How PlainDoc Works
PlainDoc uses AI to read your legal documents and translate every clause into plain, simple English — so you know exactly what you're agreeing to before you sign.
Step-by-Step Process
Paste the text of your legal document, or upload a PDF file (up to 10 MB).
Select the document type — rental agreement, medical bill, employment contract, and more — to improve accuracy. Or leave it on Auto-detect.
Click 'Explain My Document'. Your document is sent securely to our server over HTTPS.
PlainDoc's AI reads the document and identifies individual clauses, sections, and provisions.
Each clause is summarized in plain English with a severity rating: standard (green), worth noting (amber), or pay attention (red).
Red flags — unusually one-sided or potentially harmful clauses — are surfaced at the top of the results.
Your document is deleted from server memory immediately after the explanation is returned. Nothing is logged or stored.
Review the explanation, note any flagged clauses, and use the insights to make informed decisions before you sign.
Why PlainDoc
Instant Results
Get a complete clause-by-clause explanation in seconds, not hours. No waiting, no scheduling, no back-and-forth.
Privacy by Design
Your document is never stored, logged, or shared. It is processed in server memory and discarded immediately after the explanation is generated.
Clause-by-Clause Breakdown
We don't just summarize the whole document. Every individual clause is identified, quoted, and explained so you know exactly which part means what.
Red Flag Detection
Potentially harmful or one-sided clauses — mandatory arbitration, broad IP assignment, aggressive liquidated damages — are automatically flagged for your attention.
AI-Powered, Human-Reviewed Design
Our explanations are generated by large language models trained on millions of legal documents and tested against real-world contracts and agreements.
Free, No Account Required
PlainDoc is completely free to use. You don't need to create an account or provide any personal information.
Our Privacy Commitment
Legal documents contain some of the most sensitive information you have — your address, your salary, your medical history, your financial obligations. We take this seriously.
- Your document is transmitted over HTTPS (encrypted in transit).
- Your document is processed in server memory only — never written to disk or a database.
- Your document is discarded immediately after the explanation is generated.
- We do not log document content. Ever.
- We do not train AI models on your documents.
- No account is required — we don't know who you are.
Important Limitations
PlainDoc is not a lawyer and does not provide legal advice. Our explanations are designed to help you understand what a document says in plain language — not to advise you on whether you should sign it, whether specific clauses are enforceable in your jurisdiction, or what legal action you should take.
AI-generated explanations can make mistakes. For documents with significant legal or financial consequences, always have a licensed attorney review the original document.
Legal meanings can vary significantly by jurisdiction, industry, and context. A clause that is standard in one state may be unenforceable in another.
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