Your client says they've made "a few minor tweaks" to the contract. You could read both versions side by side, carefully cross-referencing every clause. Or you could paste both versions into ChangeChecks and see exactly what changed in seconds.
The problem
Contract revisions are where freelancers get burned. A payment term changes from net-15 to net-60. An IP clause shifts from "work for hire" to "perpetual license." A liability cap drops quietly from the second draft. These changes are easy to miss when you're reading through pages of legal text, especially when the overall document looks the same.
The workflow
The summary bar immediately tells you how many sections changed, how many words were added or removed, and how similar the documents are overall. If the similarity is 99%, you know it's a small change and can find it quickly. If it's 85%, something significant was rewritten.
The merged view reads like Track Changes — removed text in coral, added text in sage. You can navigate between each change using the arrow buttons, jumping directly to the differences without reading the unchanged text.
What to look for
- Changes to payment terms — amounts, timelines, conditions
- Changes to scope of work — what's included vs excluded
- Changes to IP and ownership clauses
- Changes to termination and liability sections
ChangeChecks won't tell you whether a change is good or bad — that's your judgment call. But it guarantees you'll see every change, so you're never surprised by something you missed.