Contractam for business

The questions businesses actually ask.

Everything that comes up on a call, in one place - what the engine reads, what it writes, what it won't answer, where your contracts live and what it costs. Plain English, same as the product.

Getting started

  • How long does it take?

    Minutes for most contracts, not days. Upload it, the engine reads every clause, and the report is waiting when you come back to it.

  • What contracts can it handle?

    Employment agreements, contractor and services agreements, NDAs, supplier and service terms, and commercial and retail leases. Each is read against the Australian law that governs that type, not against one general contract standard.

    Draft one, check one, or fix the one you already send.

  • How current is the law it checks?

    It pulls Award rates from the source rather than storing them, so a rate that changed in July is right in July. A template goes stale the day it's written.

  • Can it write the contract, or only check one?

    Both. Answer plain questions about what the contract is for and who it involves, and the clauses are written against the Australian law that governs it — employment, contractor, NDA, supplier or lease. It comes back as a PDF and an editable Word file, ready to send.

  • I'm not a lawyer. How do I know it got it right?

    Every flag comes with the Act and the section it's measured against, so you can check it yourself or hand it to someone who can. The engine audits its own output before you see it. And where a question turns on facts the document can't show, it says so rather than guessing.

  • Do I still need a lawyer?

    Sometimes, and it'll tell you when. Most contracts a business sends never go near one. Contractam builds and checks those, and flags the ones that should.

Contract analysis

  • We've been using the same contract for years. Is that actually a problem?

    It depends entirely on what's changed since it was written, which is what the review tells you. Contracts don't expire, but the law underneath them moves - a clause that was compliant when it was drafted can sit below the minimum today without anyone touching the document.

  • Our contract was written by a lawyer. What would this find?

    Often nothing on compliance, and that's a useful answer to have in writing. What it usually surfaces is drift - the version that's been edited a few times since, or a clause that was right for the business three years ago and isn't now.

  • It's flagged a clause as non-compliant. What do I do with that?

    You get told which legal minimum the clause falls short of and why, in plain English. What you do next is your call - you can take it to your lawyer with the specific problem already identified, or use Contract Improvement to rewrite it.

  • What does the analysis actually give me back?

    Every clause scored, the ones that fail the law named first, and the reason attached to each. The contract stays in the hub with its analysis, so the next person who opens it sees the same thing you did.

  • What if I've already signed it?

    Put it through anyway. You can't unsign it, but you'll know what's in it before the renewal, the review, or the conversation you're about to have. A term you find now is an amendment. The same term found later is a dispute.

Improvement & optimisation

  • How is this different from running the analysis?

    Analysis tells you what's wrong. Improvement writes the fix and puts it beside the original. If you only want to know where you stand, run the analysis - Improvement is for when you've already decided to change the document.

  • Our contract was written by a lawyer. Is this going to wreck it?

    It can't, because nothing is applied unless you accept it. What usually comes back on a lawyer-drafted contract isn't a rebuild - it's drift. The clauses that were edited since, and the ones written before the law underneath them moved.

  • Can I keep some clauses exactly as they are?

    Yes. Changes are accepted one at a time. Some terms are meant to be firm, and some wording is in there for reasons the document doesn't explain, so nothing moves unless you move it.

  • What if the contract is mostly fine but a few clauses aren't?

    Those clauses come back with a rewritten version beside the original, so you can see exactly what changed and why. A restraint that runs too long comes back as a step-down version, drafted to be defensible. Nothing is changed until you approve it.

  • We've got everyone on the same contract. Does fixing it mean re-signing all of them?

    Not usually, and not all at once. Anyone you hire after you accept the changes gets the improved version straight away. For people already on the old one, changing terms generally needs their agreement, so most businesses roll it out at the next review or when something else is changing anyway. The before-and-after report shows exactly which clauses moved, which is what that conversation needs.

  • What do I get back at the end of an improvement?

    The improved contract as an editable Word file, plus a before-and-after report showing every change and the reason for it. You can hand both to your lawyer if you want a second read.

Drafting & generation

  • I'm not a lawyer. How do I know I answered the questions correctly?

    The questions ask about the work, not the law - what the person does, the hours, where it happens. If an answer would produce a clause below the legal minimum, the engine corrects the number and tells you why before the draft is built.

  • Can I change the contract after it's built?

    Yes. You get an editable Word file, not a locked document. Change whatever you like - the only thing worth knowing is that a clause you rewrite by hand is a clause the engine hasn't scored.

  • My situation isn't standard. Will it cope?

    Sometimes not, and it will tell you. Louis, your AI contract assistant, flags anything that turns on facts he can't see from the document. That's the point where a lawyer is the right call, and it's better to find out before you send it.

  • Do I have to start again for the next one?

    No. Build it once, then change the role, the rate and the start date. Everything is checked again against the law as it stands that day, not the day you first built it.

  • Can I still have my lawyer look at it?

    Yes, and it's a good idea for anything unusual. What changes is what lands on their desk. They start from a contract that's already been checked clause by clause, with the ones that need a decision flagged, rather than from a blank page or an old template.

Louis, your AI assistant

  • What can I actually ask him?

    Anything about a contract you've uploaded - what a clause means, why it scored what it scored, what the law requires on that point, what a narrower version would look like. You can also ask with no document open: what notice period applies to eleven months of service, which Act covers a contractor engagement, what a Modern Award sets for a casual on a Sunday.

  • Does he know my contract, or just contracts in general?

