Contract review for small businesses
Know what is wrong with a contract before you sign it, without paying a lawyer to read it.
ContractSift reviews supplier, client, lease and employment contracts for businesses without in-house counsel. It ranks every clause that departs from market standard by severity and drafts the redline to send.
No account. No card. No sales call.
- Issues ranked by severity
- Redlines and negotiation emails drafted
- Renewal dates tracked after signing
The problem
A long contract arrives, the business owner skims it and signs, because the alternative is paying a lawyer and waiting a week for a routine agreement.
Auto-renewal traps, unlimited liability, one-sided indemnities and termination clauses that lock a business in for years get signed constantly, and the cost surfaces much later.
Who it is for
Businesses without in-house counsel
Small and mid-size businesses signing supplier, client, lease and employment contracts, with deal values from 10k to 2m.
Fractional counsel and small firms
Lawyers reviewing contracts for businesses that have no in-house counsel of their own.
Do you know what this contract commits you to before you sign?
Answer questions about the contract in front of you: renewal, liability, indemnities, leaving early and what you owe. See how much of it you have checked and what to look for next. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.
Method: yes scores a question in full, partly scores half and no scores nothing. Each is weighted from one to three by how much an unchecked term can cost later, and the score is the weighted share, as a percentage. Unanswered questions are left out. The score shows what you have checked, not whether the terms are acceptable.
Every deviation from market standard, explained
Contract review against a playbook, with plain-language explanations and the redline to send.
Deviations from market standard
Every clause that deviates from market standard for that type of contract is identified.
What it means in money and risk
Each deviation is explained in plain language, in terms of what it actually means in money and risk.
Ranked by severity
Issues are ranked by severity, with the most serious first.
Redline and email drafted
It drafts the specific redline and the negotiation email to send.
Your own playbook
Define your acceptable positions once, and every incoming contract is checked against them automatically.
Obligations and renewals tracked
Obligations and renewal dates are tracked after signature.
Pricing
Your first contract is free. Then choose by how many contracts you review and whether you need your own playbook.
First contract
Freeone contract
The full issue list for one contract.
- Plain-language explanations
- Severity ranking
Starter
$79per month
10 reviews, with obligation tracking.
- 10 reviews
- Obligation tracking
Unlimited
Recommended$249per month
Unlimited reviews against your own playbook.
- Unlimited reviews
- Custom playbook
- Team access
Firms
$990per month
For fractional counsel and small firms.
- Multiple clients
Prices in USD.
How it works
ContractSift, from the first step to the result.
- 1
Upload the contract
Your first review is free.
- 2
Read the issue list
Every deviation, explained in plain language and ranked by severity.
- 3
Send the redline
With a drafted negotiation email.
- 4
Track what you signed
Obligations and renewal dates, after signature.
Questions people actually ask
- What does a review find?
- Every clause that deviates from market standard for that contract type, explained in plain language in terms of money and risk, and ranked by severity.
- Does it help me negotiate?
- Yes. It drafts the specific redline and the negotiation email to send.
- Can we use our own standards?
- Yes. Define a playbook of acceptable positions once, and every incoming contract is checked against it automatically. Custom playbooks are on the 249 dollar plan.
- What happens after we sign?
- It tracks obligations and renewal dates after signature.
- Is the first review free?
- Yes. Your first contract is reviewed free, with the full issue list, plain-language explanations and severity ranking.
- What does it cost after that?
- 79 dollars a month for 10 reviews with obligation tracking, or 249 dollars a month for unlimited reviews, a custom playbook and team access.
- Is there a plan for lawyers?
- Yes. 990 dollars a month for fractional counsel and small firms managing multiple clients.
- Why should I trust the contract signing check?
- The score comes from your own answers, in your browser. It does not read the contract and is not legal advice; it lists what to look for. The free review of one contract reads it and returns the full issue list, ranked by severity.
Do you know what this contract commits you to before you sign?
Answer questions about the contract in front of you: renewal, liability, indemnities, leaving early and what you owe. See how much of it you have checked and what to look for next. Runs in your browser. No account, no card, no call.
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