# Issue Credentials and Presentations

Verifiable Credentials are a tamper-evident data format for asserting a set of claims about a subject. You can issue and verify Verifiable Credentials and Presentations without building complex integrations, using our simple cheqd Studio APIs.

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:books: **Learn about Verifiable Credentials and Presentations**

If you want to learn more about what [Verifiable Credentials and Presentations are, please go over to our learning site here.](https://learn.cheqd.io/overview/introduction-to-decentralised-identity/what-is-a-verifiable-credential-vc)
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## What options do I have for issuing credentials anchored on cheqd?

There are many different ways to issue verifiable credentials signed by DIDs anchored on cheqd, with options for easy integration (e.g. cheqd Studio) and more bespoke integrations (e.g. Credo and Veramo). Below are a list of options for issuing credentials with cheqd underneath:

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards" data-full-width="false"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Credo</strong></mark></td><td>Credo is an SDK which <strong>supports the European Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF)</strong> <strong>standards as well as AnonCreds</strong> with full cheqd support for DIDs. </td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-60c84f7d53e6eb6e675e8cd8b00e4920ad335ca0%2FCredo.png?alt=media">Credo.png</a></td><td><a href="../sdk/credo">credo</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>ACA-Py</strong></mark></td><td>ACA-Py (Aries Cloud Agent Python) is an SDK that can issue AnonCreds, JSON-LD and SD-JWT credentials with full cheqd support.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7c6e984dea8a819980980f97ae804f943838ce62%2FACA-Py.png?alt=media">ACA-Py.png</a></td><td><a href="../sdk/aca-py/credentials">credentials</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>cheqd Studio</strong></mark></td><td>Our API product supports simple credential issuance in <strong>JSON and JSON-LD formats</strong>.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7f1ffe5c0546f0ee4f106ac1a71308c5ee5ad7c8%2Fcheqd_logo_card.jpg?alt=media">cheqd_logo_card.jpg</a></td><td><a href="credentials/issue-credential">issue-credential</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Veramo</strong></mark></td><td>The <strong>Veramo SDK Plugin</strong> supports JSON, JSON-LD credentials as well as cheqd Credential Payments in an SDK.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-031af91fab341ad25703bd5d5924bda95df8e5fe%2Fveramo%20logo.png?alt=media">veramo logo.png</a></td><td><a href="../sdk/veramo">veramo</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Walt.id Community Stack</strong></mark></td><td>Walt.id Community Stack is an SDK that supports the <strong>European Architecture and Reference Framework (ARF)</strong> standards for identity, with full cheqd support. </td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-13fffb32e0b3f04983f4984cd455a441c3111b7f%2Fwalt.id%20logo.png?alt=media">walt.id logo.png</a></td><td><a href="../sdk/walt-id">walt-id</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Partner SaaS products

You can use SaaS products from our partners to create best-in-class credential ecosystems, built on cheqd:

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="files"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Paradym (Animo Solutions)</strong></mark></td><td>Paradym by Animo Solutions fully supports <strong>EU Architecture &#x26; Reference Framework</strong> standards with cheqd under the hood.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-252b874c64a39d38e81723ad441d746444d3ccdd%2Fparadym-for-website.png?alt=media">paradym-for-website.png</a></td><td><a href="https://paradym.id/">https://paradym.id/</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;">Tr<strong>uvera (Dock)</strong></mark></td><td>Truvera is a full platform that supports credential issuance and management using cheqd as the primary DID Method.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fd6X9jLCedczWWtZX3qXR%2FTruvera.avif?alt=media&#x26;token=c2f73009-efbd-4d83-9ad9-680b05b0c536">Truvera.avif</a></td><td><a href="https://docs.truvera.io/">https://docs.truvera.io/</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Hovi Studio</strong></mark></td><td>Hovi provides an all-in-one platform for issuing and managing Verifiable Credentials with cheqd DIDs supported.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2FTBFKzfADggfOyPUo1jeT%2FHovi.png?alt=media&#x26;token=1ca641a0-d6e3-42fc-a752-071a9b93769c">Hovi.png</a></td><td><a href="https://www.hovi.id/">https://www.hovi.id/</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Cloud Platform (Walt.id)</strong></mark></td><td>Cloud Platform by Walt.id similarly fully supports <strong>EU Architecture &#x26; Reference Framework</strong> standards with cheqd under the hood.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3a12c4358bf7a5b6c7742ace547f42e216388f87%2Fwalt.id-cloud-platform.png?alt=media">walt.id-cloud-platform.png</a></td><td><a href="https://walt.id/waitlist">https://walt.id/waitlist</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Sudo Platform (Anonyome Labs)</strong></mark></td><td>API-first developer platform for cheqd DIDs and support for multiple Verifiable Credential formats.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2F9ealmkItMit79nyxs0WB%2FAnonyome%20Labs.png?alt=media&#x26;token=a48b5051-81e2-4d78-a476-ef4c1eb98f28">Anonyome Labs.png</a></td><td><a href="https://anonyome.com/businesses/decentralized-identity-for-developers/">https://anonyome.com/businesses/decentralized-identity-for-developers/</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>DIDx</strong></mark></td><td>DIDx supports <code>did:cheqd</code> through an enterprise version of ACA-Py, supporting AnonCreds and JSON-LD.</td><td><a href="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2FdcGimBpVYN5o58ogPMPD%2FDIDx.jpg?alt=media&#x26;token=ea331ed5-f7d5-4a08-811a-1c884575c44e">DIDx.jpg</a></td><td><a href="https://www.didx.co.za/">https://www.didx.co.za/</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Get started with cheqd Studio

