Your client sent a contract.
Know every trap in it before you sign.
Most freelancers sign without reading. The ones who do read don't know which clauses bite. ContractShield flags the exact lines that cost you money — payment traps, IP grabs, unlimited revisions — with fixes you can send straight back to the client.
Free account: 3 reviews a month, first 3 findings each. Sign in with Google or email — no credit card.
Drop the contract here — or click to browse
The one your client just sent. We'll read it in memory and delete it after the review.
How it works
Drop the contract
Any client contract: PDF, DOCX, or paste the text from an email. Processed in memory, deleted after review.
60-second teardown
Every trap gets flagged with a plain-English explanation of how it hurts you — payment traps, IP grabs, unlimited revisions, one-sided liability.
Send back a redline
Copy-paste fixes written to be forwarded to your client directly. Polite, professional, and impossible to argue with.
The whole engagement, from first draft to getting paid
Reviewing what they send you is half the job. The document center covers the other half — and the same protections our review engine looks for are built into every template from the start.
Service agreements, NDAs, SOWs
Templates with payment deadlines, IP-on-payment, revision caps, kill fees — pre-neutralized.
60-second trap teardown
Paste their contract. Every risky clause flagged, explained, and redlined.
Invoices that get paid
Itemized invoices with hard payment windows and late-fee clauses. Free.
3-stage demand letters
Friendly reminder → formal demand → final notice. Conservative wording, state-safe.
Your personal review inbox
Sign in and get an address like scan-a3f9c2@inbound.contractshield.net. Any contract a client sends you — forward it there. Sixty seconds later the full report lands back in your inbox. Zero new habits: it works inside the email you already use.
- Forward any contract from your phone or laptop
- Report lands in your inbox with a private link
- Original email deleted after review — only findings are kept
- Every report builds your client risk history
Every suggestion is sourced
We don't ask you to trust a black box. Each finding cites the public legal resource its guidance is based on — so you can verify everything yourself before you act on it.
- Payment-deadline gaps — Nolo invoicing & getting-paid guidance
- IP-transfer-before-payment — U.S. Copyright Office transfer rules
- Non-compete overreach — state statute variations (e.g. California B&P §16600)
- Late-fee & usury safety — state usury limit references
- Small claims escalation — state court self-help resources
What we don't do
Being honest about this is the product. We are an informational tool — a first line of defense before you sign, not a law firm.
- We never pretend to be your lawyer
- No advice about your specific legal situation
- We do not store your contracts — review and delete
- We flag traps and give you wording — you decide
AI flags the traps. A licensed attorney can confirm them.
When the stakes are real — a big client, an unusual clause, money you can't afford to lose — pick a licensed attorney from the directory to review your report and answer your questions. Flat fee, no retainers. Attorneys earn from the platform and keep improving its checklist through open professional corrections.
Shield Pro: $29/month
Unlimited reviews, all findings, redline fixes, your personal review inbox, and the demand letter generator. One unpaid invoice pays for a decade of Pro.