First-pass contract review in minutes, not hours.
TermOwl gives lawyers and legal teams an AI-drafted first pass on any agreement: risk-ranked issues with verbatim quotes, paste-ready redlines, missing protections and a negotiation email. You review, edit and decide.
- Built for legal professionals
- You stay in the loop
- PDF, Word & scans
- Files never stored
Do not sign as written. Renegotiate the unlimited liability and indemnity, the IP grab, the non-compete, the open-ended acceptance and revision terms, and the unilateral amendment right first.
- CriticalUnlimited liability and one-sided indemnity
- CriticalIP grab covers all your work and pre-existing tools
- CriticalBroad 24-month non-compete across two continents
- HighAcceptance and revisions at Company's sole discretion
The first-pass problem
Routine contract review shouldn’t take your whole afternoon.
Your judgment is the valuable part. The hours spent finding the problems before you can apply it are not.
First-pass review eats the day
Hours spent reading routine NDAs, MSAs and SOWs line by line before the real work starts.
Flat fees, unbounded time
Clients expect fixed prices for contract review; every extra hour comes out of your margin.
Issues hide in the interactions
Acceptance plus payment terms, IP plus confidentiality: the risk lives where clauses meet.
Redlines from scratch
Drafting balanced replacement wording and the cover email again for every negotiation.
How it works
From PDF to reviewed redlines in three steps
- 1
Upload the contract
Drop in a PDF (even a scan), a Word file, or paste the text. Choose the party you represent.
- 2
Claude drafts the first pass
The whole agreement is analysed in one pass from your client's side: risk-ranked issues, verbatim quotes, redlines, gaps.
- 3
You review, edit and decide
Check every flag against the quoted text, adjust the wording, and send the negotiation email when you're satisfied.
What you get
A first pass you can actually check
TermOwl doesn't stop at “this clause is risky”. Every flag shows the clause, why it matters for your client, what to ask for and the wording, so verification takes seconds.
Risk score & verdict
A 0–100 score and a one-line recommendation from your client's side.
Verbatim quotes
Every issue cites the exact clause it's based on, so you can verify it in seconds.
Paste-ready redlines
Balanced replacement wording the other side is likely to accept.
Missing protections
Spots what isn't there: change orders, caps, payment security, IP carve-outs.
Negotiation email draft
Pick the issues and a tone. Get a specific draft to edit and send on your client's behalf.
Ask the contract
“What's my client's total liability exposure?” Answers cite the exact clause.
Multilingual
Reads contracts in most major languages and reports in yours.
Confidential by design
Files are processed in memory, never stored, and never used to train models.
Sample report
Every flag comes with the quote, the reason and the fix.
A one-sided contractor agreement, reviewed by Claude in production on behalf of the contractor. TermOwl found 11 issues and 6 missing protections, and drafted replacement clauses for each.
IP grab covers all your work and pre-existing tools
“All work product ... created by Contractor, whether or not in connection with the Services and whether or not during working hours, during the term of this Agreement ... shall be the sole and exclusive property of Company ... including all of Contractor's pre-existing tools, libraries, and know-how”
Suggested wording
4.1 Upon receipt of full payment, Contractor assigns to Company all rights in the deliverables created specifically for Company under Exhibit A (the "Work Product"). 4.2 Contractor retains all rights in its pre-existing tools, libraries, know-how, and general-purpose materials ("Contractor Materials"). To the extent Contractor Materials are incorporated into the Work Product, Contractor grants Company a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use them solely as part of the Work Product.
Broad 24-month non-compete across two continents
“for a period of twenty-four (24) months thereafter, Contractor shall not, anywhere in North America or Europe, provide services to any business engaged in retail, e-commerce, or customer loyalty programs.”
Suggested wording
6.1 During the term and for six (6) months thereafter, Contractor shall not knowingly solicit any Company employee with whom Contractor worked under this Agreement to leave Company's employment. Nothing in this Agreement restricts Contractor from providing services to any other person or business.
Who it's for
Built for the people who review contracts for a living
Solo practitioners
Turn routine contract reviews around the same day and keep flat-fee work profitable.
Small & mid-size firms
A consistent first pass across associates, so partner time goes to judgment, not reading.
In-house legal teams
Clear the queue of NDAs, vendor terms and SOWs from sales and procurement faster.
Paralegals & legal assistants
Prepare issue lists and redlines for the supervising lawyer to review and approve.
AI-first from the first line of code
TermOwl runs on Claude by Anthropic, and was designed and built with Claude Code. We picked Claude for the things contract review can't compromise on: reading long documents carefully and being honest about what's actually in them.
Reads the whole contract at once
Claude's long context window means no chunking: clauses that interact, like acceptance and payment, are analysed together.
Understands real-world PDFs
Native PDF understanding handles scans, tables, exhibits and signature pages, not just clean text.
Careful reasoning
Adaptive thinking lets Claude work through cross-references and definitions before it writes a word of the report.
Professional in the loop
Structured, quote-backed output built to be checked by a lawyer; documents are treated as untrusted input to resist prompt injection.
Pricing
Free while in beta. Simple when it's not.
Start reviewing today at no cost. Paid plans add saved matters, your firm’s playbook and team features.
Beta
Available now$0during public beta
Everything you need for a first-pass review today.
- Full risk reports
- Suggested redlines & missing protections
- Negotiation emails
- Follow-up Q&A on any clause
- Markdown & PDF export
Pro
Coming soon$49per month
For solo practitioners and in-house counsel.
- Unlimited reviews (fair use)
- Saved matters and review history
- Your playbook: preferred positions & fallbacks
- Compare contract versions
- Priority processing
Team
Coming soon$99per seat / month
For firms and legal teams that need consistency.
- Firm-wide playbooks & clause library
- Team workspace and audit trail
- Google Drive, Slack & e-signature integrations
- SSO and data processing agreement
- Everything in Pro
Get early access to Pro & Team
Early members get founder pricing and a direct line to shape the roadmap. No spam, one email when it's ready.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Who is TermOwl for?+
Legal professionals: solo lawyers, law firms, in-house legal teams, and paralegals working under a lawyer's supervision. TermOwl prepares a first-pass review; a qualified professional reviews it before anything reaches a client.
Does TermOwl replace legal review?+
No. It's an AI-generated draft that speeds up your review. Every issue quotes the clause it relies on so you can verify it quickly, and nothing should be relied on or shared with a client until you've checked it. TermOwl does not provide legal advice.
Is client data confidential?+
Documents are sent over an encrypted connection, processed in memory and never stored on our servers. They're analysed by the Claude API, and under Anthropic's commercial terms API inputs aren't used to train models.
Which contracts work best?+
Commercial agreements: NDAs, MSAs and SOWs, SaaS and licensing terms, consulting and contractor agreements, employment and executive agreements, leases, and partnership agreements.
Which files can I upload?+
PDF (including scanned documents), Word .docx and plain text, up to 3 MB. You can also paste the text directly.
Does it work in other languages?+
Yes. Claude reads contracts in most major languages. You can get the report in the contract's language or in English, Ukrainian, Spanish, German, French, Polish, Portuguese or Italian.
Which AI model powers TermOwl?+
TermOwl is built on Claude by Anthropic, using its most capable Opus-class model via the Claude API, chosen for long-document reasoning and reliability.
Is it free?+
Yes, during the public beta, with fair-use limits. Pro and Team plans with saved matters, your firm's playbook and integrations are coming; join the waitlist for founder pricing.
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