Credly vs Open Badges
CredlyDigital Credential Platforms
Open BadgesDigital Credential Platforms
Credly Digital Credential Platforms Digital credentials that work. | Open Badges Digital Credential Platforms Share your verifiable skills and achievements as you earn them. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Digital Credential Platforms | Digital Credential Platforms |
| What it is | Credly is a digital credentialing platform that enables organizations to issue, manage, and verify digital badges and certifications at scale. | Open standard for digital badges enabling learners to collect verified credentials from multiple issuers in a portable format. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Credly (now Credly by Pearson, formerly Acclaim) publishes no price list and quotes annually via sales. User-reported figures suggest tiers roughly around $3,000/yr for 500 badges… | Open Badges is a free, open specification maintained by 1EdTech, not a commercial software product. Issuing, hosting, wallet, and certification services are supplied separately by… |
| Pricing model | Custom quote | Free |
| Free options | No free plan · No free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2012 | 2011 |
| Team size | 201-500 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | New York, New York | London, UK |
| Featured clients | IBM, AWS, Cisco | Not available |