Certificate Generator
Create a printable certificate of achievement in seconds — add a name, a reason, and a date, and download it as PDF or PNG. Pro Mode adds designer templates, a logo upload, and batch generation for a whole class at once.
Free Certificate Generator — Templates for Every Kind of Award
A certificate generator only earns its place if it saves real time over opening a design tool from scratch — type a name, a reason, a date, and get something that actually looks worth printing. This one covers the common cases directly: a certificate of achievement, completion, appreciation, participation, or any custom award, all from the same editable template rather than a separate tool for each wording.
What this tool actually does: a live-editable certificate with a decorative seal badge, downloadable as a real vector PDF or PNG. Pro Mode adds 10 templates, a logo upload, an uploaded or typed signature, full color/font/spacing control, and batch generation for an entire class or team.
A Printable Certificate Template, Not Just an Image
Most free certificate templates online are static images or locked PDF forms. This one is a live document — every field updates the preview instantly, and the final download is built from real vector text and shapes rather than a flattened picture, so it stays sharp when printed and the text stays selectable in the PDF.
10 Templates, or Build Your Own Look
Pro Mode's templates range from a formal gold-bordered classic to a dark academic style, an elegant botanical design, and a playful colorful option for younger recipients — but none of it is locked in. Background color, accent color, title and name fonts, border style, and line spacing are all independent controls, so a template is a starting point, not a ceiling.
Certificates for a Whole Class or Team
Making 30 certificates one at a time is the actual bottleneck for most teachers and event organizers, not the design itself. Pro Mode's batch generation takes a pasted list of names and produces every certificate in one pass — a single combined PDF with one page per person, or a ZIP of individual PNGs — with a logo and signature embedded consistently across all of them.
A logo upload and an uploaded or typed signature both carry through batch generation automatically, so a full class set looks consistent without editing each certificate individually.
Yes, fully free — PDF and PNG export, no signup or watermark.
Yes — a real vector PDF, not a flattened image, so it prints sharp.
Yes, in Pro Mode — paste a name list and batch-generate all of them at once.
Yes, in Pro Mode — uploaded and embedded directly into the PDF and PNG.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the certificate generator
Yes, fully free, including PDF and PNG download and the Classic Gold template. Pro Mode — also free — adds 9 more templates, a logo upload, an uploaded or typed signature, custom colors, fonts and spacing, and batch generation.
Yes. The title, description and subject fields are fully editable, so the same generator works for achievement, completion, appreciation, participation, or any custom award — just change the wording.
Yes. The PDF is built from real vector text and shapes, not an image, so it prints sharp at any size and the text stays selectable. PNG export is also available for sharing digitally.
Yes, in Pro Mode. Paste a list of names and generate every certificate in one pass — a combined PDF with one page per person, or a ZIP of individual PNGs.
Yes, in Pro Mode. Upload a school, club or company logo and it's embedded directly into both the PDF and PNG output, positioned automatically.
Yes. Pro Mode includes 10 templates plus independent controls for background color, accent color, fonts, border style and line spacing, so the design isn't locked to a fixed template.
No. It runs entirely in your browser with no account, no signup and nothing to install — open the page and start editing.