FinePrint scores your MSA, SOW, or service agreement 0–100 and tells you exactly what to negotiate. A lawyer charges $300+ for this. See your risk score free.
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FinePrint reads every clause and scores the agreement 0–100, flagging high, medium, and low risks.
Each flag comes with a plain-English explanation and a practical suggestion — and every major red flag includes a copy-paste pushback email you can send your client.
A real sample, generated from our demo contract. Every paid report looks like this — plus copy-paste pushback emails and follow-up Q&A.
This agreement shifts most of the financial and legal risk onto you. You get paid slowly, can be dropped on five days’ notice with no payment for work in progress, hand over more IP than the project itself, and face uncapped liability — while a two-year non-compete could block future work in your own city.
“All Work Product, including any pre-existing intellectual property, materials, templates, or code incorporated therein, shall be deemed ‘work made for hire’…”
Why it matters
This does not just cover what you make for this client — it hands over tools, templates, and code you built before this project and may reuse elsewhere.
What to negotiate
Narrow the assignment to work created specifically for this engagement, and expressly exclude your pre-existing materials and reusable libraries.
“Contractor shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Client… from any and all claims, damages, and expenses, including those arising from Client’s own negligence, without limitation as to amount.”
Why it matters
If anything goes wrong — even something the client caused — you foot the entire bill with no cap. A single claim could exceed everything you earn on the project.
What to negotiate
Ask for a mutual indemnity limited to third-party IP claims, and cap your total liability at the fees paid under this agreement.
“Client shall pay all undisputed invoices within ninety (90) days of receipt. No interest shall accrue on late payments by Client.”
Why it matters
Net-90 means you are financing the client’s cash flow for three months — a serious strain for a freelancer — and there is no penalty if they pay even later.
What to negotiate
Push for Net 15 or Net 30, and add 1.5% monthly interest on overdue invoices.
Full reports also include a copy-paste pushback email for every high-severity flag.
One important distinction: we’re not a terms-of-service reader. Apps like fineprint.to summarize website terms you can’t change. FinePrint reads the client contracts you can negotiate — MSAs, SOWs, service agreements — and tells you exactly what to push back on.
| FinePrint | A general chatbot | ToS reader apps | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for contracts you negotiate MSAs, SOWs, client agreements |
✓ Yes | ✗ General-purpose | ✗ Reads ToS you can’t change |
| Structured 0–100 risk score Comparable across contracts |
✓ Every scan | ✗ Prose, no calibrated score | ✗ Summaries, no score |
| Severity-tagged clause findings Deal-breakers separated from nitpicks |
✓ High / medium / low | ✗ Buries the big risks in a list | ✗ Not built for clause risk |
| Verbatim quotes + section citations Every flag verifiable in your document |
✓ Word-for-word, with section numbers | ✗ Paraphrased summaries, no citations | ✗ Not built for clause risk |
| Concrete redline language Specific replacement wording, not just “negotiate this” |
✓ Quoted fix for every finding | ✗ Only with follow-up prompting | ✗ Nothing to push back on |
| Checklist coverage per contract type Missing protections flagged too |
✓ Full checklist, every scan | ✗ Varies run to run | ✗ Summaries, no checklists |
| Copy-paste pushback emails For every major red flag |
✓ Built in | ✗ Only if you prompt it right | ✗ Nothing to push back on |
| Prompt engineering | ✓ None needed — paste and scan | ✗ Good reviews need crafted prompts | ✓ None needed |
| Price | ✓ $5 per scan, free risk score | ✗ $20/mo subscription, use it or not | ✓ Free tier |
| Privacy | ✓ Never used to train models | ✗ Depends on your settings | ✗ Check their policy |
FinePrint is an informational tool, not a law firm — not legal advice. But it’s the closest thing to a contract specialist you can get for $5.
A scan isn’t a chat summary. Every contract goes through the same structured review — the methodology is the product.
First pass: the deal — parties, money, deliverables, deadlines. Second pass: the exits — termination rights, liability caps, indemnity direction, IP ownership, dispute resolution. That’s where the expensive surprises hide.
MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, contractor agreements, and leases each get a purpose-built checklist — and every item is verified before the review finishes. Nothing gets “forgotten.”
Most reviews only react to what’s written. We also flag what’s absent — no kill fee, no late-payment interest, no acceptance criteria, no change-order process.
