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Yes it does offer free wildcard certs (for ACME); see: https://zerossl.com/documentation/acme/

“By using ZeroSSL's ACME feature, you will be able to generate an unlimited amount of 90-day SSL certificates at no charge, also supporting multi-domain certificates *and wildcards*. Each certificate you create will be stored in your ZeroSSL account.”

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Interesting. Perhaps the error I received at the time was worded poorly giving me the impression there was a cost. Thank-you for the clarification. For now I will stick with LE as I do not have to create an account but I will keep ZeroSSL in mind should LE change things up.

[Edit] I remember now what led me to this conclusion. The error said I needed an account. I looked at the pricing page which indicated I had to pay for wildcards so I immediately looked for the flag to change back to LE. Looking at the pricing page I would still reach this conclusion. There should be some text that makes it obvious that using ACME allows for free wildcards.

Yes, you are right. The pricing page is confusing and it does not explain clearly that all the paid plans are not needed for ACME stuff.

I am not sure if this is an oversight or done on purpose..

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