Questions about the free certificate generator

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.

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.

No. The download is clean. Nothing on the certificate indicates which tool produced it.

Yes. Businesses, schools, training providers, clubs, and nonprofits can all issue these, including for courses and events they charge for.

A print-resolution PDF sized for A4 — which also prints cleanly on US Letter — or a PNG for email, Slack, and social posts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A4 — 210 × 297 mm — in landscape or portrait. A4 prints on US Letter without scaling artefacts, so the same file works either side of the Atlantic.

PDF if it's going to be printed or filed: it keeps vector text sharp at any size. PNG if it's going into an email, a chat app, or a social post, where a PDF attachment is friction.

Plain paper is fine for everyday awards. For anything presented at a ceremony, 160–250 gsm gives the certificate enough weight to feel like an object. Matte photographs better than gloss.

No. Nothing is saved between sessions, so re-download means filling the form in again. Saved, reusable designs are a paid feature.

Not in the free tool — you edit the text fields on a design that's already laid out. Drag-and-drop layout editing comes with a CertSeal account.

Every certificate is rendered at print resolution on a server, which costs real compute. The 10-an-hour and 40-a-day caps keep the tool free and responsive for everyone.

No account is created and the names you type aren't retained after the session. That's a deliberate design choice — it also means nothing is recoverable.

Yes. Every design in the library is available in the free generator, and certificates you make from them can be used commercially.

You can charge for the course, event, or programme the certificate accompanies. What you can't do is resell the template designs themselves as a product.

A certificate is a document, usually printed or filed. A badge is a small machine-readable image with metadata behind it, built for profile pages. This tool makes certificates.

Bulk issuing from a spreadsheet, verification URLs and QR codes, automatic email delivery, saved branded designs, and API access all live in CertSeal. The free tool stays free either way.