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Free SaaS Contract Template

A SaaS contract covers the order details, scope and iterations, payment and licence terms, support levels, data handling, liability limits, and ending the engagement.

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October 2026

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Demos can look solid, then real users arrive and everything gets sharper: scope shifts, billing edge cases surface, and nobody wants to argue later about ownership or how fixes ship. This SaaS contract puts the working agreement in one place, starting with Your order and then spelling out how delivery, releases, and risk get handled when the pressure’s on. Space Grotesk headings sit over Roboto body text, with teal accents and an orange callout where the signature lands.

The contract starts by saying what wins if documents conflict, then Your order holds the paid-for work, start date, retainer, and any setup or launch budget. What you get describes the discovery workshop, the approved first-launch scope, and how out-of-scope work becomes a separate iteration with its own written ok, plus a reminder of the typical first-launch deliverables like auth and Stripe billing. The later sections cover licence and repo ownership, support severity levels and response tied back to the order, data access and breach notice, renewal and notice, limits and shared risks, and what gets handed over when the engagement ends.

  • The details you choose and pay Explains that the accepted order, and any accepted proposal or statement of work it points to, governs the specifics and overrides these terms if they ever clash.
  • Your order Holds what’s being bought, the start date, the retainer and what it covers, plus any one-off setup or launch budget, so price and what’s included stay explicit.
  • What you get Defines discovery, the approved first-launch scope, and how later work becomes a separate iteration with its own written approval.
  • Payment States the 50/50 setup invoicing, monthly retainer invoicing, 7-day payment window, and what work can pause if invoices go past due.
  • Ending the engagement Covers notice, what gets paid at the end, and the handover list, and it includes the signature block both sides sign.

The finished contract gets sent for online signature, leaving you to replace names, dates, and rates before it goes out and to check the order matches what both sides expect to buy and deliver.

We went from spending hours on every proposal to creating fully customized ones in under 5 minutes. That's not an exaggeration - we timed it.

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What to include in a SaaS contract

PartWhat it covers

The details you choose and pay

Says the accepted order, and any accepted proposal or statement of work it points to, controls the specifics, and these terms fill in how the work runs day to day.

Your order

Defines the order as the source of truth for what’s being bought, the start date, the retainer and what it covers, and any setup or launch budget, which means those fields need to match what both sides are agreeing to.

What you get

Describes discovery, approval of a first-launch scope, and the rule that anything outside that scope becomes a separate iteration with its own written ok.

Payment

Covers how setup and retainer work get invoiced, when invoices are due, and what can be paused if the account isn’t up to date.

How you can use it

Spells out the licence for using the product and deliverables during the term, and it states that the client owns the repo and code from day one.

Support and response

Explains how the work is staffed and how issues get reported by severity, then ties response times and any remedies back to what’s written in the order.

Your data

Limits data processing to delivery and support, sets expectations for access control and security practices, and covers breach notice and end-of-engagement return and deletion.

Retainer renewal

Explains how renewal works term to term, how notice is given if renewal isn’t wanted, and what the offboarding plan covers once notice is in.

Limits and shared risks

Sets the boundary between what the provider controls and what sits with third-party services, then outlines the approach to diagnosing issues and shipping fixes through an approved release process.

Ending the engagement

Covers how either side ends the retainer, what gets paid, what handover materials get provided, and it includes a Signature block both parties sign.

Who it is for

Product studios, dev agencies, and independent teams building or maintaining b2b saas, developer tools, or marketplace platforms under a retainer.

The contract in full

The details you choose and pay for sit in the accepted order (and any accepted proposal or statement of work it points to), and the terms below explain how we run the work day to day.

If the order and these terms ever say different things about the same point, the order wins. Everything else is handled under these terms so both sides know what to expect before we start.

Your order is the short summary that sits on top of these terms. It is where we list what you are buying (SaaS product build), the start date, the retainer amount, what the retainer covers each month, and any one-off setup or launch budget.

We use the order to remove guesswork: it is the source of truth for price, timing, and what is included for the current term. If something matters to you and it is not written in the order or the proposal the order points to, it is not agreed yet. If the order and these terms clash, follow the order for that topic and use these terms for everything else.

What you get

SaaS product build covers the work we plan and deliver under the retainer for the current term. We start with a discovery workshop, then we write a first-launch scope for your approval. That approved scope is what we build for the first launch, and anything outside it becomes a separate iteration with its own estimate that we only start after you ok it in writing.

Your proposal lists the deliverables for the first launch. As a reminder, they include: Discovery and scope cut; Clickable prototype and UI kit; Auth, roles, tenant separation; Stripe subscriptions and billing logic; Web app build (React/Next.js); API and backend services.

* Discovery and scope cut * Clickable prototype and UI kit * Auth, roles, tenant separation * Stripe subscriptions and billing logic * Web app build (React/Next.js) * API and backend services

Payment

We invoice setup work 50% to start and the other 50% when setup is complete. Ongoing retainer work is invoiced at the start of each month. Every invoice is payable within 7 days of its date.

