CPD certificates for on-demand course and webinar libraries
If you run an on-demand CPD library, a webinar subscription or a platform that hosts courses from many experts, Open CPD can issue a verifiable certificate for every course a learner completes, automatically. It is certificate infrastructure on demand: you keep your platform, your brand and your learners, and every certificate is branded, badged and checkable online.
How do on-demand CPD platforms issue certificates at scale?
They connect certificate issuing to course completion. When the learning platform records a completion or a pass, it sends the learner's details to Open CPD, which creates the certificate, the digital badge and a permanent verification page within minutes. Nobody on your team touches it.
For high volumes or a custom-built platform, the Open CPD API does the same job directly. For platforms such as Kajabi, Thinkific, Teachable, LearnDash and LearnWorlds, Zapier or Zoho Flow make the connection without code.
Can certificates carry a guest expert's name as well as ours?
Yes. Libraries that host courses from guest experts or partner organisations can co-brand certificates, adding a partner's name and logo next to their own. Each course keeps its own profile of aims, skills and outcomes, so the certificate always describes the learning accurately.
Why does a library benefit from verifiable certificates?
Subscribers come back for learning they can prove. A certificate with its own verification page, and a badge they can post on LinkedIn, turns each completion into a small public recommendation for your library, and gives your learners evidence their professional body or employer can check.
How a subscription library automates a certificate for every completion
A subscription library hosts 300 recorded courses from 40 experts, sold to professionals in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia.
- 1Course profiles, one per course, with aims, skills and outcomes
- 300, no per-course fee
- 2Learner finishes a 90-minute course and its quiz
- 1.5 CPD hours
- 3Platform sends the completion through Zapier or the API
- Instant
- 4Certificate, badge and verification page created
- Within minutes
- 5Guest expert's name and logo shown on the certificate
- Co-branded
Result: every completion produces a verifiable 1.5-hour CPD certificate under the library's brand, without any manual work.
Which connection suits your platform?
No-code platforms connect through Zapier or Zoho Flow. Custom or high-volume platforms use the Open CPD API. Both work at any volume, with no minimum. You pay per certificate issued, and plans that bring the cost per certificate below £1 suit libraries issuing at volume.
See how it works, the course platform connections and what you can say about recognition.
Questions on-demand course and webinar libraries ask
Can certificates be issued automatically when a course is completed?
Yes. Your course platform sends each completion to Open CPD through Zapier, Zoho Flow or the Open CPD API, and the certificate, digital badge and verification page are created within minutes.
Is there a fee for each course in our library?
No. Course profiles are free to create and edit. You pay only for certificates issued, so the size of your library does not change the cost of setting it up.
Can certificates show a guest expert or partner's logo?
Yes. Certificates can be co-branded with a partner or guest expert's name and logo alongside your own.
We built our own platform. Can we still connect?
Yes. The Open CPD API lets a custom platform create certificates directly, and it suits high volumes. Talk to us about access and setup.
What can we say about accreditation on our site?
You can say your courses are accredited through Open CPD, or that your certificates are powered by Open CPD. Open CPD does not review course content, so it should never be described as accrediting a course itself.
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Certificate infrastructure, on demand
See how your platform connects to Open CPD and what a learner receives when they finish a course.