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$1.2B/year spent on contract review
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explainlegal.com/analyze — client-services-agreement.pdf
Client Services Agreement
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Caution
Broad IP assignment and unlimited liability create significant risk before you sign.
Negotiate clause 4.2 before signing
Financial exposure
Unlimited liability clause could expose you to €10k–50k in damages if client claims breach.
Red flags
Broad IP assignment
All work product assigned to client — including pre-existing tools and frameworks
No liability cap
You're exposed to full damages with no contractual ceiling
Negotiate this
Add a liability cap equal to the contract value. Standard in freelance agreements.
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Who it's for

Built for people who sign
contracts without a lawyer.

Early-stage founders
Signing vendor contracts, SaaS agreements, and term sheets without legal counsel. Every clause matters and you don't have time to read 40 pages of fine print.
Term sheets Vendor NDAs SaaS agreements
Freelancers & consultants
Client agreements, IP clauses, payment terms. One bad contract can cost you months of work. Know what you're agreeing to before you start.
Client agreements IP clauses Payment terms
SMB operators
Supplier contracts, employment agreements, software licenses. You sign dozens of contracts a year. Most get skimmed, not read.
Supplier contracts Employment Software licenses
How it works

Seconds, not hours.

01

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Drop a PDF into the analyzer — or install the Chrome extension to automatically scan any SaaS pricing page you visit.

02

We analyze the document

Explain Legal reads the full contract in seconds and surfaces the clauses that actually matter, translated into plain language.

03

Know before you commit

Get a verdict, financial exposure estimate, red flags, and negotiation leverage — before you sign anything.

What you get

Everything a lawyer would flag.
In seconds.

Verdict
Safe, Caution, or Avoid
A clear call on the overall risk level, with a one-sentence explanation and one concrete action to take right now.
Financial exposure
Real numbers, not vague warnings
Estimated euro or dollar exposure if specific clauses are triggered — liability caps, auto-renewal costs, early termination fees.
Red flags
The clauses most likely to cost you
IP traps, unlimited liability, unilateral termination rights, auto-renewal without notice. Surfaced and explained in plain English.
Negotiation leverage
Exactly what to ask them to change
Concrete, specific asks — not generic advice. What to push back on and how, before you commit to anything.
The problem

The gap Explain Legal fills

$1.2B
Spent annually on contract review services — mostly by companies large enough to afford it
<5%
Of early-stage founders actually hire a lawyer to review contracts before signing
€300+
Per hour for a contract attorney — for a tool that costs €5 per month
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