Freelance contract review,
built for UK law
Upload your service agreement and see the risky clauses, what they actually mean, and what to push back on before you sign. Built for UK freelancers, not North American businesses or legal teams.
Free to start. No credit card. From £10 per document.
Most freelance contracts are written for the client, not for you
When a client sends you a service agreement, it has been written to protect them. Buried in it are the few clauses that decide whether the deal is fair: payment terms, IP ownership, liability, post-project restrictions, confidentiality, and termination. The rest is mostly boilerplate.
Miss one of those six and you can end up handing over your IP, accepting unlimited liability, or agreeing not to work with similar clients for a year. Most freelancers sign anyway, because legal language is built to be read by lawyers, not the person being handed the contract.
Ookulli reads it for you, in minutes, against UK law, and shows you exactly where the risks are.
What you get back
Plain-English summary
A concise summary of what the contract actually commits you to, written for a normal person, not a solicitor. Understand the whole agreement in minutes instead of an evening of dense legal prose.
Expert-designed highlights
Automatic flags on the clauses that matter: risky terms, missing protections, and anything unusual. Each highlight tells you what it is, why it matters, and how UK law treats it, so you know what is standard and what is worth challenging.
Interactive contract chat
Ask anything about your contract and get a straight answer. Follow up on a single clause, check what a term means, or ask how to push back, on your schedule and at no extra cost.
Why freelancers use Ookulli
Affordable
A solicitor charges £200 to £400 an hour. Ookulli reviews a contract from £10, with no subscription.
Clear
Legal jargon translated into plain language you can act on, not a generic AI summary that ignores the UK.
On demand
No appointment, no waiting for a callback. Upload a contract the moment it lands in your inbox.
Empowering
Walk into the conversation knowing what is fair, what is not, and exactly what to ask for.
What Ookulli checks in your contract
Six clauses decide whether a freelance contract is fair. Ookulli reads all six, tells you what is standard, and flags what is worth pushing back on.
Payment terms
What you are paid, when, and what happens if the client pays late. Thirty days is the line. Anything longer, or no late-payment provision at all, is worth challenging.
IP ownership
Who owns the work you create. Watch for clauses that hand over IP before you have been paid, or that claim rights to work created in your own time.
Liability
What you are on the hook for if something goes wrong. A fair cap is the value of the contract. No cap at all leaves your exposure theoretically unlimited.
Post-project restrictions.
Non-competes and non-solicitation clauses that limit who you can work with after the project ends. In UK law these are only enforceable if reasonable in scope and duration.
Confidentiality
What you must keep private, for how long, and whether the obligation runs both ways. One-sided or indefinite confidentiality is a red flag.
Termination
How either side can end the agreement, and the notice required. Look for a notice period you can actually use, not just one that protects the client.
How it works
Upload your contract
Drop in a service agreement, employment contract, or NDA. It takes seconds.
See the flagged clauses
Ookulli highlights the risky and unusual terms, explains each one in plain English, and links it to the relevant UK law.
Ask follow-up questions
Use the chat to dig into anything, then decide with confidence whether to sign, negotiate, or walk away.
Your contract stays private
Your documents are confidential, and we treat them that way.
And every flag shows its source. You see the exact clause it refers to and the exact UK law it is assessed against, so you are never asked to trust a black box. If you would rather not upload a real document to a generic tool at all, here is why that is a risk and how to anonymise first, though with Ookulli you do not need to.
Never used to train AI models. Full stop.
No third-party sharing or access beyond what is strictly required to run the review.
Compliant with UK data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018).
Built for sensitive documents like employment contracts and NDAs.
Infrastructure is AWS Well-Architected and independently reviewed by StormIT, so you can trust it is built right.
Ookulli vs the alternatives
Ookulli
Generic AI Tools
High-street solicitor
Built for UK law
Shows the source (clause + law)
Flags risky clauses for you
Keeps your data private
Cost
Turnaround
Pricing
Straightforward and Affordable
Start with free credits, then pay only when you need another review. No subscription, no ongoing commitment.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best tool to review a freelance contract in the UK?
Ookulli is built specifically for UK freelance contract review. It reviews your contract against UK law, flags the clauses that are risky or unusual, and explains each one in plain English — without requiring a legal background to use.
Can I use ChatGPT to review my freelance contract?
You can, but there are two problems. ChatGPT is trained mostly on US material, so it will not reliably flag clauses that are unusual under UK law. And consumer tiers may use what you upload to improve their models, which can breach the confidentiality clause in the very contract you are checking.
What should I look for when reviewing a freelance contract?
The six clauses that decide whether a freelance contract is fair: payment terms (when and how much), IP ownership (who owns what you create), liability (what you are on the hook for), post-project restrictions (non-competes and non-solicitation), confidentiality (what you must keep private), and termination (how either side can end the agreement). Ookulli reads all six.
Is it safe to upload my contract to an AI tool?
It depends on the tool. Consumer tiers of general-purpose AI may use what you upload to improve their models, which can breach the confidentiality clause in the contract you are checking. Ookulli never trains on your documents and never shares them with third parties.
How much does freelance contract review cost?
Ookulli starts free. Paid reviews start from £10 per document, with better per-document value on larger credit bundles. There is no subscription.
Do I still need a solicitor?
For negotiation, litigation, or complex bespoke agreements, yes. For understanding what a standard freelance contract says and whether the terms are fair, Ookulli gives you the information you need at a fraction of the cost.
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