What ClearTerm checks in a software freelance MSA
Built for software freelancers reviewing an English client agreement. The first screen answers work-for-hire, when you get paid, and uncapped indemnity — then the full findings, a safety score, and Diff Mode for the redline.
What does ClearTerm check for software freelancers?
ClearTerm checks an English client MSA or services agreement for work-for-hire and broad IP assignment, Net-60/Net-90 payment terms, and uncapped indemnity, then returns a safety score, plain-English findings, and wording you can paste back. Diff Mode compares a revised draft.
Core Features
Shield Mode
Upload a single MSA or services agreement and get a safety score with plain-English findings — work-for-hire, payment windows, and indemnity first.
- Comprehensive risk analysis
- Safety score (0-100)
- Risk severity classification
- Plain-English explanations
Diff Mode
Compare two contract versions side-by-side. See exactly what changed and whether those edits increase or reduce your risk.
- Side-by-side comparison
- Change annotations
- Risk impact assessment
- One scan for two files
AI analysis, from your side
Powered by Google Gemini, with a prompt that reads the contract as the contractor rather than the client. Those limits apply to the file. The analysis itself reads up to 100,000 characters of extracted text — roughly 30-40 pages of contract prose — whether you scan with no account, a free account, or a paid scan pack. A longer document is rejected by default rather than silently truncated; you can confirm analysing only the first portion, or paste a shorter excerpt.
- Reviews payment, IP, liability and termination
- Names the agreement in a short summary when identifiable
- Diff Mode attaches the changed wording from both files
- Retries a failed analysis call rather than dropping the scan
PDF support
Upload a contract as a PDF and ClearTerm extracts the text server-side. Up to 4 MB and 40 pages. Those limits apply to the file. The analysis itself reads up to 100,000 characters of extracted text — roughly 30-40 pages of contract prose — whether you scan with no account, a free account, or a paid scan pack. A longer document is rejected by default rather than silently truncated; you can confirm analysing only the first portion, or paste a shorter excerpt.
- Multi-page PDFs
- Up to 4 MB
- About 100,000 characters of extracted text (same cap with no account, a free account, or a scan pack)
- Needs selectable text — scanned or photographed contracts will not work
- Files are parsed in memory, not stored
Analysis Capabilities
Risk Scoring
Get a comprehensive safety score (0-100) that reflects the overall risk level of your contract across payment, IP, liability, and termination.
Risk Detection
Identifies problematic clauses including long payment terms, broad IP assignment, uncapped liability, and one-sided termination.
Plain-English Explanations
No legal jargon. Every risk is explained in clear, understandable language so you know exactly what each clause means.
Negotiation snippets
Every risk comes with a ready-to-copy line you can paste into an email, on every plan. A scan pack adds a composed email covering the whole contract with a choice of tone.
Privacy-First Approach
ClearTerm does not intentionally store raw PDFs in its own database or file storage. Contract content is still sent to Gemini to generate the analysis, and third-party logging or retention follows Google's current API terms and project settings.
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Archive and composed emails with a one-time scan pack
20-scan pack — $9
One-time purchase. Credits unlock archive and composed negotiation emails and are used before your monthly free allowance.
Composed negotiation emails
Turn every finding into a single email covering the whole contract, in a casual, professional or formal tone, with room to add context about the client.
Searchable archive
Keep past analyses and search them later, so you can compare what a client offered last time.
Ready to get started?
Your first scan each month needs no account at all. A free account gets you 5 scans a month with no card required. Need archive and composed emails? A $9 pack buys 20 scans one-time.