Certipha vs Openbadges.me

Certipha is a certificate issuance and verification platform for publishers, trainers, employers, and other organizations. It handles publication, conference, training, employment, membership, award, internship, and service certificates. Issuers can upload recipient lists in CSV or XLSX format, generate PDFs, and download them together in a ZIP. Ten designer templates, issuer branding, custom prefixes, signatures, and branded QR codes support presentation choices. Anyone can check a certificate by ID or QR code on a public page without an account. Issuers can revoke certificates with a reason, with status updates shown on that page. DOI import retrieves article metadata from CrossRef or Zenodo, while optional email delivery uses the issuer’s Resend setup. A REST API supports tenant-scoped issuance keys, and an embeddable badge displays current status without tracking cookies or external dependencies. Workspaces include admin, editor, and viewer roles.

Openbadges.me helps educators and organisations recognise achievement by designing and issuing digital badges and credentials. Organisations can define badges to their specifications, manage administrator permissions and issue credentials on behalf of multiple issuers. A rules-based engine can automate issuing from numerical scores, text input or event data. Recipients can show verified badges on LinkedIn, online and on social media, or access them from email or a free backpack account. Features include enhanced reporting and multilingual badges that support non-English characters. Integrations include Google Sheets and Forms plugins, an API for organisational software, and reporting exports to systems such as Power BI. White labelling can apply an organisation's branding and URLs to badge pages and remove Openbadges.me branding. The service is offered on the web and through an API. The STARTER plan is free for up to 10 badge recipients, with unlimited badges per year. Paid plans start at $55 a month for up to 500 recipients; enterprise package pricing is by enquiry.