Before you sign, know what can hurt you.
Upload any vendor agreement and get the risks, hidden fees, renewal traps, pricing concerns, and negotiation recommendations in minutes — each finding backed by the exact clause it came from.
Sidecar provides business decision support, not legal advice.
The expensive part of a contract is the part nobody reads.
Find hidden fees before they surprise you
Pricing analysis reads the fee structure the way a careful CFO would — escalators, one-time charges, and cost terms buried deep in the document, each with the clause quoted.
Catch auto-renewal traps before they lock you in
Auto-renewal terms, notice windows, and the exact date after which you can no longer safely act. Computed from the agreement's own dates, not estimated.
Know what to negotiate before you sign
A prioritized list of asks — from must-have to nice-to-have — each with a fallback position for when the vendor pushes back.
Track renewal deadlines after signing
The analysis doesn't expire when you sign. Renewal and notice deadlines carry into your workspace so the window doesn't close unread.
Turn vendor agreements into business intelligence
Every agreement you analyze builds your vendor record — terms, risk, and history in one place, available to every future analysis.
One report. Everything that needs a decision.
A risk score you can interrogate
Every agreement gets a 0–100 risk score, built from a deterministic rule table applied on top of the analysis — so you can see exactly which terms moved the score and why. No black box.
Red flags with the clause quoted
Each red flag cites the verbatim language it came from, and every quote is checked against the document itself. A claim that can't be verified is downgraded to low confidence — it's never presented as fact.
A deadline timeline with a last-safe-action date
Renewal date, notice deadline, and the last date you can act before the agreement locks in — the date math is done in code, not left to interpretation.
Prioritized negotiation asks with fallbacks
What to push for before you approve, ranked must-have to nice-to-have, with a fallback position for each so you know where you can bend.
An executive summary and an action plan
One page that tells you what the agreement does, what it risks, and what to do next — written for the person making the call, not for a lawyer.
Not a summary. A decision.
Every red flag lands the same way: what the agreement says, why it's a problem, what it could cost you, and what to do about it before you sign. The clause is quoted, so you can check the finding against the document yourself.
The questions worth asking first.
Is this legal advice?
No. Sidecar provides business decision support, not legal advice. It reads an agreement the way a sharp operator would — what does this cost, when does it renew, what can hurt us, what should we push back on — and gives you the findings with the clauses cited. It does not draft contracts, and it does not replace your attorney. For decisions with material legal or financial impact, bring counsel in. Sidecar makes that conversation shorter and better-informed.
What if the analysis isn't sure about something?
It says so. Every finding carries a confidence level, and any claim that can't be verified against the document's actual text is marked low confidence rather than dressed up as certainty. You should know the difference between what the agreement clearly says and what it merely suggests — so we keep that line visible.
Know what you're signing before you commit.
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