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The self-hosted Certifier alternative

Certora: Self-hosted certificate verification for training providers and awarding bodies: every certificate carries a unique code an employer can check on a verify page you host yourself. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Certifier every month.

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Stop renting Certifier.

Rented Certifier Professional $76/month billed annually, $89/month billed monthly, at the page's default position of its volume slider; Advanced $339/month billed annually ($399 monthly); Starter "$0 / free forever" with an annual issuing limit of 250 certificates/badges; Enterprise "Contact sales" ^[1] billed every month, for as long as you use it; your data in their cloud

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$79 once · self-hosted · your data on your server

2 months of Certifier costs what Certora costs once.

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How we counted: The entry PAID tier at its lowest published price, $76 a month billed annually ($89 month to month), at the default slider position (re-read 2026-10-11; the slider moves the price with the yearly allowance, and a comparison table lower on the page prints other figures than the plan cards, which are the ones recorded). A free Starter tier covers 250 certificates or badges a year. Certora: $79 once, no annual issuing limit.

Why owning beats renting Certifier.

One payment

No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.

Your data stays on your server

It never lives in Certifier's cloud.

No plan ceilings

Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.

It keeps working if the vendor doesn't

Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.

The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Certora vs renting comparison.

Questions about moving off Certifier.

Is the verification cryptographic?

No, and it doesn't need to be — a verification code is a random, database-unique lookup token. Verification is a lookup against your own register, not a signature check. Nothing is signed or encrypted.

Can verification codes collide?

No — codes are random and enforced unique at the database level; batch generation is tested collision-free at 1,000 certificates.

What stops someone brute-forcing the verify page?

The verify endpoint has a honeypot, per-IP rate limiting, and returns 404 on a miss — and a code exposes nothing beyond what's on the certificate face.

Can I revoke a certificate?

Yes — revoke or reinstate any issued certificate from the register; the public verify page reflects it immediately.

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Sources

Certifier: price checked 2026-10-11, source“'Starter ... $0 / free forever ... Annual issuing limit: 250 certificates/badges' ... 'Professional MOST POPULAR ... $76 ... $ 89 / month / mo billed annually' ... 'Advanced ... $339 ... $ 399 / month / mo billed annually'”

Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.

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