Free Certificate Maker for Custom Certificates

Free Certificate Maker for Custom Certificates

Our certificate maker is used by over 27,500,000 marketers, communicators, executives and educators from over 133 countries that include:

Certificate Templates

Don’t waste time designing a certificate from scratch. Choose from one of Visme’s pre-designed templates that already has all typical certificate elements put into place. Browse our selection of certificate templates below to find one that matches your needs.

Marketing Workshop Certificate Template

Training Course of Appreciation Certificate Template

Design Courses Certificate of Achievement Certificate Template

Photography Program Certificate Template

Marketing Department Achievement Certificate Template

Health Care and Nutrition Center Certificate Template

Math Contest Certificate Template

Math Contest Participation Certificate Template

Features of the Certificate Maker

Design custom certificates quickly and easily with Visme’s certificate maker equipped with tons of beautiful design elements, fonts, stickers, text boxes and more.

Beautiful certificate templates

Get started with the professional certificate maker by choosing from our free printable certificate templates that will make your creation process quick and easy. You can fully customize any template inside Visme to fit your vision and needs.

Beautiful certificate templates

Build your certificate

Whatever you create certificates for, whether it’s school awards or course certifications, you can easily do so right inside Visme’s free certificate maker. Add a header font for your award name, graphics relevant to your industry and the winner’s name in a script font.

Build your certificate

Customize every aspect of your certificate with your brand fonts and colors

You might want your certificate to match company or school branding. If your certificate needs to be branded, the online certificate maker will have your brand kit colors available in the color picker tab at the top of the editor and your brand fonts available at the top of the font menu.

Customize every aspect of your certificate with your brand fonts and colors

More Great Features of the Certificate Maker

Share Your Certificate

Once you’ve completed your certificate design, it’s easy to share it with recipients. Download your certificate as a PDF with bleed marks to print off and hand out to people who have won or generate a shareable link to share with recipients online. You can also download as an image to send in emails or offer as a download upon course completion.

Share Your Certificate

LEARN ABOUT CERTIFICATES

What is a Certificate ?

A certificate is a type of award given for good work, completion of something or another type of rewardable actions or behavior. They’re great ways to reward your students or employees for their hard work.

Create and distribute award certificates, certificates of appreciation, employee of the month certificates and more. Simply customize one of our available certificate templates to fit your needs and download.

What is a Certificate?

Use the certificate maker to design prize-worthy certificates quickly and easily.

Select one of the ready-to-use templates to make certificates online. Change the text in the placeholders to reflect your award topic or event title. Add all your relevant information and customize the fonts to match your vision.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED + MORE

More Than a Certificate Maker

Quickly and easily design certificates for free with Visme’s free certificate generator. With tons of design elements and an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface, you’ll be able to design beautiful certificates in minutes.

MAKE IT ENGAGING

Animation & Interactivity

Add animated and interactive elements to your certificate designs and share them with recipients online as a show of appreciation.

Engaging Data Widgets

DATA VISUALIZATION TOOLS

Engaging Data Widgets

Visualize test percentages and performance statistics on your certificates with Visme's easy-to-use data visualization tools.

Icons & Photos

BEAUTIFY YOUR CONTENT

Icons & Photos

Choose from over a million stock photos, icons, illustrations, characters, lines, shapes and more to put together a stunning certificate design.

Make Certificates in 5 Steps

All awards are special and your personalized certificates can make them even better. Choose one of the certificate design templates in the free online certificate maker and add your personal style.

Choose a template and fully customize the colors, fonts, shapes, graphics, background photos and so much more. Watch our quick video tutorial to learn more about our certificate maker.

How to Use the Certificate Maker

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Log in to the Visme dashboard and access the certificate maker through the Certificates icon inside Printables tab.

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Select from one of the available templates. Cute ones for kids’ activities, formal ones for higher education certificates, athletic styles for sports awards and more.

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Customize the color palette easily with one of the color themes or branded color palettes in the color picker.

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Add all your information in the placeholders on the certificate template to personalize it.

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Change the fonts to fit the style you are going for. Keep the title of the certificate as the biggest and most important visual in the design.

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Customize the color of the fonts to fit the rest of your color palette and adjust the sizes to get a good balance.

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Add any relevant illustrative graphics or icons to add some visual spark to your certificate or award.

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Download your certificate as a high resolution image file or PDF, or generate a shareable link for sharing online, animated certificates.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How much does it cost to make a certificate or award with the certificate generator?

It will cost you nothing to make custom certificates or awards with Visme. You can download an image file and print on card paper at home as well.

Can every element in the certificate templates be customized?

Yes. Everything in the certificate template can be customized any way you like. All text can be changed into your preferred fonts, and if you have a Standard Plan, you can import a special font for the certificate title.

Can I make any type of certificate or award with the certificate maker?

Yes of course. The templates are there to help you, not limit you. If your award is for something that is not offered as a template, all you need to do is customize any template until it’s just right.

Can I use my Brand Kit with the certificate maker?

Absolutely. When you have a Brand Kit set up in Visme, it is available for all sorts of projects, not only certificates. To have a Brand Kit you need to purchase a Standard Plan.

Does the certificate generator have icons or graphics I can add to my design?

Yes, the left-hand panel has lots of graphics and icons you can use. If the colors don’t match the color palette, they can be customized to match. You can also use shapes or lines to decorate your certificate.

In what sizes can I print my certificate?

The default size in the certificate generator is 11” x 8.5”. You can also print it half that size or even double, if the occasion is suitable. You can change the dimensions in the top-left hamburger menu inside the editor.

Can you create your own certificate?

Sure thing! Visme makes it easy for you to create your own free certificate. Just choose from our template library, insert your award information, change the recipient name and download!

What is the best certificate maker?

While there are a variety of certificate makers available for your use, we think Visme is by far the best certificate maker out there. With our wide range of templates and design elements, plus the fact that you can create any type of visual content – from presentations to infographics to videos and more – we've got the ultimate workshop for your brand's graphic design needs.