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Draft an MSA — or know exactly what one commits your business to.
Need a master services agreement? Describe the engagement in plain English and Initialed drafts one. Been sent a vendor or SaaS MSA? Upload it and Initialed flags what actually moves risk onto your business — the liability carve-out, the auto-renewal, the indemnity — in plain English, in about two minutes. Ask it anything along the way.
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Review a contract
Drag a PDF or Word file here, or browse. See your top risks free.
Illustrative results with suggested redlines — your review reflects your actual contract.
where businesses most often take on hidden risk
to see what the agreement commits you to
understand the MSA without the legalese
Draft, review, or ask questions — on any contract
Initialed is one place for the whole contract: write a new one from a plain-English description, pressure-test one you’ve been sent, and ask it anything in between.
Draft it
Describe what you need in plain English and Initialed writes a first draft — with placeholders where your details go, and the clauses your jurisdiction expects.
Review it
Upload one you’ve been sent and get risk-scored findings with suggested redlines you can accept in a click — in about two minutes.
Ask about it
Chat with the contract in plain English — “what am I agreeing to?”, “what’s missing?”, “is this clause normal?” — and get grounded answers.
What Initialed checks in your MSA
These are the clauses that decide who carries the risk in a vendor or services deal — in plain English, with what to look for and what to ask for instead.
Limitation of liability & cap
We flag caps set too low to matter, and the carve-outs that quietly exempt the biggest risks — confidentiality, indemnity, data — from the cap entirely.
We flag: “shall not apply to …” exclusions · cap below fees paid · uncapped for one side only
Indemnification
We flag one-sided indemnities that make you cover the other party’s losses and defense costs, without a matching obligation running back to you.
We flag: “defend, indemnify, and hold harmless” with no reciprocity · broad third-party claims
Term, auto-renewal & termination
We flag agreements that roll into new terms unless you give early notice, tie you in while letting the vendor exit for convenience, and stack price increases each renewal.
We flag: auto-renews unless notice ___ days prior · vendor-only termination for convenience
IP & work product
We flag ownership terms that keep the deliverables you paid for with the vendor, or license back your own materials on terms broader than the engagement.
We flag: vendor retains ownership of work product · perpetual license to your data or feedback
Payment terms, SLAs & warranties
We flag long payment windows, weak or absent service levels, and “as-is” disclaimers that leave you with no remedy when the service underperforms.
We flag: net-60/90 · no SLA credits · “disclaims all warranties, express or implied”
Data protection & subprocessors
We flag missing security commitments, breach-notice gaps, and open-ended subprocessor rights that let the vendor hand your data to third parties you never vetted.
We flag: no breach-notification window · subprocessors added without notice · no DPA referenced
Walk into any negotiation — or lawyer call — prepared.
Every flag comes with what to ask for instead — so your redlines are specific, not a hunch.
Review your MSA freeYou signed the MSA. Now there’s a problem.
The vendor’s invoicing more than you expected, an auto-renewal locked you in, or a service failure has you staring at an indemnity clause. Upload the signed agreement and Initialed explains — in plain English — exactly what your business agreed to, which clauses can still bite, and whether this is worth taking to a lawyer.
We’re not a law firm and we don’t give legal advice. We’re the fast first step that tells you where you stand — so if you do call commercial counsel, you arrive knowing what to ask.
See what you agreed toWhen it’s worth calling a lawyer
- The agreement leaves your business exposed to uncapped or carved-out liability
- It’s with a critical vendor you can’t easily replace
- The vendor will handle personal, regulated, or otherwise sensitive data
- It’s a high-value or long-term enterprise commitment
Initialed helps you recognize these fast and organize the facts — then you decide whether to bring in counsel.
How it works
Upload your contract
Drop in the PDF or Word file — one you’re about to sign, or one you already did. Tell us which side you’re on.
We review it, side-aware
Initialed reads the whole document and checks it against a protection checklist — the same rigorous pass every time.
Get ranked red flags
See the clauses working against you, ranked by impact — with what to ask for, or what to raise with a lawyer.
Frequently asked
We already signed the MSA — can this still help?
Yes. Upload the signed agreement and Initialed explains, in plain English, exactly what your business committed to and which clauses can still affect you — so you know where you stand and whether it’s worth taking to a lawyer.
What’s the most important clause to check in an MSA?
Usually the limitation of liability — especially the carve-outs that exempt confidentiality, indemnity, or data from the cap — together with the indemnification and auto-renewal terms. Initialed surfaces all of these and shows how they interact, ranked by impact.
Do I need a lawyer to review a vendor agreement?
For a high-value contract, uncapped liability, or a deal involving regulated data, qualified counsel is worth it. Initialed is the fast first pass: it flags the risky clauses in a couple of minutes so you walk into any lawyer conversation prepared.
Before you sign — or after you already did.
Upload your MSA and see what it commits your business to — liability, indemnity, auto-renewal, IP, payment — in about two minutes. Your first credit is free.
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