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Built for the contracts you actually receive
Upload PDF, Word, or pasted text. We focus on agreements common for freelancers, contractors, and small business owners.
Client & freelance work
SOWs, master agreements, and statements of work where scope, revisions, and ownership often clash.
Confidentiality agreements
Mutual and one-way NDAs where the definition of confidential information matters as much as the term length.
Consulting & retainer deals
Engagements with milestone billing, expense rules, and handover obligations at the end of a project.
Supplier & SaaS terms
Subscriptions, auto-renewal windows, data processing clauses, and limits on what you can claim back.
How it works
Three steps from upload to a summary you can act on.
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Step 1
Upload your contract
Upload PDF, Word, or text, or paste the contract. Client agreements, NDAs, and supplier terms all work.
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Step 2
We read the document
The system goes through the full file and picks out obligations, dates, and clauses that often cause problems.
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Step 3
Compare and decide
Read the summary, see how your payment terms and clauses stack up against benchmarks, and ask follow-up questions before you sign.
How we sort what we find
Your summary groups clauses by how they compare to our benchmark set — so you know what needs attention first and what is already standard.
Outside the norm
Terms that sit far from what we usually see in freelance and consulting deals.
- Payment more than Net-45 without a clear reason
- You indemnify the client with no cap on exposure
- Client owns work you built before the project started
- Non-compete that blocks you from your usual type of work
Needs clarification
Wording that is vague, one-sided, or leaves room for dispute later.
- Deliverables described too broadly or without limits
- Only the client can end the contract on short notice
- Late fees apply to you but not to late client payments
- Revision rounds or extra work not defined
In line with benchmarks
Clauses that match patterns we see in fair, workable freelance agreements.
- Payment dates and amounts are spelled out
- Liability is limited to the contract value or a set cap
- You keep ownership of tools and methods you brought in
- Either party can exit with reasonable notice
Wording that often hides the catch
Dense contract language can look harmless on the surface. Here is the kind of thing we unpack in your review.
“The Consultant assigns to the Company all intellectual property created during the engagement”
On its own, this can include frameworks, code libraries, or methods you already used before the job. Check whether pre-existing IP is carved out in a separate schedule.
“Either party may terminate this agreement upon 7 days written notice”
Fine if it applies both ways — but read the rest of the contract. Some agreements give the client 7 days while you need 30, or tie termination to unpaid work you cannot recover.
“Invoices are payable within 45 days of the end of the calendar month in which services were rendered”
That can mean Net-45 or worse in practice, depending when you invoice. Our benchmark view shows where this sits compared to typical freelance payment terms.
What lands in your review
One structured report from your upload — built around benchmarks, not a blank chat prompt.
Try your contract free- A readable summary of the full agreement, section by section
- Benchmark notes on payment terms, liability, IP, and exit clauses
- Clauses grouped by how unusual or one-sided they look
- Gaps where standard protections are missing
- Suggested questions you can raise with the other party
- Chat follow-up on your specific review
Built for freelance and consulting contracts
Generic AI chat cannot tell you how your payment terms compare to real freelance agreements. ContractSummaryAI is focused on one question: is this contract fair for someone doing client work?
We pull out payment schedules, liability caps, IP ownership, and exit clauses, then show where your deal sits against common patterns in our benchmark set.
Payment terms
Spot Net-60, late fees, and deposit rules and see how they compare to typical freelance deals.
Benchmark view
Know when a clause is common, unusual, or worth pushing back on before you agree.
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