For founders and freelancers
Understand what's in your contract and how to negotiate it.
Pactora analyses 12 key clause areas for risk, then gives you a negotiation ladder with clear positions and scripts. Know exactly what to push back on before the contract reaches legal.
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What you get
Risk verdict
Get a plain-English verdict — ready to sign, sign with conditions, or not ready — with a 0–100 risk score weighted across all flagged clauses.
Eight clause checks
Specialist AI agents review liability cap, indemnities, IP ownership, data protection, termination, governing law, force majeure, and confidentiality.
Negotiation ladder
For every flagged clause, get a three-position fallback ladder: your opening ask, a credible fallback, and a narrowing position — with ready-to-use scripts.
Redline suggestions
One click to generate alternative clause wording. Accept redlines and export a tracked-changes Word document ready to send back to the other side.
Cross-clause risks
Detects where two clauses interact to create combined exposure not visible when reviewing each in isolation — the kind of issue often missed in clause-by-clause review.
Negotiation email
Generate a ready-to-send negotiation email covering all flagged issues in priority order. Copy it straight into your inbox.
Calibrated to your situation
Tell Pactora which side of the deal you're on, your team size, expected revenue, and support capacity. Risk flags are weighted against your reality — not a generic read of the contract.
Page-referenced findings
Every flagged clause quotes the exact contract language it rests on, with a page number. No guessing which section is at risk — point straight to it.
No account needed · Results in ~30 seconds
What users say
Trusted by founders and freelancers
I nearly signed a contract with an uncapped indemnity clause. Pactora caught it in under a minute and gave me the exact language to push back with. Saved me from a potentially ruinous exposure.
Blake Simpson
Founder, Librabit
As a freelance designer, I sign client contracts constantly but never really understood them. Pactora explained every risk in plain English and handed me a negotiation script I could actually use.
Marcus Webb
Freelance Product Designer
The cross-clause risk detection is genuinely impressive. It found an interaction between the liability cap and indemnity scope that neither ChatGPT nor my accountant spotted. Worth it for that alone.
George Babalau
Co-founder, G&A PR Limited
Pactora has flagged key issues which guided my focus, enabling pertinent conversations to reach an agreement quickly and efficiently. Pactora's 'suggested texts' were very helpful levers in terms of proposed negotiation tactics. Without doubt, it has saved me time and money as well as helping to turn legal speak into plain English.
Rachel Jones
Founder, SnapDragon Monitoring
I nearly signed a contract with an uncapped indemnity clause. Pactora caught it in under a minute and gave me the exact language to push back with. Saved me from a potentially ruinous exposure.
Blake Simpson
Founder, Librabit
As a freelance designer, I sign client contracts constantly but never really understood them. Pactora explained every risk in plain English and handed me a negotiation script I could actually use.
Marcus Webb
Freelance Product Designer
The cross-clause risk detection is genuinely impressive. It found an interaction between the liability cap and indemnity scope that neither ChatGPT nor my accountant spotted. Worth it for that alone.
George Babalau
Co-founder, G&A PR Limited
Pactora has flagged key issues which guided my focus, enabling pertinent conversations to reach an agreement quickly and efficiently. Pactora's 'suggested texts' were very helpful levers in terms of proposed negotiation tactics. Without doubt, it has saved me time and money as well as helping to turn legal speak into plain English.
Rachel Jones
Founder, SnapDragon Monitoring
Real-world case study
See Pactora in action
We analysed a real SaaS contract (£54k, 3-year deal) with realistic founder questions. See what Pactora caught, and what ChatGPT and Claude walked past.
The Challenge
- ✓99.9% SLA commitment (unrealistic for small team?)
- ✓Broad indemnity scope with vague carve-outs
- ✓Liability cap that may not protect you
- ✓Limited support hours (2 hrs/month)
What We Found
Pactora: Flagged 7 risks in 30 seconds, with a structured verdict and ready-to-use redlines.
ChatGPT: Caught 6 of the more common risks. Missed the cap/indemnity mismatch, the clause 4.8 acceptance waiver and the GDPR data paradox.
Claude: Added useful business context — true Year 1 cost, lock-in severity — over several prompts, but also missed the cap/indemnity mechanics and the acceptance waiver.
Key insight: That one cap/indemnity mismatch left up to £400k unprotected. Both general-purpose tools walked past it.
Clause library
Learn before you sign
Plain-English guides to the five clauses that matter most in UK commercial contracts — written by a qualified lawyer.
Limitation of Liability
A limitation of liability clause caps how much one party can owe the other if something goes wrong.
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Indemnities
An indemnity is a promise by one party to compensate the other for specific losses, costs, or claims — even if those losses weren't caused by a breach of contract.
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IP Ownership
The intellectual property ownership clause determines who owns the work product created under the contract.
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Data Protection
The data protection clause sets out how personal data is handled under the contract, who is the data controller, who is the data processor, and what obligations each party owes under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
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Termination
The termination clause sets out the conditions under which either party can end the contract, how much notice is required, and what happens when the contract ends.
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Dispute Resolution
The dispute resolution clause sets out the process parties must follow before and during a formal legal claim — including escalation steps, arbitration or court proceedings, and any time limits on bringing a claim.
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Auto-Renewal
An auto-renewal clause rolls the contract over automatically at the end of its term unless one party actively opts out within a specific cancellation window.
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Fee Increases
A fee increase clause lets the supplier raise their prices during the contract term, typically linked to an index such as CPI or at the supplier's discretion.
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Payment Terms
Payment terms set out when invoices fall due, what happens if payment is late or disputed, and whether the supplier can suspend services over an unpaid bill.
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Assignment and Change of Control
These clauses govern who you can end up contracting with if either business is sold or restructured, and whether a funding round or acquisition could trigger the other side's exit rights.
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Governing Law
The governing law clause determines which country's laws interpret the contract and which courts have jurisdiction over disputes — which directly affects your cost of enforcement.
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Confidentiality
The confidentiality clause (or NDA) sets out what information must be kept secret, how long that obligation lasts, and the limited circumstances in which disclosure is permitted.
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Newsletter
Small Print
Contract tips, plain-English clause explainers, and Pactora updates — from an IP lawyer who built a tool to help founders and freelancers understand what they sign.