About Crydd
I got lost choosing a certification. So I built the map.
Crydd isn’t a company that happened to make a tool. It’s a tool one person needed, couldn’t find, and decided to build for everyone who’d need it next.
- 01
Student
Learning to code, hungry to be hireable.
- 02
Research
Hunting for certifications that might help.
- 03
Confusion
Dozens of tabs. Every one claimed to be best.
- 04
Decision
If no one built it honestly, I would.
- 05
Building
Nights and weekends, turning it into a tool.
- 06
Helping
Now it answers the question I couldn't.
What that became
Today Crydd reviews hundreds of certifications across global and Philippine providers, with new research added continuously — and every rating on the platform showing the reasoning behind it.
Melvin Contreras
Founder & Software Engineer
Independent software engineer.
Building Crydd from the Philippines.
Building the platform I wished existed when I needed it.
“I didn’t build Crydd because I wanted another startup. I built it because I couldn’t find the platform I personally needed.”
It started as a problem I kept running into.
I’m Melvin, a software engineer from the Philippines. Crydd didn’t begin as a business plan. It began when I was still a student, constantly hunting for certifications that might make me more hireable, and finding mostly noise.
I deliberately made room for Philippine certifications, because I want aspiring Filipino developers, students, and IT professionals to see their local opportunities standing right beside the global ones. Nobody should feel left behind for where they started.
How Crydd earns trust
- Research starts from official provider documentation.
- Every score explains its reasoning.
- Every certification displays its verification date.
- Corrections are prioritised over new additions.
What Crydd stands on
- Build over complain
- Problems deserve solutions, not opinions. Crydd exists because pointing at the problem changed nothing.
- Truth over marketing
- Every certification is measured on the same evidence, and no provider can buy a kinder verdict.
- Access over gatekeeping
- The catalog, the scores, and the reasoning behind them stay free. Opportunity shouldn’t depend on knowing the right person.
- Built to last
- A living intelligence platform, reviewed on a published schedule — not a directory left to rot.
What was broken
Hundreds of certifications. Dozens of providers. And one honest answer missing everywhere I looked.
- 01Every website claimed its certification was the best.
- 02Nobody explained who a certification was actually for.
- 03Comparing two of them meant opening ten browser tabs.
- 04Choosing a path felt like gambling with your future.
How it happened
2025
Wanted a certification.
Couldn’t tell which one was actually worth the money or the months.
2025
Spent weeks researching.
And found the real problem: nobody compares them honestly.
2026
Started building Crydd.
The platform I kept wishing already existed.
2026
Crydd goes live.
With real data standing behind every credential in the catalog.
Mission
To make certification decisions transparent. To replace guesswork and marketing with real data, so anyone, anywhere, can invest their time and money in the right credential with confidence.
Platform today
- 256
- Certifications
- 71
- Providers
- 74
- Free to earn
- 21
- Career roadmaps
- Last catalog review
- 2026-07-27
- Verified that day
- 8 certifications
- Coverage
- Global and Philippine
Every certification page carries its own verification date. These figures are counted from the live catalog each time this page is built — none of them are typed in.
Vision
A world where the kind of advice that used to depend on knowing the right person is available to anyone with a question and a connection.
The aim is simple to say and hard to earn: the most trusted certification intelligence platform in the world.
Where it goes next
- Deeper coverage of Philippine credentials, beside the global ones.
- Certification changes surfaced to the people who saved them.
- Guidance that improves as the catalog and the reasoning improve.
Why this exists
I’m not here to build another certification directory. I’m here to make career decisions less confusing for the next generation of developers — especially the ones who start with nothing but curiosity and an internet connection.
If Crydd saves even one person from weeks of uncertainty, every late night spent building it was worth it.
Let’s build better careers together.
If Crydd helped you, or you’d simply like to connect, I’d love to hear from you. Building in public means learning together.
Report a certification detail
Spotted something wrong? Tell me.
The certification and page are already attached below — just describe what looks off, and a source if you have one. Corrections are prioritised over new additions, so this goes to the top of the pile.
- Share your experience
- Report a bug
- Suggest a certification
- Request a feature
Where this is going
Crydd is still early. Every month the catalog grows, and every update makes the reasoning behind a recommendation a little sharper.
Crydd will never measure success by the number of certifications it lists. Success is someone spending less time searching, and more time building their career.