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Contract Review & Risk Flagging

You sign more than you read. We read what bites.

Every clause reviewed, every trap explained in plain English, back within one business day. Built for owners who cannot send every vendor agreement to a $400-an-hour lawyer.

Send your first contract

Attach the PDF, get the flag report back tomorrow. Priced per contract, quote before we start.

A real review, sped up: click any flag to see its clause
Vendor services agreement, excerpt

4.1 The Initial Term of this Agreement shall be twelve (12) months. This Agreement shall automatically renew for successive twelve (12) month terms unless Client provides written notice of non-renewal at least ninety (90) days prior to expiration.

6.2 Fees are due net 15. Provider may increase fees at any time upon thirty (30) days notice, and continued use of the Services constitutes acceptance of such increases.

9.3 Client shall indemnify and hold harmless Provider against any and all claims arising from or related to this Agreement, regardless of cause or fault.

11.4 Provider may terminate this Agreement for convenience upon fifteen (15) days notice. Client may terminate only for uncured material breach. All prepaid fees are non-refundable.

4 flags, 2 worth negotiating, 1 deadline calendared. Review time: one business day.
The flag library

Three ways a contract hurts: money, time, and blame.

Every review checks the same battle-tested library of clauses that cost growing businesses real money. The categories cycle below, or click to explore.

Uncapped price escalation

Fee increases with no annual ceiling, or tied to vague "market rates" you cannot verify.

Non-refundable everything

Prepaid fees, deposits, and credits that vanish no matter who ends the deal or why.

Hidden minimum commitments

Volume floors and true-up charges buried in schedules most people never open.

Late-fee stacking

Interest plus penalties plus collection costs, compounding from day one overdue.

Auto-renewal windows

Notice periods of 60 to 120 days that pass silently. The most expensive missed date in business.

Evergreen lock-ins

Terms that renew forever by default, with cancellation rights that narrow each cycle.

Asymmetric exit rights

They leave with two weeks notice. You stay unless you can prove material breach.

Slow-walk dispute clauses

Mandatory mediation periods that keep you paying while the disagreement drags.

One-way indemnification

You absorb their legal risk, even for claims caused by their own product or negligence.

Liability caps set to zero

Their maximum exposure is one month of fees. Yours is unlimited. That ratio is negotiable.

Broad IP assignment

Work-product language wide enough to claim things you made before you ever met them.

Silent warranty waivers

All-caps paragraphs that quietly remove every promise the sales deck just made you.

The stakes

Same contract, two very different years.

New vendor contract 28 pages, due Friday Skim and sign "it looks standard" ClarIQ review flag report next morning Renewal fires silently locked in 12 months, fees up 18% Deadline calendared 2 clauses renegotiated, exit stays open
Your exposure

How much rides on contracts nobody read?

Slide to your numbers. This is the value your signature commits each year.

$432,000
signed unread every year

A single missed auto-renewal or one-way indemnity clause on any one of those contracts typically costs more than a full year of review. Illustrative math, not a quote.

The process

From inbox to answer in one business day.

1

Send the contract

Email the PDF or drop it in your shared folder. No portal to learn, no meeting required. We confirm scope and price before starting.

2

We read every word

Our pipeline checks the full flag library against every clause. A human reviewer verifies each flag and writes the plain-English explanation.

3

You decide with clear eyes

You get the flag report, a severity ranking, suggested pushbacks, and every deadline extracted to your calendar. Sign, negotiate, or walk.

Field note

"The snow contract we thought was dead"

A 14-person property management firm sent us sixty vendor agreements in their first month. Three had auto-renewal windows already closing, including a snow-removal contract the owner believed was cancelled two seasons ago. The notice letter went out with nine days to spare. That one flag paid for the year.

Composite case drawn from typical engagements, shared to illustrate the model.

Fair questions

Before you send the first one.

Is this legal advice? +
No. We are not a law firm and we do not replace your attorney on high-stakes deals. We read, flag, and explain, so that when you do involve a lawyer, you send them three clauses instead of thirty pages. For routine vendor, lease, and service agreements, a clear flag report is what owners actually need.
How fast do I get the review back? +
Within one business day for contracts up to roughly 40 pages. Longer or urgent documents are quoted case by case, usually 48 hours. Renewal deadlines we find are calendared the same day.
What kinds of contracts do you review? +
Vendor and supplier agreements, commercial leases, SaaS terms, MSAs and SOWs, equipment rentals, franchise paperwork, and employment offers. If it obligates your business, we read it.
Who sees my contracts? +
Your documents are encrypted in transit and at rest, are never used to train public models, and are seen only by the reviewer on your account. We sign a confidentiality agreement before the first upload, and you can revoke access at any time.
How is it priced? +
Per contract, or as a monthly package if your business has steady contract flow. Either way it costs a fraction of an hourly legal review, and you get an exact quote before we start. No subscription required to try one.

The next contract you sign should be the first one we read.

  • Full flag report with severity rankings, back within one business day
  • Every deadline and notice window extracted to your calendar
  • Suggested pushback language for the clauses worth negotiating
  • Exact quote before we start, no subscription needed for the first one
Send my first contract

Attach the PDF to the email. Confidentiality agreement available before you send anything sensitive.