Contracts that hold up, starting at $0.
200+ attorney-reviewed templates covering NDAs, master services agreements, employment, contractor, equity, lease, and more. Customize, send for e-signature, store in your vault. Free on every plan.
Contract Templates, plainly.
Most everyday business contracts are heavily templated. The NDA you sign with a vendor is structurally identical to the one a Fortune 500 signs. The mistake founders make is either writing one from scratch (badly), copying a friend\u2019s (legally untested), or paying an attorney $1,500 for what should be a $0 starting point.
Our template library covers the 90 percent of scenarios where templated contracts are appropriate: mutual and one-way NDAs, master service agreements, statement of work templates, contractor agreements, employment offer letters, founders agreements, advisor agreements, equity grant agreements, board consents, lease agreements, vendor agreements, customer terms of service.
Every template has been reviewed by a partner attorney. You customize the variables (parties, dates, scope, fees), generate the document, send for e-signature directly from the system, and the signed version lands in your Document Vault. For non-standard scenarios that need real legal judgment, the Attorney Network is one click away.
Common situations.
What is included.
- 200+ attorney-reviewed templates
- Plain-English variable customization
- One-click e-signature send
- Audit trail and tamper-evident hash
- Vault auto-save
- State-specific variants where required
- Quarterly template updates as laws change
- Templates for federal, state, and common foreign jurisdictions
- Free on every File.Business plan
Four steps. We handle the rest.
How we compare.
- Free on every plan
- 200+ templates
- E-signature built in
- State-specific variants
- Quarterly updates
- Vault auto-save
| Rocket Lawyer | LegalZoom | LawDepot | File.Business | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per-template cost | $40/mo | $35-199 | $33/mo | free |
| E-signature integrated | add-on | add-on | add-on | included |
| State variants | some | yes | yes | yes |
| Attorney review built in | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Stored with formation docs | no | no | no | yes |
“I used to pay my lawyer $400 per NDA. Now I use the template for 90% of cases and only call him when something is unusual. Saved $4,000 last year alone.”
The File.Business Promise
If we miss a deadline on a service you pay us to manage, we cover the penalty. If you change your mind within 60 days, we refund our fee in full. Your data stays yours, always.
Common questions.
Are these templates legally binding?
Who reviewed them?
Are templates state-specific?
When should I NOT use a template?
Can my lawyer review the template before I use it?
Are templates updated?
Do I own the customized document?
Are signatures legal?
How is this different from Rocket Lawyer?
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Tell us a few details. We do the rest. You get a single dashboard for everything.
On the $129/yr Compliance Annual Filings plan, we cover state late fees.
When you autofile your annual report through the $129/yr plan and we miss the deadline, we pay the state's late fee. The guarantee applies to that specific plan and the filings it includes. Other File.Business services are billed at the prices on this page.
Four steps from request to delivery
File.Business runs your filing on a single concierge workflow. You provide what we need; we handle the rest.
Tell us what you need
2-minute intake. We confirm the filing type, jurisdiction, and any supporting documents required.
We prepare the filing
Our specialists draft the document, validate against state requirements, and queue for your review where required.
We submit to the state
Filed through the state portal. We pay the state fee, track the submission, and resolve any state correspondence.
Confirmation in your vault
state-required document delivered to your SOC 2 encrypted document vault, with deadline tracking for the next filing.