Every contract, read from your side of the table.Before you sign it.
BeforeJD reads every page of an agreement and tells you in plain English what is fair and what to push back on. It drafts new agreements from a short questionnaire, returns your document redlined, collects the signatures, and answers questions about any clause. For one person, a small team, a larger business, or a government contracting office.
From $4.99 for one read or one draft. Team and government licenses are invoiced once a year. No subscription, ever.
Private by default. Your contract is not stored after the read unless you ask.
Negotiate before signing
$48,500 exposure5 clauses to change14 pages read
- High risk
Unlimited indemnity, section 9.2
You would cover the other side's losses with no ceiling, including losses they cause.
- Medium risk
Auto-renewal with 90-day notice, section 3.1
The term renews for a full year unless you write ninety days ahead.
Chapter 01
One careful read, for everyone who signs.
The same council reads a studio lease and a federal subcontract. Only the license changes.
Individuals
A lease, a job offer, a freelance deal.
Every page read in plain English, with the exact words to push back on, in minutes.
$4.99 for one read or one draft, paid once
Small businesses and teams
The vendor terms, the office lease, the client agreement.
A shared workspace where every agreement your business signs is reviewed, drafted and redlined on the same rails.
One contract fully read from $79, or a team license from $4,900 a year
Larger businesses
Hundreds of agreements a year, and a legal team that cannot read them all first.
Named seats, a shared record of every read and draft, purchase order invoicing, and an MSA, DPA and SLA on request.
Licensed once a year at a fixed price
Government contracting
The teaming agreement the prime handed you.
Read for affiliation risk, limitations on subcontracting, FAR flow-downs and payment contingency, from the subcontractor's side of the table. Both published licenses sit inside the federal micro-purchase threshold, so a cardholder can buy today.
GovCon Office from $7,400 a year
Chapter 02
Review, draft, redline, sign, ask.
Five things you would ask a careful colleague to do with a contract, done in minutes and kept in one place.
Review
Every clause, weighed from your side.
Upload a PDF, a Word file, or a photo. The report opens with a verdict, the money at stake, and the clauses to change, then walks the whole agreement in plain English, with every concern tied to a line on the page.
Largely balanced
Residential lease4 clauses to change14 pages read
- High risk
Rent can rise mid-lease, section 4.2
Seven days' notice is all the landlord needs. Ask for sixty, in writing.
- Medium risk
Late fees stack daily with no cap, section 6.1
Ask for a flat fee after a five-day grace period.
- In your favor
Deposit returned within 30 days, section 5.3
Shorter than most leases. Keep it as written.
Draft
A finished agreement from a short questionnaire.
Answer a few questions and receive a complete Word document and PDF. Every agreement we draft is reviewed by the same council that reviews the contracts you upload, before you receive it. More than a dozen agreement types, from a non-disclosure agreement to a commercial lease.
Non-disclosure agreement · step 3 of 6
How long should the confidentiality obligation last?
Three years from the date of disclosure
Your document · 7 sections · reviewed before delivery
- 1DefinitionsDrafted
- 2Confidentiality obligationsDrafted
- 3Exclusions from confidentialityDrafted
- 4Term and terminationCouncil review
Redline and negotiate
Your own document, returned marked up.
We draft the replacement language and mark it into your original as tracked changes, clause by clause, and write the negotiation email that sends it back.
Redline · tracked changes · clause 12.4
12.4 Either party may terminate this Agreement with five (5) days' notice upon thirty (30) days' written notice, provided that all outstanding fees have been paid.
Negotiation email drafted and ready to send
Subject: Three requested changes before signing
Sign
Collect the signatures on the same record.
Send the agreed version for signature from the same place it was read. Every party signs on any device, and the signed copy and its audit trail stay with the analysis.
Signatures · Master Services Agreement
- Fixture Vendor LLCSigned
Sep 4, 14:02
- The Joint Corp.Signed
Sep 5, 09:41
- WitnessAwaiting signature
Reminder sent
Sent Sep 4, 2026 · 2 of 3 signed · audit trail kept with the analysis
Ask
A question about any clause, answered from your analysis.
Ask in writing or out loud. The assistant answers only from your finished analysis and points to the line it relied on, and the conversation is saved with the report.
“What does the non-compete actually stop me from doing?”
