Draftwise

Contract review for independents

Know what you're signing before you sign it.

Draftwise reads your freelance contract in about eight seconds, marks the clauses that could cost you money, and suggests fairer wording you can send straight back to the client.

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Freelance Services Agreement 14 pages · reviewed in 8 s

  • High Payment due in 90 days
  • Medium Perpetual, worldwide licence
  • Low 14-day notice period

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How it works

From “just sign here” to signed with confidence in three steps.

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  1. Upload or paste

    Drop in a PDF, a Word file or a copied email thread. Draftwise splits it into clauses and ignores the boilerplate.

  2. Read the flags

    Every risky clause gets a High, Medium or Low badge and a note in plain English: what it says, and what it could cost you.

  3. Send the redline

    Accept the suggested rewrites, export a tracked-changes document and send it back. Most clients reply within a day.

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These are three real-world patterns we see weekly. The review below is a scripted preview of what the full product returns.

Draftwise findings

What it catches

A careful second reader, without the £300 hourly rate.

  • Risky-clause flagging

    Unlimited liability, one-sided termination, non-competes and payment traps are found and ranked by severity.

  • Plain-English summaries

    Dense legalese becomes two sentences you can repeat to a friend. No law degree required.

  • Suggested rewrites

    Fairer wording drafted in a polite, professional tone, ready to paste into your reply.

  • Missing-clause check

    No kill fee? No revision limit? Draftwise lists what the contract should say and doesn't.

  • Jurisdiction aware

    Notes adapt for the UK, EU, US states, Canada and Australia, including late-payment rules.

  • Version compare

    Client sent v3? See exactly which clauses changed since v2 and whether they got better or worse.

Pricing

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Freelancers, in their words

The clause they almost signed.

High Caught: net-90 payment

It flagged a 90-day payment term buried on page nine. The client changed it to net 21 within an hour of my redline.

Portrait of Maya OkonkwoMaya OkonkwoBrand designer, Lisbon

Medium Caught: pre-existing IP transfer

I'd have handed over my own component library as “work product”. Draftwise caught it and drafted a licence instead.

Portrait of Tomás HerreraTomás HerreraFront-end developer, Valencia

Medium Caught: broad indemnity

The plain-English notes are the best part. I finally understand what “indemnify” is asking of me, and what to cross out.

Portrait of Ingrid SolheimIngrid SolheimTechnical writer, Oslo

Questions

Things people ask before they upload.

Your contracts stay yours.

  • Encrypted end to end. Files are encrypted in transit and at rest on EU servers in Frankfurt.
  • Never used for training. Your documents and the clients named in them are never used to train any model.
  • Deleted on your schedule. Contracts are removed after 30 days, or instantly when you press delete.

Draftwise is a review aid, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice. For high-value or unusual agreements, have a qualified lawyer take a final look.

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