Every contract you sign carries risk whether you notice it or not. The question was never whether you need protection — it's whether you can afford the way you've been getting it.
One attorney hour can cost more than 4 months of unlimited Midly reviews. You do the math.
A generic prompt and a downloaded template aren't a substitute for review — they're a guess with better formatting. Here's how the three options actually compare.
| Hourly Attorney | Generic AI + Template | Midly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | $300–$600+ per hour | Free to ~$20/mo | First 5 reviews/mo free · unlimited from $74/mo |
| Turnaround | Days to weeks | Instant, but you're on your own | Under 3 minutes |
| Grounded in | One person's experience, whenever they have time | Generic internet text, no memory of your deals | An attorney-built playbook, refined for 2+ years on commercial contracts |
| Learns your business | Only if you re-brief them every time | Never — starts from zero on every prompt | Set your playbook once, applied to every contract after |
| Follow-up questions | Billed in 6-minute increments | Free, but still generic | Included, in plain English |
| Redlining & e-signature | Not included — a separate step, a separate cost | Not included | Built into the same workflow |
| Available | Business hours, by appointment | 24/7 | 24/7 |
Most founders find contracts the same way: a template from a business school folder or a quick search, dropped into ChatGPT or Claude with "make this sound professional." It looks like a contract. It hasn't been checked against anything — not your risk tolerance, not the deal you actually negotiated, not what a specific clause has cost someone else before.
Midly isn't a prompt. It's an attorney-built playbook, refined over two years specifically on commercial contracts, applied the same way to every document you send.
Your first 5 contract reviews this month are free. See what a $500 problem looks like for $0.