Chapter 3. Why Redline · Step 8 of 10
Why not sign it, call the lawyer or ask ChatGPT?
Most subs handle a contract one of three ways today. Here is an honest side by side, and where Redline fits with your attorney rather than instead of them.
What it costs
Redline: $399 a contract, or a plan
- Sign it as is
- Nothing up front
- Attorney on every contract
- Billed by the hour
- Ask ChatGPT
- A subscription
How fast
Redline: Minutes
- Sign it as is
- Today
- Attorney on every contract
- Usually days
- Ask ChatGPT
- Minutes
Checks it against your bid
Redline: Yes, every time
- Sign it as is
- No
- Attorney on every contract
- If you send it and ask
- Ask ChatGPT
- If you paste it in and ask
Knows your company's standards
Redline: Yes, set once
- Sign it as is
- Only if you remember them
- Attorney on every contract
- If you brief them
- Ask ChatGPT
- If you explain them each time
Knows the law in the project's state
Redline: Yes, cited, with a plain flag where a state isn't covered
- Sign it as is
- No
- Attorney on every contract
- Yes
- Ask ChatGPT
- In general terms
Marks up the actual contract
Redline: Yes: Word, PDF and a GC packet
- Sign it as is
- No
- Attorney on every contract
- Yes
- Ask ChatGPT
- No, it writes about it
Lists every deadline for the field
Redline: Yes, on a printable card
- Sign it as is
- No
- Attorney on every contract
- If asked
- Ask ChatGPT
- If asked
The same check on every contract
Redline: Yes
- Sign it as is
- Depends who reads it
- Attorney on every contract
- Depends who reads it
- Ask ChatGPT
- Depends how you ask
| Sign it as is | Attorney on every contract | Ask ChatGPT | Redline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Nothing up front | Billed by the hour | A subscription | $399 a contract, or a plan |
| How fast | Today | Usually days | Minutes | Minutes |
| Checks it against your bid | No | If you send it and ask | If you paste it in and ask | Yes, every time |
| Knows your company's standards | Only if you remember them | If you brief them | If you explain them each time | Yes, set once |
| Knows the law in the project's state | No | Yes | In general terms | Yes, cited, with a plain flag where a state isn't covered |
| Marks up the actual contract | No | Yes | No, it writes about it | Yes: Word, PDF and a GC packet |
| Lists every deadline for the field | No | If asked | If asked | Yes, on a printable card |
| The same check on every contract | Depends who reads it | Depends who reads it | Depends how you ask | Yes |
“Can't I just ask ChatGPT?”
Yes, and you'll probably learn something.
But reading the contract isn't the hard part. Knowing what to compare it against is. The difference isn't the AI. It's everything Redline knows before the AI starts: your bid, your standards, the rules in the project's state, and every clock in the contract. You don't need to know what to ask. Redline does.
And your attorney?
Still in the room, and better used.
Redline is the first read, not the last word. It isn't a law firm and doesn't give legal advice. What it does is put the issues that matter in front of your attorney with the context and proposed language, so the hour you pay for goes to judgment instead of reading.
Your contracts are confidential
What happens to what you upload
- Encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2 and up) and at rest (AES-256).
- Stored under a key scoped to your company, and never used to train AI models.
- On the free check, your file is deleted as soon as it has been read.
- Workspace contracts stay until you ask for them to be deleted.
SOC 2 is planned; there is no SOC 2 report today. The full security page.
The fastest way to judge Redline is on a contract you actually have.