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Download a complete freelance agreement with scope, payment terms, and IP clauses. Customize for your project and export as PDF.
What is this contract?
Download a professionally structured freelance contract that covers every essential term — scope, payment, intellectual property, and termination. Customize it online before exporting.
Generic freelance contract PDFs leave you with blank fields and boilerplate clauses. Contract.diy generates a contract tailored to your project, payment structure, and jurisdiction — then lets you download the final version as a clean PDF.
Fill in your project details, review every clause in the editor, and export. The downloaded contract includes proper signature blocks, governing law, and all the terms your freelance engagement needs.
Key clauses included
Every generated agreement includes these professionally drafted clauses.
Defines deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, and what falls outside the project scope.
Covers rates, payment schedule (hourly, milestone, or project-based), late fees, and deposit requirements.
Specifies whether IP transfers to the client on payment, remains with the freelancer, or is licensed.
Sets the number of included revisions and the process for change orders outside the original scope.
Establishes start date, milestone deadlines, and final delivery with consequences for delays.
Defines how either party can end the engagement, notice periods, and payment for completed work.
When should you use this template?
- Before starting any freelance project — design, development, writing, or consulting
- When a client requests custom work with specific deliverables and deadlines
- For retainer arrangements with monthly deliverables and recurring payments
- When the project involves sensitive data or proprietary business information
- For any work where intellectual property ownership needs to be clearly assigned
Jurisdiction-aware generation
Freelance contract enforceability depends on your jurisdiction. Many regions have specific rules distinguishing freelancers from employees — getting this wrong can trigger tax penalties and benefits liability. Our generator includes jurisdiction-specific worker classification language.
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