Fill-in-the-blank freelance & service-business contract — scope, payment terms, deposit, IP ownership, late fees & termination, with a plain-English note under each money clause. Auto-computes the deposit & balance, then download a signature-ready PDF.
Full legal / registered business name so the contract binds the right entity & matches invoices.
The provider's notice address for the termination / notice clause.
The paying party's full legal/business name (contracting with the LLC, not an individual, avoids the #1 enforceability defect).
The client's notice address — mirrors the provider field.
Anchors all relative deadlines (deposit due, net-X window).
Which state's law interprets the contract & where disputes are heard.
The #1 dispute driver. Itemize exactly what's included — vague scope is how freelancers eat unpaid work.
Caps free rework; anything beyond is billed as additional work. Blank/0 = none included.
The contractual completion target.
Deposit, balance & late fee all compute from this.
Upfront money de-risks new clients & doubles as the kill fee. 25–50% is typical.
Net 30 = you finance a month of the client's cash flow; shorter is safer.
Must be disclosed up front to be enforceable. 1.5%/mo (18%/yr) is the common US rate. Blank/0 = no late fee.
Written notice either party must give. 14–30 days is typical.
Assignment on full payment keeps ownership as your leverage until you're paid.
Reserves your right to show the finished work in your portfolio.
Recommended whenever you'll access the client's data.
No logo selected (optional).
Payment summary
This free service agreement template turns a handful of inputs into a polished, signature-ready freelance / service-business contract. It's built for the freelancer, agency, or small service business that needs a written agreement before starting a client job but doesn't want to pay a lawyer or sign up for a SaaS just to produce one document. The contract covers the five clauses that matter most — scope of work, payment terms, deadlines, IP ownership, and termination — and auto-computes the deposit, balance, and late fee in integer cents so every figure reconciles to the penny. Crucially, it puts a short plain-English "what this means" note under each money clause, so you actually understand what you're agreeing to instead of copy-pasting a Word file you don't follow. Everything runs 100% in your browser — safe for confidential names, fees, and addresses.
Say you're a designer taking a $5,000 fixed-fee website project for a new client, with a 50% deposit, the balance due Net 15, a 1.5%/month late fee, and 2 revision rounds included.
Notice the safe defaults: a real deposit funds your prep time and protects you on cancellation, the balance is the remainder so the math always reconciles, the late fee is disclosed up front (the only way it's enforceable), and IP transfers only on full payment so you keep leverage until you're paid.
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Contract law varies by jurisdiction. Late-fee/interest limits (usury caps), consumer-protection rules, and IP defaults are state-specific (and differ entirely outside the US). The governing-law field selects which state's law applies, but the template wording is generic.
IP default: in most US jurisdictions the creator owns the work by default, not the payer. "Work made for hire" only transfers ownership-from-creation if the work fits one of the nine statutory categories and there is an explicit written WMFH agreement; otherwise a copyright assignment is used. The safest freelancer default is assignment conditioned on full payment, which keeps ownership as leverage until you're paid.
Late fees are only enforceable if disclosed in writing before work begins — they can't be added retroactively, and the rate must be defensible as fair. 1.5%/month (18%/yr) is the most common figure.
[CLIENT NAME], [STATE]) unfilled before signing — the tool surfaces a "still needs filling in" checklist for exactly this.A written contract between a service provider (freelancer, agency, or service business) and a client that sets out the scope of work, the fee and payment schedule, deadlines, who owns the finished work, and how either party can end the engagement. This template fills standard clauses with your details and auto-computes the deposit, balance, and late fee.
Deposit = total project fee × deposit percentage, rounded to the cent. Balance = total fee − deposit, computed as the remainder so the two always add back to the exact total. The late fee is the overdue balance × the monthly rate, and the annualized rate shown for disclosure is the monthly rate × 12 (1.5%/month = 18%/year).
By default in most US jurisdictions the creator owns the copyright, not the payer. The safest freelancer default is "assignment on full payment" — you keep ownership as leverage until you're paid in full, then it transfers. "Work made for hire" gives the client ownership from creation; "license only" lets the client use the work while you keep ownership. This tool lets you pick and conditions the transfer on full payment.
Generally only if disclosed in writing before work begins — you can't add interest after the fact. The rate must be defensible as fair; 1.5%/month (18%/yr) is the most widely accepted US figure. Some states cap interest (usury), so very high rates can be struck down as an unenforceable penalty.
A kill fee is the amount you keep if the client cancels early. The common default is that the deposit is non-refundable, so it doubles as the kill fee. If the value of work already completed exceeds the deposit, the kill fee should be the greater of the two. A 0% deposit leaves you with no built-in protection — the tool warns you.
An uncapped "just one more tweak" is how scope creep eats unpaid hours. Stating a fixed number of included rounds (2 is common) makes everything beyond that billable. Blank or 0 renders as "no revisions included; all changes billed as additional work" rather than implying unlimited free rework.
It's a general-purpose template for informational purposes only and is NOT legal advice — it doesn't create an attorney-client relationship. Contract law, late-fee/usury limits, and IP defaults vary by state and differ outside the US. For high-value or unusual engagements, have a licensed attorney review it first.
No. The entire agreement is built locally in your browser — no sign-up to preview, no server, nothing uploaded. That makes it safe for confidential names, fees, and addresses. A free account is only needed to download the PDF or copy your results so you can save your work across all tools.
Your agreement is built in your browser and saved only there. We don't store or sell your data. Not legal advice.