Each flag quotes the clause word-for-word and cites the section number, so you can verify it in your own document in seconds. No paraphrased vibes, no invented language.
High, medium, and low mean specific things — tied to what a clause could cost you in money, time, or lost work. Deal-breakers always outrank nitpicks.
Every finding includes specific replacement language you can propose, and high-severity flags come with a copy-paste pushback email.
Honest limits: FinePrint is an AI analysis tool, not a law firm — not legal advice. Where a finding is genuinely ambiguous, the report says so and suggests a lawyer’s read. What we won’t do is state uncertain conclusions confidently.
Red flag of the week · #7
Every week, one risky clause type from real freelancer agreements — torn down so you can spot it in yours before you sign.
The clause
“During the term of this Agreement and for twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Contractor shall not, directly or indirectly, provide services similar to the Services to any competitor of Client, or to any business operating within fifty (50) miles of Client’s premises.”
Where it hides: Near the end, under “Restrictive Covenants” or “Non-Competition,” or tucked into the confidentiality section. It often sits right after the NDA language, so it reads like more of the same boilerplate.
Why it hurts: For a freelancer, your field is your market. A two-year ban on serving competitors, or anyone within fifty (50) miles, can quietly outlaw most of your pipeline in one signature. It is rarely limited to work that uses the client’s confidential information. It just bans the work itself. And unlike an employee, you get no salary, severance, or garden leave while you sit it out. One mid-size client can end up owning your next two years of income in their category and their city.
What to negotiate instead: Delete it if you can. Freelancers and small agencies routinely sign without one. If the client insists, narrow it to their named direct competitors, limit it to work that actually uses their confidential information, and cut the tail to 6 to 12 months with no geographic ban. One paragraph covers it:
“Contractor agrees that, for twelve (12) months following the end of this Agreement, Contractor shall not provide services to the direct competitors named in Exhibit A in a manner that uses or discloses Client’s confidential information. Nothing in this section prevents Contractor from providing general services in Contractor’s field to other clients.”
Subject: Quick ask on the non-compete language
Hi [Name], Thanks for sending this over. One section I cannot sign as written is the non-compete: two years barred from serving competitors, or any business within 50 miles, would cut off most of my market, with no work coming back the other way during that time. Protecting your confidential information makes complete sense, and I am happy to keep the NDA strong. Would you be open to narrowing the non-compete to your named direct competitors, tied to work that actually uses your confidential information, and shortening it to 12 months? Something like: "Contractor agrees that, for twelve (12) months following the end of this Agreement, Contractor shall not provide services to the direct competitors named in Exhibit A in a manner that uses or discloses Client's confidential information. Nothing in this section prevents Contractor from providing general services in Contractor's field to other clients." Happy to discuss. The goal is protection for what is genuinely yours, without fencing off my whole practice. Thanks, [Your name]
A common freelancer-agreement risk pattern. FinePrint is an informational tool, not a law firm, and this isn’t legal advice.
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One scan — everything you need before you sign.
One number that tells you how risky the agreement is — comparable across contracts.
Every risky clause flagged high, medium, or low — deal-breakers separated from nitpicks.
Why each clause matters and what to negotiate instead — no legalese.
Every high-severity flag includes a professional email you can send your client.
Ask questions about your contract after the scan — plain-English answers, not legal advice.
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The short answers.
A general chatbot gives you a summary and hopes you asked the right follow-ups. FinePrint gives you a 0–100 risk score, severity-tagged clause findings, per-clause "why it matters" and "what to negotiate" guidance, and copy-paste pushback emails for the big red flags — with zero prompt engineering and your contract never used to train models. See the full comparison.
Those scan website terms you can't change. FinePrint scans the contracts you negotiate — MSAs, SOWs, service agreements — and tells you what to push back on, including copy-paste emails for the big red flags. They read the terms you can't negotiate. We read the contracts you can.
It's a first-pass screen, not a lawyer — which is why it costs $5, not $500. Every high-severity finding comes with a nudge to run it by a lawyer before you sign. And your first paid scan is covered: if the report doesn't flag a single useful issue, the $5 comes back, no questions.
No. FinePrint spots common contractual risks and explains them in plain English, but it is not a law firm and nothing here is legal advice. For high-stakes agreements, talk to a licensed attorney.
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