You run the business. Sidecar reads the contracts.
Send us any vendor agreement — the one on your desk or one you signed years ago — and you get back a decision-ready review: a plain verdict, a risk score, the negotiation points with the exact clause quoted, and every date that can cost you. A Sidecar reviewer reads it before you do. Then we keep watch on the renewal.
From 3PL and fulfillment contracts to Shopify apps and SaaS renewals — tracked year-round.
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Nobody reads the contract. Everybody signs it.
Vendor agreements are where small businesses lose money quietly — not in one big mistake, but in a renewal nobody diaried, an escalator nobody modeled, and terms nobody had time to push back on. A full legal review costs more than most of these contracts are worth, so they get skimmed and signed.
The renewal that renewed itself
The notice window closed a month ago. You're in for another year, at a price you never agreed to.
The clause nobody flagged
Auto-escalation, unilateral changes, indemnity that runs one way. All standard-looking. All expensive.
The review you couldn't justify
Paying counsel to read every $30K contract isn't realistic — so most of them get skimmed, and the risk rides along.
Not a summary. A decision.
Every review comes back in the same shape, so you always know where to look: the call at the top, the risk behind it, the clauses worth arguing about with the language quoted, and every date that costs you if it passes.
- VerdictOne of five calls — from “Acceptable to sign” to “Do not sign without expert review.”
- Risk score0–100, with the categories driving it broken out.
- Negotiation pointsRanked must-have to nice-to-have, each with the clause quoted and how hard it usually is to win.
- Dates & obligationsRenewal, notice window, and every duty the agreement puts on you — each with a reminder attached.
- Human checkA Sidecar reviewer reads the report before it is released to you, inside one business day.
High risk — auto-renewal, liability, and price escalation all score above 65.
…shall automatically renew for successive thirty-six (36) month terms unless Customer provides written notice at least ninety (90) days prior…
…Provider may adjust fees at each renewal upon notice, with no stated maximum increase…
Illustrative excerpt from the sample review — names and figures changed, structure exactly as delivered.
Most vendor agreements get skimmed. Yours gets read.
Sidecar is business decision support, not legal advice — and not a substitute for your attorney. It makes that conversation shorter, better-informed, and cheaper.How the review works
Start with one contract. Grow into the whole stack.
You shouldn't have to hand over your business to find out whether a tool is worth it. Sidecar earns deeper access by being useful first.
Every rung is useful on its own. None of them require the next.See the full model
Already signed? Renewal Watch covers the agreements you have — deadlines, price creep, and duplicate spend:Vendor Intelligence
Every finding comes with a next step.
Once your agreements are under watch, Sidecar keeps finding things — a duplicate platform, a tier you have outgrown, a renewal about to auto-lock. Each one arrives as the same six-field artifact, so you can act without interpreting.
- ObservationWhat happened, in one line.
- ExplanationWhy it happened.
- ImpactThe business consequence, quantified.
- RecommendationThe next action to take.
- PriorityHigh, Medium, or Low.
- ConfidenceHow sure Sidecar is.
Success isn't reports generated. It's decisions made in time.
Illustrative outcomes, not named customer quotes — yet. Named references land as Sidecar's earliest partners go on record.
How much could Sidecar save you?
Adjust the sliders to estimate the financial impact of unmanaged vendor agreements on your business.
Estimates based on industry benchmarks, against the Watch plan at $149/mo. These are informational projections for business decision support — not financial advice and not a guarantee of savings. Actual results vary.
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Every report is read by a person before it reaches you.
Pick one vendor contract. See what Sidecar finds.
New deal or one you signed years ago — upload it and get back a verdict, the negotiation points with the clause cited, a savings range, and every deadline. A person reads it before you do. Your first review is free. No integrations. No commitment.