Freelance Contract Generator
Generate a freelance services agreement covering scope, deliverables, fees, payment terms, IP ownership and termination.
What is Freelance Contract?
A freelance contract generator. It settles the five things that cause almost every disagreement between a client and a contractor: what is being delivered, how many revisions are included, when and how it is paid for, who owns the work, and what happens if either side walks away.
How it works
Payment terms are built from the structure you pick — on completion, invoice with a day count, per milestone, monthly, or half up front — and the deposit, late-payment interest and revision count are written in as numbers. The intellectual-property clause changes entirely depending on whether rights transfer to the client on payment or the contractor keeps ownership and grants a licence, which is the decision most freelancers get wrong by default.
- Fill in the details the document needs. Business name, jurisdiction, dates, the clauses that apply to you. Nothing is uploaded and no account is created — the form is the only input, and the document is assembled in the page.
- Watch the blanks, not just the text. Any field you leave empty appears in the document as [[a highlighted marker]], and the panel above the output lists exactly which blanks are left. A half-finished policy should never look finished.
- Copy or download, then have it reviewed. Copy the document to the clipboard or download it as a .md file named for what it is. Every page states the same thing: this is a template, and it needs a qualified lawyer's eye before you publish or sign it.
Examples
A privacy policy for a side project
A solo developer shipping a newsletter signup needs a policy that says what is collected, why, and how to ask for deletion. Selecting the categories actually collected — rather than copying a competitor's list — takes two minutes and produces a document that is true.
Terms of service with a real liability cap
The liability clause is written from a number you supply instead of being left as "our total liability is limited to [amount]". A cap that is never filled in is a clause no one can rely on.
A DMCA notice a provider will actually action
A takedown that is missing the URL of the original work, or the statement under penalty of perjury, is one the service provider is entitled to ignore. Every required element appears in the generated letter, in the order the statute describes.
A DPA for a new vendor
Processors, security measures, breach notification window, transfers and audit rights as one document, with the subprocessor and SCC clauses switched on because this vendor uses both.
Common mistakes
Publishing a template without reading it
A policy that promises something you do not do — deleting data on request within 30 days, or never sharing data with third parties — is worse than no policy, because it is a documented misstatement. Read every clause against what actually happens and cut the ones that do not apply.
Assuming one document covers every jurisdiction
A privacy policy written for the UK does not automatically satisfy California, Brazil or Canada, and an employment clause that is standard in one country can be unenforceable in another. Name the jurisdiction you are actually writing for, and check the rules that follow from it.
Bundling consent and calling it consent
A single "I agree" covering marketing, analytics, photographs and treatment is not valid consent under most regimes, because consent has to be specific and separately given. Use one form per purpose, and never pre-tick the optional boxes.
Leaving the blanks in after generating
The marker can be more subtle to spot in a document than on the page — search the pasted text for the bracket characters before publishing, or use the missing-field list to confirm it is empty.
Frequently asked questions
When should the IP transfer to the client?
On payment in full, is the usual and most protective answer for a freelancer — that way an unpaid invoice means the client does not own the work. If the client insists on assignment on delivery, add a licence back to the contractor so nothing already used on the project becomes unavailable.
How do I handle scope creep?
By making the scope written and the revision count a number, then treating anything beyond it as a written variation with its own fee and schedule. A contract that says "reasonable revisions" is the one that turns into unpaid extra weeks.
Is a deposit normal?
On projects of any length, yes — thirty per cent is common and it is what reserves the contractor's time. Say explicitly whether the deposit is refundable, and note that once work has begun it usually is not.