AI Contract Review for Small Business

You sign vendor agreements, SaaS terms, partnership contracts, and client deals every month. Clausely reads every clause in under a minute so you can focus on running your business - not decoding legal jargon.

Why small businesses need contract review

There are 33 million small businesses in the United States, and the vast majority don't have in-house legal counsel. Every vendor agreement, SaaS subscription, partnership deal, and client contract gets signed by the founder or a small team - people whose expertise is running the business, not reading contracts.

The result: businesses lose an average of 9% of their annual revenue to poor contract management. That's auto-renewing SaaS contracts at inflated rates, vendor agreements with one-sided liability terms, partnership deals with vague equity splits, and client contracts with scope that creeps beyond profitability.

A business attorney charges $300-$600/hour. A single contract review runs $500-$2,000. For a small business signing 5-10 contracts a month, that's $5,000-$20,000/month in legal fees - or more likely, $0 in legal fees and a pile of unreviewed contracts. Clausely bridges that gap.

Common contract risks for small businesses

These are the clauses that quietly drain revenue, create liability, and lock you into unfavorable terms:

• Auto-renewal with price escalation - Your SaaS vendor buries a 15% annual price increase in the renewal terms. You don't notice until the charge hits your card. By then, the cancellation window has closed and you're locked in for another year at the higher rate.
• Unlimited liability clauses - The vendor's liability is capped at the fees you paid. Your liability? Uncapped. If their software causes a data breach that affects your customers, you bear the full cost.
• IP assignment in service agreements - A contractor or agency you hired claims ownership of work product - your website, your marketing assets, your custom software - unless you pay an additional “buyout” fee.
• Non-compete clauses in partnership agreements - Your business partner can't work in the same industry for 3 years after leaving the partnership. Sounds protective - until you realize it applies to you too, and it's enforceable.
• Data ownership and portability - The SaaS vendor owns “derived data” and “aggregated insights” from your usage. When you leave, you get a CSV export of your raw data - but the analytics, models, and insights stay with them.
• Unilateral terms modification - “We may update these terms at any time. Continued use constitutes acceptance.” The vendor can change pricing, features, data handling, or liability terms without your explicit consent.

What Clausely catches

Upload any business contract - vendor agreement, SaaS terms of service, partnership agreement, client contract, NDA, or consulting agreement. Clausely's AI analyzes every clause and delivers:

Pricing

A small business signs dozens of contracts per year - vendor agreements, SaaS subscriptions, client deals, partnership terms. Clausely makes it affordable to review every single one:

• Free - Your first analysis requires no account. Sign in with Google to get 3 free analyses total. Enough to test Clausely on your most important contract.
• Starter Pack - $7.99 one-time - 10 contract analyses. No expiration. Perfect for reviewing a batch of vendor renewals or onboarding a new client.
• Pro - $12.99/month or $99/year - Unlimited analyses, contract chat to drill into specific clauses, jurisdiction-aware legal citations, and redline suggestions you can send directly to the other party.

At $12.99/month for unlimited reviews, Pro costs less than 3 minutes of a business attorney's time. For a business losing 9% of revenue to poor contract management, the ROI is immediate.

Small business contract resources

Guides and free templates to help you manage business contracts: