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Openbadges.me
What Openbadges.me is
Openbadges.me helps educators and organisations create and issue digital badges and credentials to recognise achievement. Organisations can define badges to their specifications, issue them on behalf of multiple issuers, and automate issuing with rules based on scores, text input, or event data. Recipients can access badges from email or a free backpack account, and share verified badges on LinkedIn, online, or on social media. The service includes enhanced reporting and multilingual badges that support non-English characters. Organisations can manage team permissions and choose how many administrators they need. Integrations include Google Sheets and Forms plugins, an API for organisational software, and reporting exports to systems such as Power BI. White labelling can put an organisation's branding and URLs on badge pages and remove Openbadges.me branding. The free Starter plan allows up to 10 recipients with unlimited badges per year. Paid plans start at $55 per month for up to 500 recipients; enterprise packages are priced by enquiry. The service is available on the web and through an API.
Who it suits
It suits educational institutions, training providers, and other organisations that want to issue digital credentials and manage badge programmes. Teams needing branded pages, integrations, or larger recipient limits can consider paid or enterprise options.
What it does well
- Free Starter plan allows up to 10 recipients
- Unlimited badges per year on Starter
- Rules automate issuing from scores, text, or events
- Recipients can share verified badges
- Integrates with Google Sheets and Forms
What to know first
- Starter is limited to 10 recipients
- Enterprise pricing is by enquiry
- Support centre operates weekdays during UK business hours
Limits
The free Starter plan supports up to 10 badge recipients and unlimited badges per year. The cheapest paid plan is $55 per month or $620 per year and supports up to 500 recipients with unlimited badges per year.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| STARTER | FREE · Up to 10 badge recipients · Unlimited badges per annum | Free |
| MEDIUM | $110 per month or $1190 per year · Up to 1000 badge recipients · Unlimited badges per annum | $110 a month |
| LARGE | $210 per month or $2310 per year · Up to 3000 badge recipients · Unlimited badges per annum | $210 a month |
| SMALL | $55 per month or $620 per year · Up to 500 badge recipients · Unlimited badges per annum | $55 a month |
| ENTERPRISE | Custom pricing · Packages above 3000 badges · White labelling · Integration · Custom URLs, home pages and badge display pages · SSO available with setup fee and yearly maintenance | On request |
As openbadges.me lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Visit the Openbadges.me website.
- Choose the free Starter plan or a paid plan based on the recipient limit.
- Design and define badges for your organisation.
- Set up issuing rules or integrations as needed.
- Use the web service or API to manage badge issuing.
Verdict
Openbadges.me combines badge creation, automated issuing, recipient sharing, and reporting. The free tier has a small recipient cap, while larger organisations can choose paid tiers or enquire about enterprise packages.
Questions
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Starter costs nothing and supports up to 10 badge recipients with unlimited badges per year.
How much do paid plans cost?
Small costs $55 per month or $620 per year for up to 500 recipients. Medium is $110 per month or $1,190 per year for up to 1,000; Large is $210 per month or $2,310 per year for up to 3,000.
What does Enterprise cost?
Enterprise uses custom pricing. Packages above 3,000 badges require an enquiry and can include white labelling and integration.
Where can recipients show their badges?
Recipients can show verified badges on LinkedIn, online, and on social media, or access them from email or a free backpack account.
What integrations are available?
The maker describes Google Sheets and Forms plugins, API integration with organisational software, and reporting exports to systems such as Power BI.
Can an organisation use its own branding?
Yes. White labelling can apply its branding and URLs to badge display pages and remove Openbadges.me branding.
Facts from Openbadges.me's own pages
- Administration
- Organisations can manage team permissions and have as many or as few administrators as needed. · openbadges.me, 2 Oct 2026
- Advanced API
- The Advanced API records custom events, evaluates configurable rules and triggers badge issuance. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Age restriction
- The service is not intended for people under 16 and says it will delete children’s data if discovered. · myknowledgemap.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API use requires a developer key and security authentication token configured in account settings. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation
- The developer site links to online Swagger documentation for API commands. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- API reporting
- API endpoints expose organisation rules, rule completions, awarded-badge recipients and date-range event data. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Its rules-based engine can automate badge issuing using numerical scores, text input, or event data. · openbadges.me, 2 Oct 2026
- Badge criteria
- Issuers can define earning criteria, link badges to programme information and add custom attributes such as CPD hours. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Badge design
- The service provides icon, text, font, shape-template, image and background tools for designing badges. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Badge features
- Features include enhanced reporting, multilingual badges supporting non-English characters, and issuing on behalf of multiple issuers. · openbadges.me, 2 Oct 2026
- Badge portability
- Users can print, download and export badges in Open Badge format. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Branding
- The platform supports custom branding, login portals, white labelling and organisation URLs. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Bulk issuing
- CSV files can be used to issue badges in bulk. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Credential sharing
- Recipients can show verified badges on LinkedIn, online, and on social media, and access badges from email or a free backpack account. · openbadges.me, 2 Oct 2026
- Enterprise options
- Enterprise packages can include white labelling, integration, custom URLs, home pages, and badge display pages; pricing is by enquiry. · openbadges.me, 2 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2000 · openbadges.me, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- York, United Kingdom · openbadges.me, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Official integration material describes Google Sheets and Google Forms plugins, organisational software APIs and reporting exports to systems such as Power BI. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes MyKnowledgeMap's platforms as supporting educational institutions and training providers worldwide. · openbadges.me, 2 Oct 2026
- Issuing options
- Badges can be issued manually, by CSV import, through APIs or automatically from rules. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Badges support multilingual content and non-English characters. · openbadges.me, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: badge editor
- Certifier’s comparison calls the badge design editor limited. · certifier.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: customization
- Certifier’s comparison says users have limited freedom to customise badge designs. · certifier.io, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: templates
- Certifier’s comparison describes the available design templates as outdated. · certifier.io, 15 Oct 2026
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