If an invoice goes past due, we will tell you what is outstanding and what it blocks. Until the account is up to date, we can pause non-critical work, including new feature work and production releases, because shipping changes without a clear payment state is risky for both sides. If there is a genuine billing dispute, we will work with you to resolve it quickly, but undisputed amounts still need to be paid on time.

How you can use it

During the term you order, you can use the product, designs, and documentation we deliver for your internal business purposes for the users or seats covered by your order. This licence is for you only. You cannot resell, sublicense, or share access to the product or its deliverables outside your organisation unless we agree that in writing.

Code and repo access are handled differently: you own the repo and the code from day one. We work in your GitHub or GitLab, or we set it up in your organisation at kickoff, so you keep full admin access throughout. You can keep working on it with your team or another vendor at any time.

Support and response

We run the work with a named team: Mads Holm leads product decisions and scope control, Freja Mikkelsen owns UX/UI design, and Jonas Skovgaard leads implementation across frontend and backend. Day to day, you will have a single contact for priorities and scheduling, and we keep decisions written down so nothing depends on memory.

For issues, we use three severity levels you can apply when you report a problem: a “Launch blocker” (production down or a security issue), a “High impact” issue (core flow broken for many users), and a “Normal” issue (bugs, questions, small fixes). The response times and any service credits or remedies are exactly as stated in your order. If we miss a level, we will explain why, agree a recovery plan, and prioritise getting you stable before we pick up new work.

Your data

We process your data only to deliver SaaS product build and to support the product you ask us to run or change. You control what production data we can access. We will always use the least access needed, and we prefer working with staging or masked datasets when that is an option.

We take reasonable steps to keep your data secure in our tools and workflows (access controls, secure storage, and careful handling of credentials). If we become aware of a data breach affecting your data, we will tell you promptly, share what we know, and work with you on containment and next steps. When the engagement ends, we will return what we reasonably can and delete the rest from our systems, except where we must keep limited records for billing and audit.

Retainer renewal

SaaS product build is purchased as a retainer for the term shown in your order. Unless your order says otherwise, the retainer continues from term to term so your roadmap and maintenance do not stop unexpectedly.

If you do not want the retainer to renew, you need to tell us in writing by the notice period stated in your order. If the order does not state a notice period, we will agree one with you in writing before the first renewal decision point. When you give notice, we will help you plan a clean landing: what we can finish, what we should freeze, and what we should document so your team is not left guessing.

Limits and shared risks

We take responsibility for the work we control: how we design and build, how we document decisions, and how we help you ship safely. We do not take responsibility for things outside our control, like outages, policy changes, or unexpected behaviour in third-party services you choose and pay for (for example cloud hosting or Stripe).

We are not responsible for lost revenue, lost data, or knock-on costs from downtime. If something goes wrong, our job is to help you diagnose it, reproduce it in staging where possible, and ship a fix through the release process you approve. Security is a shared effort. We build auth, roles, and tenant separation as foundations and test boundary cases, but we cannot guarantee protection against every attack.

Ending the engagement

Either side can end the retainer by giving the written notice period stated in your order. If the order does not state a notice period, we will agree one with you in writing. We may also pause or end the engagement if work cannot continue for practical reasons, such as long-running lack of access, repeated missed approvals, or non-payment.

When the engagement ends, you pay for work completed up to the end date, plus any approved expenses. We will hand over what you need to keep moving: the repo (which stays in your organisation), access to build and deployment notes, environment and release documentation we have created, and a clear list of what is shipped, what is in progress, and what we recommend next. For 14 days after launch, we fix reproducible bugs caused by our code in the agreed production environment at no extra charge.

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Questions about this contract template

What should a SaaS contract include?

A SaaS contract usually includes the order details that control price and what’s included, the scope and how changes get approved, and the payment schedule. This contract also covers licence and repo ownership, support levels, data handling, liability limits, renewal and notice, and how the engagement ends.

Who owns the code and the repo in a SaaS build agreement?

Ownership can vary, so the contract needs to say it plainly. This contract states that the client owns the repo and the code from day one, and the work happens in the client’s GitHub or GitLab or gets set up in the client’s organisation at kickoff.

How do you define what’s in scope for the first launch?

The contract ties the first launch to an approved scope after a discovery workshop. Anything outside the approved first-launch scope becomes a separate iteration with its own estimate and starts only after written approval.

How do retainer payments and invoices usually work for SaaS development?

Retainers often bill on a regular cadence with separate terms for setup work. This contract invoices setup work 50% to start and 50% on completion, invoices retainer work at the start of each month, and makes invoices payable within 7 days.

What happens if an invoice is late during a SaaS project?

The contract should say what gets blocked, because shipping changes while payment is unclear creates risk. This contract allows pausing non-critical work, including new feature work and production releases, until the account is up to date, while still working to resolve genuine billing disputes.

What happens when a SaaS development engagement ends?

An ending clause should cover notice, what’s owed, and what gets handed over so work can continue. This contract covers written notice, payment for work completed up to the end date, and handover items like the repo staying in the client’s organisation plus build, deployment, environment, and release documentation.

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