Make sure you've [set up your account with cheqd Studio](https://docs.cheqd.io/product/getting-started/studio/set-up-account) and created your first DID, then you can start to:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Issue Credentials</strong></mark></td><td>Issue <strong>W3C conformant Verifiable Credentials</strong> easily over REST API.</td><td><a href="credentials/issue-credential">issue-credential</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Verify Credentials</strong></mark></td><td>Verify whether Credentials are valid, have been tampered or have expired.</td><td><a href="credentials/verify-credential">verify-credential</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Verify Presentations</strong></mark></td><td>Verify whether a combination of Credentials are valid, have been tampered or have expired.</td><td><a href="credentials/verify-presentation">verify-presentation</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Supported Credential types

cheqd supports all four major digital Credential types via its selection of SDKs and APIs. Below you can learn about these Credential formats:

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>SD-JWT</strong></mark></td><td>Selective Disclosure JWT (SD-JWT) is the most <strong>commonly adopted credential format for European Digital Identity Ecosystems</strong>, allowing users to selectively disclose which attributes they would like to share in a presentation.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>JSON (JWT)</strong></mark></td><td><strong>JSON Web Token (JWT)</strong> Credentials are a simple way to transmit Trusted Data as a JSON object.</td><td><a href="https://learn.cheqd.io/overview/introduction-to-decentralised-identity/what-is-a-verifiable-credential-vc/what-are-the-different-types-of-verifiable-credentials/json-jwt">https://learn.cheqd.io/overview/introduction-to-decentralised-identity/what-is-a-verifiable-credential-vc/what-are-the-different-types-of-verifiable-credentials/json-jwt</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>JSON-LD</strong></mark></td><td><strong>JSON-LD (Linked Data)</strong> Credentials are a richer data format, allowing applications to follow embedded links to other pieces of Linked Data across the web.</td><td><a href="https://learn.cheqd.io/overview/introduction-to-decentralised-identity/what-is-a-verifiable-credential-vc/what-are-the-different-types-of-verifiable-credentials/json-ld">https://learn.cheqd.io/overview/introduction-to-decentralised-identity/what-is-a-verifiable-credential-vc/what-are-the-different-types-of-verifiable-credentials/json-ld</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>AnonCreds</strong></mark></td><td>AnonCreds is a credential format maintained by the Hyperledger Foundation, with functionality for <strong>zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and selective disclosure</strong>.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Credential Coverage

Depending on what type of credentials you want to use, choose the SDK that suits your tech stack:

<table><thead><tr><th width="143">Functionality</th><th width="116" align="center">cheqd Studio</th><th align="center">Credo (and Paradym)</th><th align="center">ACA-Py</th><th align="center">Veramo</th><th align="center">Walt.id</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>JSON based JWT Verifiable Credential (</strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/"><strong>spec</strong></a><strong>)</strong></td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td></tr><tr><td><strong>JSON-LD Verifiable Credential (</strong><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/"><strong>spec</strong></a><strong>)</strong></td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td></tr><tr><td><strong>AnonCreds (</strong><a href="https://hyperledger.github.io/anoncreds-spec/"><strong>spec</strong></a><strong>)</strong></td><td align="center">❌</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">❌</td><td align="center">❌</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Selective Disclosure-JWT Credential (</strong><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-oauth-selective-disclosure-jwt/"><strong>spec</strong></a><strong>)</strong></td><td align="center">❌</td><td align="center">✔️</td><td align="center">⌛(roadmap)</td><td align="center">⌛(roadmap)</td><td align="center">✔️</td></tr></tbody></table>