Check an independent contractor agreement before you sign it.
An independent contractor agreement sets the terms you work under, and it is easier to read before you have signed it than after. Upload yours and the free scan shows what it found and, when a whole sentence can be quoted, the exact clause it came from.
The scan is free. The full report is $9.
Automated, with no language model reading your document: it can occasionally cut a quote short or misread an amount, so check the figures against your contract.
“Consultant will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Aviat US, its directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all costs, losses, claims or damages of any nature, which are asserted against, arise out of, or relate to any acts or omissions made in the performance of duties under this Agreement by Consultant, including all costs, losses, claims or damages of Aviat US arising out of or relating to the failure of Consultant to comply with the terms of the Nondisclosure and Invention Agreement (Exhibit B).”
One card from DocAssessment's report on Aviat Networks, Inc.'s independent contractor agreement, filed with the SEC.
Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K, filed October 4, 2023, accession 0001377789-23-000037. Search that accession number on sec.gov to read the filing.
A public filing, shown as the report produced it; line breaks tidied. This is one example and does not predict what the report will show for your agreement.
DocAssessment is not affiliated with Aviat Networks, Inc. or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
How the scan works
No language model reads your document. The scan is pattern matching and a fixed scoring formula. When a whole sentence can be quoted, the report shows it in a clause card, in the contract's own words. When one cannot, the card says so: "No excerpt shown for this item." A card carries a category label only when the clause's own heading names that category. Parties, dates and money amounts are listed, with amounts grouped as recurring or one-time. Each report also lists questions worth asking and can be exported as a PDF. Run the free scan first; the full report is $9.
What to look for in an independent contractor agreement
- Check that the agreement describes the way you will really work. If it calls you an independent contractor but sets your hours, your tools and who supervises you, ask the client about that mismatch.
- Look at the payment terms: the rate, when you may invoice, how many days the client has to pay, and what happens to a late invoice. Check who pays for expenses and tools.
- Find the clause on who owns what you make. Check when ownership passes to the client, on creation or only on payment, and whether tools or methods you brought with you stay yours.
- Read the indemnity and hold-harmless wording slowly. Check whether you promise to cover the client's losses, whether that stops at your own acts or goes further, and whether any cap on the amount appears anywhere in the agreement.
- Look at how each side can end the agreement and how much notice that takes. Then check which obligations survive the end, such as confidentiality or a ban on approaching the client's staff.
- Check whether the agreement limits who else you can work for, or for how long after it ends. A single sentence can carry a restriction that matters.
What the scan does not do
- It does not decide whether you are an independent contractor or an employee.
- It does not say whether the terms are fair, and it does not compare your agreement with other contracts.
- It does not look for clauses that are missing.
- It does not sort the agreement into fields such as scope of work, payment terms or notice period.
- It does not check the agreement against the law where you live, and it is not legal advice.
Three ways to get an agreement read
They do different jobs, so read each column on its own.
Free AI chat
Free
A general-purpose AI chat tool. You can ask it about anything.
- Your document goes to a language model.
DocAssessment
$9
One report on one document, after a free scan.
- No language model reads your document.
- It includes the risk score, the flagged clauses, and the dates, money amounts and parties the scan can find, plus questions worth asking before you sign.
- An information tool, not legal advice.
A lawyer's review
$450
Average flat fee to review an independent contractor agreement.
Based on 115 recent projects on ContractsCounsel, an online legal marketplace. Checked October 9, 2026.
- Fees vary with the length of the agreement.
- A lawyer can tell you what its terms mean for you.
DocAssessment is not affiliated with ContractsCounsel.
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