Choose the plan that works for you
No hidden fees and no course approval costs. You pay for the certificates you issue, and nothing else.
All prices include VAT. Pay-as-you-go is unaffected by this switch.
Pay as you go
Renews once a year on a fixed date. Top up any time. Prices include VAT.
Buy 25 credits — £50- ✓25 credits — 1 certificate = 1 credit
- ✓Issue CPD certificates and digital badges
- ✓Unlimited courses or events
- ✓Certificate of CPD Membership
- ✓Certificate search and validation
- ✓Buy additional credits any time
- ✓Custom template £250
- ✓Renews once a year on a fixed date
Custom template £250
Business
Billed monthly. Cancel or switch any time. Prices include VAT.
Subscribe — £45 a month- ✓30 certificates and badges per month
- ✓Issue CPD certificates and digital badges
- ✓Unlimited courses or events
- ✓Certificate of CPD Membership
- ✓Certificate search and validation
- ✓Buy additional credits any time
- ✓Custom template for £125
Custom template £125
Professional
Billed monthly. Cancel or switch any time. Prices include VAT.
Subscribe — £90 a month- ✓120 certificates per month
- ✓Issue CPD certificates and digital badges
- ✓Unlimited courses or events
- ✓Certificate of CPD Membership
- ✓Certificate search and validation
- ✓Buy additional credits any time
- ✓Custom certificate template included
- ✓Priority support
Custom template included
Prices are set individually in each currency, so the figure you see is the figure you pay, rather than a converted total that moves with the exchange rate. Your subscription is billed in the currency shown here and stays in that currency for as long as it runs. We review local prices from time to time and may revise them.
Not sure which of these you need?
Tell us roughly how many certificates you have issued and expect to issue, and we will point at the plan that fits, with the price you would actually pay. Nothing to fill in and no sign-up.
You can also open this on its own at the accreditation cost calculator.
Higher volumes, LMS integration or bespoke terms
Enterprise pricing covers larger certificate volumes, integration with your LMS and arrangements that do not fit a standard package. Tell us what you run and we will price it.
Why the pricing works, whatever your size
Traditional CPD providers charge upfront for each course. Open CPD is built to grow with you, because training providers come in all shapes and sizes — from individual facilitators to large organisations, and from local charities to international networks.
Start small, issue a handful of certificates, and scale up only when you are ready. No approval delays, no extra cost for creating new courses, and no pressure to commit to volumes you do not need.
Whether you run one course or a hundred, you get secure, verifiable certificates your learners can trust — and share proudly.
Everything else you might ask
The small print: general terms and conditions
Monthly subscriptions: during your first month, your company verification and your credits are valid until the end of that month. Once your second monthly payment is received, both are extended to 12 months from your latest payment, and unused credits roll over from month to month. If a monthly subscription is not renewed after its first month, whether it is cancelled or a payment fails or is declined, your organisation will no longer be shown as an active training provider and any unused credits expire. Annual subscriptions are not affected.
Your platform access is valid for 12 months after the expiry of your subscription. Within this time you can access and download your certificates as often as you need to. At the end of the 12 months, you can maintain access even if you do not want to create more certificates. You can simply purchase a platform-only pass which allows continued access but does not include the creation of new certificates. The cost of this currently is £30 per annum.
If you have been given a discount code/coupon, you cannot combine it with the Free Trial offer. To apply your coupon code, please scroll down this page to the payment page where coupons are accepted.
Details of the certified providers remain searchable on the platform indefinitely. Due to their environmental impact, it is not envisaged that web3 maintenance of certificates will be required after a period of time (currently 36 months), at which point the web3 components will be optimised for storage or removed altogether. Since CPD is an annual activity, this should have no impact, but we are able to maintain web3 certificates for any length of time, subject to cost. Please get in touch if you require further information.
Volume pricing: if you buy credits in bulk, the price per certificate depends on the number of certificates you expect to issue in a year, at the standard monthly per-certificate price of the package for that band. Up to 250 certificates a year, Pay as you go pricing applies. From 251 to 1,000, Business pricing applies. From 1,001 to 5,000, Professional pricing applies. Above 5,000, please contact us for an Enterprise quote. If your volume moves into a different band, we will notify you if a more advantageous package is available. A new price applies from your next purchase and cannot be applied retrospectively.
Fair usage: annual subscriptions assume an annual volume that fits the pricing band of the plan. Open CPD reserves the right to withdraw preferential pricing where this fair usage is not respected.