
| Revocation | No requirement for OCSP (for fast revocation of compromised certificates). | Mandatory OCSP. |
| Missuance protection | No requirement for certificate transparency (to detect mis-issued certificates and compromised certificate authorities). | Certificate transparency. |
| Price | Since domain validated certificates don't check who you are, they cost almost nothing to issue and are typically cheap or free. | Cost money, because they require the certificate authority to check who you are. |
EV HTTPS fulfils an essential requirement of cryptography: that the site belongs to the company that users think it does.