    Both, and he tells you which one he's doing. Open a chat on a contract you've analysed and he answers from that document - its wording, its scores, its flags. With nothing open, he answers on the law itself.

  • Can I ask him about a contract someone sent me?

    Yes. A lease from an agent, a supplier's standard terms, a contractor agreement drafted by the other side - upload it and he answers on it the same way. He reads what's in front of him, whoever wrote it.

  • Can he change a clause, or only explain it?

    He shows you what a narrower version looks like, next to the one you have, so you can see the difference. Changing the contract itself happens in Improvement. In the chat he explains and shows; the rewrite is a separate step you approve.

  • What won't he answer?

    General legal questions are fine - what the law requires, what an Act covers, what the minimum is. What he won't do is answer something that turns on facts the document can't show him: what was said in the interview, what's been happening on site, whether a dispute is worth running. On those he says the same thing every time: “That one needs a lawyer. It turns on facts I can't see from the document.”

Managing contracts across the business

  • Does this replace our shared drive?

    For contracts, yes. A drive holds files and gives you a folder name to search. This holds what's inside them - the clauses, the scores and the dates - so you can find a contract by what it says rather than by what someone called it.

  • How do the contracts we already have get in there?

    You upload them, and you can do it in bulk rather than one at a time. Each one is read and scored as it lands, so the register is useful the same day rather than after a month of tidying.

    There's no order to do it in and no minimum, so you can start with the ten that matter and add the rest later - wherever they are now, email, a shared drive or someone's filing cabinet.

  • Someone always ends up editing a contract outside the system. How do we know which one is current?

    The version you upload last is the one marked current, and the earlier ones stay underneath it rather than disappearing. You can see what changed and when. Each contract also carries where it got to - drafted, sent, signed or archived - so the status travels with the document.

  • Half of them were signed before I started. Is that a problem?

    Those are the ones worth doing first. A contract you didn't negotiate still binds the business, and knowing what's in it before the next renewal or review is the whole point.

  • Can the rest of the team use it, or just me?

    More than one person can work in the same account, and every contract stays in the same place regardless of who uploaded it. The person who left doesn't take the file with them.

Employment, leases and suppliers

  • We've already got contracts out there. Do I have to redo them all?

    No. Upload them as they are and you get back which ones need changing and which clause in each. In most cases it's a handful of clauses, not a rewrite, and the ones that are fine come back marked as fine.

  • Can it tell me which Award applies to us?

    It checks the contract against the Award covering the role and flags where the classification doesn't match the duties described. Where coverage itself is genuinely unclear — a mixed role, a new kind of business — it says so instead of picking one.

  • What if the role isn't covered by an Award?

    Award-free doesn't mean rule-free. The National Employment Standards still apply, and so do the rules on notice, leave and termination. The contract is checked against those, and against the high income threshold where it's relevant.

  • Does it keep up with casual conversion?

    Casual employment has changed more than once since 2024. Contracts are checked against the definition and the conversion pathway in force now, not the version a template was built on.

  • We lease in three states. Does it handle that?

    Retail tenancy runs on a different Act in every state and territory — eight regimes in total — and each lease is read against the one that applies where the site is. Tasmania is the one most tools get wrong: the Act passed there in 2022 has never commenced.

  • Our suppliers won't change their standard terms. What's the point of finding them?

    Fair. Most won't move on clause 1. But knowing which clause is the problem tells you what to price for, what to ask for elsewhere, and what to watch if it's ever relied on. And an unfair term in a standard form contract doesn't become fair because someone signed it — that's what the unfair contract terms regime in the Australian Consumer Law exists for.

Privacy & security

  • What happens to my contract after I upload it?

    It stays yours. It's stored against your account so you can come back to the report, it isn't shared with anyone, and it isn't used to train AI models.

    It goes into encrypted storage tied to your account, and nowhere else.

  • Is anything in our contracts used to train the AI?

    No. A contract is read, scored and then held for you. It isn't fed back into a model, and it isn't used to improve one. Documents are encrypted in transit and at rest.

  • Who else can see what's in there?

    Only the people you give access to. Contracts hold salaries, termination terms and commercial rates, so it's worth deciding who needs to be in there before anyone is invited.

  • Can the person I'm sending the contract to see any of this?

    No. The analysis is yours. Nothing is sent to the other party, and nothing appears on the contract itself.

Plans, pricing & billing

  • Is the Preview really free?

    One contract, no card, no trial that quietly starts billing. You create an account so the report has somewhere to live, then you see the overall score and what the engine found. It's one analysis per account in total, not one a month.

  • What counts as one contract analysis?

    One document, read end to end. Every clause is scored against the Australian law that governs it, and you get one report back. Re-reading the same contract after you've changed it counts as another analysis.

  • What's a Louis credit?

    One question to Louis, our employment-law assistant, and its answer. Starter includes 20 a month and Business includes 100. Unused credits don't roll over.

  • Can I change plan or cancel?

    Any time, from your dashboard. No lock-in contract, no exit fee. Move up mid-month and you only pay the difference; move down or cancel and the change lands at the end of the period you've already paid for.

  • What happens if I go over my monthly limit?

    Nothing breaks, and nothing is charged without you asking. You'll be prompted to either buy a one-off analysis or move up a plan. Your existing contracts and reports stay exactly where they are.

  • Are the prices GST inclusive?

    Yes. Every price on this page is in Australian dollars with GST included, and you get a tax invoice for each payment.

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