SSL Certificate to apply on more web application - SharePoint 2013

Hi,
based on your experiences, I'd like to know which SSL certificates are good in order to apply them for more web applications in a SharePoint 2013 farm. Saying a good SSL certificate I intend a SSL certificate not more expensive. The idea is to buy one
certificate with 1 or 2 year licence and use it for two, three, ... web applications.
Fe, I've a look to Thawte certificates but I don't find any info talking about the possibility to apply one certificate for more web applications.
Any suggests to me, please?

A single-host certificate applies to one host, or a single Web Application using Path-based Site Collections.
A SAN certificate applies to multiple, limited number of hosts for use with multiple Web Applications using Path-based Site Collections (or in a limited fashion, Host-named Site Collections).
A Wildcard certificate applies to an unlimited number of hosts, or an unlimited number of Web Applications using Path or Host-named Site Collections.
You want a wildcard, unless you have a good reason to not want a wildcard.
Trevor Seward
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