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Free Certificate Generator
Make a certificate

Free certificate generator — online, editable, no signup

Pick a template, fill in the details, download a professional certificate in about two minutes. Print-ready PDF or shareable PNG, with no watermark and no account.

  • No signup
  • No watermark
  • 66 templates
  • PDF & PNG
  • Free for commercial use
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Certificate generator

Best on a screen at least 900px wide. Certificates render at print resolution and are yours to use commercially. Fair-use limit: 10 downloads an hour, 40 a day.

Powered by CertSeal.com

Need certificates your recipients can verify? CertSeal issues them in bulk from a spreadsheet, puts a unique verification link and QR code on every one, and emails them out for you.

Make verifiable certificates

How it works

Three steps, about two minutes

No design skills, nothing to install, and no account to create. It all happens in the browser.

  1. 01

    Pick a template

    Browse 66 designs — completion, achievement, participation, training, appreciation, award — in landscape or portrait. Filter by category to narrow it down.

  2. 02

    Fill in the details

    Type the recipient's name, what the certificate is for, the date, and who is issuing it. The preview updates as you type, so you find out whether a long name fits before you print it.

  3. 03

    Download it

    Take a print-ready PDF or a shareable PNG. No account, no email address, no watermark — the file is yours the moment you click.

Templates

Every template is fully editable

Certificates of completion, achievement, participation, appreciation, training, and more — most available in both landscape and portrait.

Course Completion Participation Training Recognition Achievement Appreciation Award Employee of the Month
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By certificate type

Making something specific?

Each of these opens the generator on a matching design, and comes with worked wording examples for that kind of certificate.

Free vs paid

What's free, and what isn't

The download is genuinely free and genuinely unwatermarked. What costs money is issuing at scale — bulk generation, verification, and delivery, which is what CertSeal does.

Capability This free generator CertSeal account
Browse and edit every template Yes Yes
Download a print-ready PDF or PNG No watermark No watermark
Works without an account Yes Yes
Use the certificate commercially Yes Yes
Certificates per day 40 Unlimited
Upload your own logo, fonts, and brand colours — Yes
Drag-and-drop layout editing — Yes
Save designs and reuse them — Yes
Bulk issue from a CSV or spreadsheet — Yes
Verification URL and QR code per certificate — Yes
Automatic email delivery to recipients — Yes
Zoom, Zapier, and REST API — Yes

Who uses this

Built for whoever ends up making the certificates

Usually a teacher the week before term ends, an HR coordinator the morning of a meeting, or a volunteer coach the night before presentation evening.

Frequently asked questions

About the free generator

Is this certificate generator really free?
Yes. Pick a design, edit it, and download a PDF or PNG for nothing. No account, no email address, no card, and no watermark on the file. Fair-use limits are 10 downloads an hour and 40 a day so the service stays up for everyone.
Do I have to sign up?
No. Nothing is stored against you. The trade-off is that your design isn't saved either — close the tab and it's gone, so download before you leave.
Will there be a watermark on my certificate?
No. The download is clean. Nothing on the certificate indicates which tool produced it.
Can I use the certificate commercially?
Yes. Businesses, schools, training providers, clubs, and nonprofits can all issue these, including for courses and events they charge for.
What file formats can I download?
A print-resolution PDF sized for A4 — which also prints cleanly on US Letter — or a PNG for email, Slack, and social posts.
Can I upload my own logo or use my brand colours?
Not in the free generator. Logo upload, custom fonts, brand colours, and drag-and-drop layout editing are part of a CertSeal account. The free tool edits the text fields on the design you choose.
Can I make a hundred certificates at once?
Not here — this makes one at a time. For a cohort, a class, or a webinar audience, CertSeal generates a personalised certificate for every row of a spreadsheet in a single run.
Can someone check that a certificate is genuine?
Not from a free download, which is an ordinary file. Verification URLs and QR codes — the thing that lets an employer or auditor confirm a credential independently — come with a CertSeal account.
Does it work on a phone?
It works, but the editor wants a screen at least 900px wide to be comfortable. A tablet in landscape is fine; a phone is cramped.
Who is behind this?
Free Certificate Generator is built and run by CertSeal, which makes credentialing software for organisations that issue certificates at scale. The free generator is genuinely free; CertSeal is what you graduate to if you outgrow it.

More questions on the full FAQ page.

Need more than one at a time?

Bulk issue from a spreadsheet, add a verification URL and QR code to every certificate, and email them out automatically. That's what CertSeal does.

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