Generate course completion certificates with recipient name, date, and signature.
The Certificate Generator turns a recipient name, a course or programme title, a completion date, and an issuing signature into a finished certificate ready to download or email. The default output is a 1500 by 1050 PNG sized for screen display and email embedding, and the same render is available as an A4 landscape PDF for the cases where the recipient wants to print. The certificate uses a classic centred layout with a border, an emblem, and signature lines, and the styling adapts to a chosen palette and logo without needing template duplication.
The category is dominated by either expensive learning management systems that bundle certificates with course delivery, or one-off design tools that work fine for a handful of recipients but break down at scale. This generator runs server-side and accepts the recipient details as JSON, so a course platform with thousands of learners can issue a unique certificate per completion event without any manual design step. The output URL is hosted on the CDN and can be sent in an email, linked from a learner dashboard, or stored alongside the completion record for future verification.
Drop the recipient name, the course or programme title, and the completion date into the form. The renderer sizes the recipient name to fill the central line and handles long course titles by wrapping them across two lines if needed.
Set the organisation name, the signatory name and role, and upload or paste the URL of the signature image. The signature appears above the signatory line at the bottom of the certificate, sized to match the layout proportions.
Pick from the built-in border styles (classic guilloché, modern minimal line, double-rule, or art-deco) and pick a palette (formal navy, academic burgundy, modern teal, or a custom brand combination). The presets cover the styles most education and training providers use, and you can override the colours for one-off cases.
Download the PNG for email embedding and screen display, or download the PDF for the cases where the recipient wants to print. Both versions render from the same source data, so issuing both at once is a single API call rather than two separate renders.
Course platforms that issue certificates to every learner who finishes a programme benefit from generating each certificate at the completion event. Wire the generator into the completion webhook, store the URL on the enrolment record, and email the certificate as part of the completion message. Every learner gets a unique certificate without anyone designing one by hand.
Internal training teams that issue completion certificates for compliance modules benefit from a generator that ties into the LMS completion events. Each completion renders a certificate with the employee name, the module name, and the completion date, which then lands in the HR system as the auditable record of training delivery.
Conference organisers that issue attendance certificates to delegates benefit from a per-delegate render rather than a generic batch certificate. Render after the event from the registration list, email each certificate, and the delegate receives a personal record of attendance rather than a duplicate copy of everyone else's.
Professional bodies that issue CPD certificates for continuing development activities benefit from a generator that ties activity records to certificate output. Members complete an activity, the system renders a certificate with the activity name and the CPD hours, and the certificate sits in the member's permanent record for audit.
Independent educators running workshops and bootcamps benefit from a generator that produces a certificate per participant at the end of the programme. The same template handles different cohort sizes from five participants to five hundred, and the rendering cost is identical whether the cohort is small or large.
Cream background with a guilloché border, large script name centred, organisation seal at the top, and signatory line at the bottom. The default for academic and formal programmes.
White background with a fine geometric border, sans-serif type, and a single accent line in the brand colour. Suits bootcamps, online courses, and technology training providers.
Brand-coloured header band with the company logo, white body with the recipient details, and a signatory block at the bottom. Built for internal training and compliance use.
Recipients use the PNG for email embedding, LinkedIn posts, and quick previews, and the PDF for printing and submission to professional bodies. Rendering both at issue time is the same cost as one, and storing both URLs on the completion record removes the question of which one to send when the recipient asks for the certificate later.
Hyphens, accents, and middle names matter on certificates that get submitted as evidence of completion. Pull the name from the source of truth (the enrolment record, the HR system, the registration form) rather than retyping it, and check the rendered output before the email goes out for the small number of names where the rendering surprises you.
Certificates that include a unique verification URL or code (printed in small type at the bottom or as a QR code in a corner) let recipients and third parties confirm the certificate is genuine. The URL points to a public page on the issuing site that shows the original completion record without exposing any other learner data.
A scanned or drawn signature image reads as more formal than a font that looks like a signature. Scan the signatory's signature once at high resolution, store it as a transparent PNG, and use the same image across every certificate. The result feels personal even when the issuing process is fully automated.
Recipients use the certificate date as evidence of when they completed the programme, which matters for compliance windows and CPD recording. Pull the date from the completion event in the source system rather than using the date the certificate was rendered, even when the two are usually the same.
Print-ready certificates for course completion, training, and recognition
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The Certificate Generator runs on the HTML to Image API. Call the same renderer from your own code with a free account. 25 renders a month on the free tier. See the pricing page for higher-volume plans.