Know what you're signing — without paying a lawyer

Someone sent you paperwork. Find out what it actually says.

A lease. A job offer. An NDA. A membership you want out of. Upload it and get the fine print in plain English — the notice periods, the fees, the clauses that cost you money — with the exact wording quoted from your own document.

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How PlainTerms Works

What You Get Back

We read it the way a careful lawyer would on a first pass — looking for what commits you, what costs you, and what you are giving up.

Hidden Fees & Costs That Grow

We detect penalty clauses, late fees, automatic charges, and cost escalation terms that may quietly increase your financial obligations.

Detect hidden fees

Liability & Indemnification Risks

We highlight clauses that shift legal responsibility to you — including unlimited liability and indemnification provisions.

Check liability risk

Auto-Renewal & Termination Traps

Avoid getting locked into unfavorable terms. We identify automatic renewals, restrictive cancellation clauses, and early termination penalties.

Find auto-renew traps

Clear Risk Scoring

Get a simple risk score that shows how exposed you are — so you can quickly understand whether this document works for you or against you.

Calculate risk score

Negotiation Priorities

We point out which clauses deserve attention — helping you negotiate better terms instead of signing blindly.

Find negotiation leverage

Secure & Confidential Processing

Your document is encrypted in transit and processed securely. No person reads your file, and files are automatically deleted after analysis.

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How It Works

Three Steps, About Two Minutes

1

Upload the document

A lease, a job offer, an NDA, a membership you want out of, a quote you do not understand. Your file is encrypted and processed securely — no human ever reads it.

2

Instantly Detect Hidden Risks

PlainTerms identifies hidden fees, auto-renewal traps, penalty clauses, liability shifts, and costs that could run into thousands — before you sign.

3

Unlock the Full Risk Breakdown

See what each clause commits you to, what it is likely to cost, and what to ask for instead — before you signing a contract that works against you.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Upload the document — a lease, a job offer, an NDA, a membership agreement, a quote from a contractor. You get a preview within seconds showing the clauses that matter most and what they commit you to. Unlock the full read to see every finding, with the wording quoted from your own file.

Every finding with the clause it came from, what it means for you in money or time, a checklist of what to watch, suggested wording to ask for instead, and a plain-English summary of what you are agreeing to.

The things that cost people money and that are easy to miss: notice periods you have to meet, fees that only apply in certain conditions, auto-renewal, early termination penalties, who pays if something goes wrong, what you give up by signing, and deadlines you did not know you had.

Sometimes, and we say so. If you are already in a dispute, if someone is suing you, or if the amount at stake runs into six figures, get a lawyer. For reading a document, understanding what it commits you to, and deciding what to push back on, this is what we are for — and it costs about as much as lunch instead of a few hundred dollars an hour.

Your file is encrypted in transit, processed automatically, and deleted after processing. No person reads it, and we do not share it with anyone. This matters more here than in most places — people upload leases, offers and settlements, and those are private.

Seconds for most documents. You see the preview straight away; the full read is available as soon as you unlock it.

Leases and rental agreements, job offers and employment agreements, NDAs, freelance and consulting agreements, gym and subscription memberships, vendor and service agreements, SaaS terms, quotes from contractors. If it is a document that commits you to paying something, giving something up, or meeting a deadline, it is the right kind of document.

No, and we are not a law firm. What we do is read the document and tell you what it says, so that when you walk into a lawyer's office you already know which clause you are asking about — or so you can decide you do not need to go at all.