Check a master services agreement before you sign it.
A master services agreement is a framework contract: it sets the general terms once, and later jobs are often agreed under it in separate orders, so what you accept now can apply to all of them. Upload yours and the free scan lists what it found, quoting a clause in the agreement's own words wherever a whole sentence can be quoted.
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.
“Payment. Client shall pay each invoice that Ridge provides to Client thirty (30) days after the date Client receives such invoice, subject to any bona fide dispute. If Client fails to pay any undisputed amounts under this Agreement when due, Client shall, upon written demand from Ridge, pay interest on such undisputed amounts at the rate of one percent (1%) per month (but in no event more than the highest interest rate allowable by Law) from the due date until the date of payment.”
One card from DocAssessment's report on Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.'s master services agreement, filed with the SEC.
Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q, filed February 4, 2010, accession 0001193125-10-021752. 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 Broadridge Financial Solutions, 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 a master services agreement
- Find out how the agreement fits with the separate orders under it. Check which document wins if the master agreement and an order disagree, and whether each new job needs its own signed order before you start.
- Look at when and how you get paid: how many days the client has after receiving your invoice, whether a dispute holds up the whole invoice or just the disputed part, and whether interest on a late payment is quoted per month or per year.
- Check how long the agreement lasts, whether it renews by itself, and how much notice ending it takes. Look too for any clause that lets the other side change fees or terms during that time, and check what happens to jobs already under way when the agreement ends.
- Read the liability and indemnity wording for who pays when something goes wrong. Check how any cap is worked out, for example as a multiple of the fees paid, and whether the cap has exceptions.
- Find out who owns the work you deliver under each order, and at what point ownership passes. Check that what you bring to a job, such as your tools or earlier work, stays yours.
- Look at how a dispute would be decided: which law applies, whether it goes to a court or an arbitrator, where, and who pays the costs. A distant venue can make a small dispute expensive to pursue.
What the scan does not do
- It does not read the orders or statements of work under the agreement unless you upload them, and it cannot tell you which document would win in a conflict.
- It does not tell you whether the payment terms, liability limits or other terms suit your business.
- It does not tell you what the agreement leaves out. If there is no liability cap, for example, the scan will not point that out.
- It does not turn the agreement into a list of terms such as its length, renewal or notice period.
- It is not legal advice, and it does not check the agreement against the law of the place where either side is based.
Three ways to get an agreement read
They do different jobs, so read each column on its own.
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- 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
$580
Average flat fee to review a master services agreement.
Based on 85 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the scan tell me which terms of my master services agreement to push back on?
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What happens to my master services agreement after I upload it?
The scan is free. The full report is $9.