Decode Plainly uses AI to explain legal language and flag clauses that deserve attention. Use the report as a thinking partner and starting point for questions, not as a legal verdict.

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you don’t understand.

Upload any PDF contract. In under a minute, we translate it into plain English, flag the clauses that could bite you, and tell you exactly what to push back on. No lawyer required.

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SaaS subscriptionsFreelance contractsApartment leasesEmployment offersNDAsVendor agreementsInvestor SAFEsService agreementsConsulting dealsPartnership terms

How it works

Three steps. Under sixty seconds.

No accounts. No lawyers. No 40-page glossaries. Just your contract — explained.

Upload your PDF

Drop in any contract — lease, NDA, SaaS terms, employment offer, you name it. Up to 10 MB.

AI reads every clause

Our AI scans the entire document, ranks risk, and writes a plain-English explainer for the parts that matter.

Sign smarter — or push back

Get a clear summary, prioritized risk flags, and the exact questions to ask before you sign.

What you get

A report you can actually act on.

No legalese. No fluff. Just clarity, color-coded by how much it should worry you.

Sample · SaaS contract

The 30-second summary

You’re signing a 12-month SaaS subscription at $499/month with auto-renewal unless cancelled 60 days before renewal. The vendor can raise prices unilaterally with 30 days notice.

Unlimited liability — no cap on damages you owe

High

Vendor can raise prices with just 30 days notice

High

Auto-renews unless cancelled 60 days before term end

Medium

Governing law is Delaware (standard for SaaS)

Low

Questions to ask before signing

→ Can you add a price-increase cap of no more than 5% annually?
→ Will you reduce the cancellation notice window from 60 to 30 days?
→ Can liability be capped at 12 months of fees paid?

High-risk clauses found

Unlimited liability, unilateral price changes, one-sided indemnification

Medium-risk items flagged

Auto-renewal, IP assignment, SLA gaps, data portability

Questions to ask before signing

Specific, ready-to-send pushback you can paste in an email

What we look for

The traps that hide in plain sight.

We’ve trained our AI on the specific clauses that wreck deals — and the questions you’d wish you’d asked.

Plain-English summary

A 30-second recap of what the contract actually says — your key obligations, deadlines, and commitments — written like a friend explained it, not a lawyer.

What you're on the hook for
Key dates & notice periods
Payment & termination terms

Risk flags

Every risky clause rated High / Medium / Low, with the exact excerpt quoted and a plain explanation of why it matters to you.

Auto-renewal & cancellation traps
One-sided liability & indemnity
Non-compete & IP ownership grabs

Unusual clauses

Clauses that are atypical for this type of contract — flagged, explained, and compared to what's standard so you know what to push back on.

Compared against industry norms
Why each clause is out of the ordinary
Suggested questions to ask before signing

5.0

“Caught an auto-renewal clause that would have locked me into another year. Saved me $6K.”

SaaS subscription

Maya R.

Founder, B2B SaaS

4.0

“My landlord tried to slip in a personal guarantee. Got back a one-pager I could literally walk into the meeting with.”

Commercial lease

David K.

Restaurant owner

5.0

“I’ve been a freelancer for 8 years. This is the first time I actually understood what I was signing.”

Freelance agreement

Priya S.

Independent designer

Pricing

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Plain-English summary
Risk flags rated High / Medium / Low
Unusual clause detection
Pre-signed questions to push back on
Under-a-minute turnaround

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Unlimited scans for people who review contracts every month.

If you scan 9+ contracts a month, unlimited pays for itself.

Unlimited contracts
Priority analysis queue
Custom risk policies
Slack & Notion integrations
Bulk PDF processing

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is this legal advice?

No. Decode Plainly gives you a plain-English read-out of what your contract says and what looks risky. For high-stakes deals — M&A, litigation, anything regulated — talk to a real attorney.

What happens to my contract after analysis?

Your file is encrypted in transit, processed in memory, and deleted right after the report is generated. We don’t use your documents to train models.

What kinds of contracts work?

Anything text-based: SaaS terms, NDAs, employment offers, leases, freelance agreements, vendor contracts, MSAs, SAFEs. Up to 10 MB. (Image-only scans without OCR may be incomplete.)

How accurate is it?

Our AI uses one of the strongest models for legal-language understanding, and our prompts are tuned to favor "flag it and explain" over silent confidence. Use the report as a thinking partner, not a verdict.

Don’t sign blind.

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