Contractiv8 scans creator contracts in 30 seconds and tells you exactly what's a red flag, what it means in plain English, and how to negotiate it. Pattern matching, not AI. Human-maintained, not learned from your data.
From PDF to a clear negotiation plan, without reading 50 pages of legal language.
Drop your contract, PDF or DOCX, into Contractiv8. Most contracts are 4-12 pages and scan in under 30 seconds.
We check the contract against our human-maintained taxonomy of 81 clause patterns across 16 risk areas specific to creator contracts.
You get the verbatim clause text, a plain-English breakdown of what's a red flag, and specific fixes with difficulty ratings, easy, moderate, harder.
Contractiv8 is a rules-based contract scanner, not an AI tool. It checks your brand deal contract against a human-maintained library of creator-specific clause patterns, so your contract is never processed by AI, never sent to a language model, and never used to train anything. Deterministic pattern matching, every time.
Three beats for every red flag we find, built into the product and into our content. Trust the language, trust the protocol.
This is what you'll see after uploading. Below is one clause from a typical brand deal, what we found, what it means, and what to do about it.
The most expensive contract traps come from clauses that interact. We detect those interactions and surface them.
A 12-month exclusivity clause is annoying but normal. So is a 24-month non-compete. So is an IP assignment in perpetuity.
The exclusivity plus the non-compete? That's 39 months of restricted opportunity. Suddenly the contract that paid £4,500 is costing you £15,000 in lost work.
Stack IP perpetuity, moral rights waiver, and unlimited usage rights and you've permanently lost control of your own creative work. We name these compound risks so you see them coming.
A complete read of your contract, designed for creators who don't have a lawyer on retainer.
Informational / Caution / High Risk / Critical, calibrated for creator commercial impact, not legal litigation risk.
Every flag comes with a confidence score so you know how certain the match is, exact, strong, contextual, or possible.
Translation of every red-flag phrase into language a creator can use in a brand-deal conversation tomorrow.
Specific edit suggestions with difficulty ratings, easy, moderate, harder, so you know where to spend negotiation chips.
Recommended opening lines, typical brand pushback, counter-responses, and walk-away signals for every flagged clause.
Cross-clause interaction analysis, we name the dangerous combinations, not just the individual clauses.
A plain-English summary of what the contract actually means for you, plus top risks and missing protections.
Pre-signing questions tailored to each flagged clause so you walk into the conversation with the right asks ready.
"I built Contractiv8 to help creators understand the risks in their contracts and build fairer partnerships with the brands they work with. After years in digital strategy and development, much of it for the insurance and professional-services world, and often seeing the smaller party in big, one-sided agreements, I saw how complex contracts get pushed onto whoever can least afford to challenge them. Creators are living that today: limited time, no legal support, signing terms written entirely for the other side. Contractiv8 is my way of evening the odds."
Free educational content on the clauses every creator should know. No login required.
Why this single phrase costs creators more than any other clause type, and the three fixes that work.
What "sole discretion" actually means, where it hides in standard creator contracts, and how to push back.
The hidden cost of standard payment terms, and the language that protects your cashflow.
2 contract scans, no card required. See the value before committing to anything.