Clause 8.1 restricts similar work statewide for two years. That is broader than most. I would ask to limit it to your county and to one year.
Clause 8.1Saved with the report
Chapter 03
Every reason here is one you can check.
Real contracts, a measured benchmark, and a regression gate. Nothing here is asserted without a way to check it.
3 readers
Read by a council, not one model.
Three independent readers from different makers. One pulls the facts, one weighs the risk, one argues against you like opposing counsel and can only raise a concern, never bury one.
13,000 clauses
Nine in ten material risks, measured.
On a locked benchmark of real, expert-marked contracts, more than 13,000 clauses across 41 categories, the read catches roughly nine of every ten material risks while holding false alarms down.
Nothing ships that scores worse.
Every change to how we read a contract has to clear that benchmark before it reaches you. The bar only moves up.
Returned on your original.
The redline is tracked changes in your own document, not a summary you have to carry back yourself.
Private by default.
Your contract is never used to train a model and is not stored after the read unless you ask. Encrypted in transit and at rest.
Chapter 04
One credit reads or drafts one contract.
Pay once for what you need. Reads and drafts never expire, and a license is a year of access at a fixed price, invoiced once.
Individuals
One read or draft
$4.99
Five reads or drafts $4.00 each
$19.99
Ten reads or drafts $3.50 each
$34.99
Small businesses and teams
Professional Review One contract fully read, with a redline and a negotiation summary
$79
Team license Five named seats, a shared workspace, 120 analyses a year
$4,900a year
Business license Fifteen named seats, 500 analyses a year, priority support
$14,900a year
Larger businesses
Enterprise license Seats and volume to fit, MSA, DPA and SLA, purchase order and net thirty invoicing
Quoted
Government contracting
GovCon Office Two named seats, 120 analyses a year, inside the federal micro-purchase threshold
$7,400a year
GovCon Team Five named seats, a shared workspace, 300 analyses a year
$11,900a year
No subscription, ever. Credits work on the web, on the iPhone, and on the Mac. Public sector buyers receive a written quote, a W-9, and a public sector terms addendum on request, the same business day.
Chapter 05
On the web, on your iPhone, on your Mac.
One account and one set of credits, on every device.
Residential lease
Largely balanced
4 clauses to change
- High risk
Rent can rise mid-lease
- Medium risk
Late fees stack daily
iPhone
Scan the paper copy with the camera, share a file from any app, and get a notification the moment the read is ready. Sign in with Face ID.
- Contracts
- Analyze
- Draft
- Signatures
- Activity
- Organization
Contracts
Twelve engagements on file.
- Services agreementActive
- Office lease, Suite 400Expiring
- Consulting agreementFor signature
Mac
BeforeJD Desktop on the Mac App Store, with the same reports, redlines and signatures in a native window.
38 reads left
Contracts
Upload a contract
PDF, Word, or a photo, up to 50 MB.
- Master Services AgreementActive
- Teaming agreement, Prime Corp.Expiring
Web
Everything, from any browser, with a passkey.
Chapter 06
Questions people ask before they trust us with a contract.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. BeforeJD is not a law firm. It reads a document and tells you what is in it, what it means for the party signing it, and what to negotiate. For legal matters, consult a qualified attorney.
- What happens to my document?
- It is deleted by default. The document you upload is not stored after your analysis completes unless you choose otherwise, and it is never used to train a model.
- How long does a read take?
- Under five minutes for most agreements. You receive the report by email, with the redline attached as a Word file.
- What can it read?
- More than twenty contract categories: leases, employment offers, freelance and consulting agreements, NDAs, vendor and software terms, loans, settlements, teaming agreements and federal subcontracts, and more. PDF, Word, or a photo.
- Can my team share one account?
- Yes. A team license has named seats, a shared workspace, and one allowance of analyses for the year. Members join by email invitation.
- Can an agency buy this on a card?
- Yes. Both GovCon licenses sit inside the federal micro-purchase threshold. A written quote, a W-9, and a public sector terms addendum are sent on request the same business day.
BeforeJD is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Our analysis is informational only. For legal matters, please consult a qualified attorney.
Read it before you sign it.
A careful, multi-step read in plain English: the risks, the language to ask for, your negotiation email, and your contract returned redlined, in minutes.