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Free Freelance Contract Review

Upload the client agreement and see the terms that decide when you get paid, what you hand over, and what happens if the project stops.

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This is information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.

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Four payment terms to find before you sign

According to Remote, Contractor Management Report 2025, 85% of freelancers have invoices paid late at least some of the time, and just over 21% are paid late — or not at all — more than half the time. Source (checked 2026-09-23).

  1. A late-payment fee.

    Is there interest or a fee when an invoice is paid late? Without one, paying late costs the client nothing. A common thing to ask for is a fixed fee or a monthly interest rate written into the payment clause.

  2. A cancellation fee.

    If the client stops the project halfway, what are you paid — for the work already done, and for the time you turned other work down to keep free? The usual answer is a kill fee, and payment for work in progress if the contract can be ended at any time.

  3. A real due date.

    “Net 30” from what? Thirty days from delivery and thirty days from invoice approval can be very different dates. Worth checking when the clock starts, and whether approval has a deadline of its own.

  4. Rights that move when you're paid.

    Does the client own your work when you deliver it, or when they have paid for it? Tying the transfer of rights to full payment means an unpaid invoice leaves the work still yours.

Terms explained: Kill fee · Net 30 · Termination for convenience · IP assignment · Work for hire

Six things worth checking in a freelance contract

Who pays the expenses.

Travel, software licences, stock assets and printing add up. Worth checking whether the contract says who pays for them, and whether they are billed at cost or need approval first.

Ownership that reaches past the deliverable.

Some IP clauses assign everything you create during the engagement, including tools and templates you already owned. A common thing to ask for is a carve-out for your pre-existing material, with a licence to the client instead.

Scope with no edges.

“Revisions as required” and an open-ended list of deliverables are how a fixed fee turns into unpaid work. Worth asking for a number of revision rounds and a written process for anything beyond them.

Deemed acceptance.

Wording where silence counts as approval — or its opposite, where nothing is approved until the client says so, with no deadline. Both are worth a question: how long does the client have, and what happens when that time passes?

Termination for convenience with nothing attached.

If the client can end the contract at any time, the usual counterpart is payment for work already done and sometimes a kill fee. Worth checking whether both exist.

Liability with no cap.

Indemnity wording that is not limited to the value of the contract can be larger than the job itself. A common thing to ask for is a cap tied to the fees paid.

What's free

  • One contract analysis, free forever — no credit card.
  • Your risk score, and every finding in the agreement listed by name and severity.
  • Your two most important findings explained in full, with wording you can ask for.
  • PDF and Word download of your free report.
  • The remaining findings stay locked until you unlock the report for $9 once, or start a plan.

Free — one analysis, no card. · $9 — unlock one full report. · Pro $19/month — full reports, 30 analyses a month.

How the analysis works

  1. Upload your contract

  2. Choose your side

  3. See the risks

  4. Know what to ask for

Not a chat window: the whole document goes through the same analysis every time, and findings quote the clause they came from. See the side-by-side.

Questions people ask

Is the freelance contract review free?

Yes — one analysis per account, free for good, no card. You get the risk score and every finding by name, with the two most important explained in full; the rest are listed but locked until you unlock the report for $9 or start a plan.

Can it write the email asking for changes?

Yes. Alongside each finding you get wording you could ask for, and the tool can draft the message to send to the client — one draft a month on Free, 30 a month on Pro, not metered on Expert and Business.

Does it apply the law where I work?

No. It reads your agreement and explains what it says. It does not apply the law of any particular country, and local rules — on payment terms, on ownership, on classification — can override what the contract says.

Does it work for a statement of work or a purchase order?

Yes. Anything that sets out what you will do and what you will be paid can be analysed the same way, including an SOW attached to a master agreement.

Will it tell me whether I am an employee or a contractor?

It will point out the terms that usually come up in that conversation — control, exclusivity, equipment, who sets the hours — but the classification itself depends on rules where you are, and that is a question for a professional.

Can I send the report to someone else?

Yes. Every plan can download the report as a PDF or a Word file. On Expert and Business you can also download a redacted copy — names, addresses and contact details masked — or share a read-only link that expires after 1, 7 or 30 days. Masking is automatic, so check the copy before you send it.

Is my contract private?

It is private to your account and is never used to train models. Uploaded files are deleted after 30 days. From 30 September 2026, your report stays in your account until you delete it.

Other contract types we check

  • Encrypted in transit & at rest
  • Files auto-deleted after 30 days
  • Never used to train models
  • Informational — not legal advice

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