How it works
Upload, analyse, decide…
in under five minutes.
You upload a contract. We give you a plain-English risk report in under five minutes. Every clause that matters — payment terms, retention, indemnity, variations, termination — is flagged against Australian Security of Payment law and the Unfair Contract Terms regime.
The four steps
From upload to risk report, exactly what happens.
Upload your contract
Drag and drop a PDF, Word document or scanned image of your subcontract. SubSync handles documents up to 200 pages. We accept the messy reality of construction paperwork — scanned signatures, marked-up clauses, separate annexures bundled together, photographs of pages. Optical character recognition runs automatically on image-based PDFs.
Upload from your phone on site, from your laptop in the ute, or forward an email attachment straight from your inbox.
What we look at
The full document — annexures, scope, special conditions and any incorporated standards (AS 4902, AS 4903, AS 2124, custom head contractor templates).
What we don't
Your bank details, your supplier prices, or anything else commercially sensitive that lives outside the contract.
AI runs the analysis
Our models read every clause in context. We don't just keyword-match — we understand how a payment clause interacts with a retention clause, how an indemnity interacts with an insurance schedule, and how variation provisions interact with the dispute resolution path.
Each clause is scored against:
- Australian Security of Payment Acts — state-by-state. NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA and the territories all have different rules.
- Unfair Contract Terms regime under the Australian Consumer Law (post-2023 reforms).
- Industry norms for retention, defects liability and insurance in Australian construction.
- Risk transfer patterns — which party carries what, and whether the allocation is reasonable.
Analysis takes between two and five minutes for most documents.
Read your risk report
You receive a plain-English report broken into three sections:
Red flags
Clauses that may be unenforceable, breach legislation, or transfer unreasonable risk.
Watch-outs
Enforceable, but worth understanding before you sign.
Standard
Matches Australian construction norms — no further action needed.
Every flag includes a clause reference, a quoted excerpt, our analysis, and a suggested next step — usually "ask for a redline", "accept with eyes open", or "walk away".
Decide what to do
We give you the information. You make the call.
- 1Sign as-is — if the risk is acceptable for the value of the work and the relationship.
- 2Negotiate — use the report to ask the head contractor for specific redlines. You'll be surprised how often they agree.
- 3Walk away — if the contract is unfixable and the work isn't worth the exposure.
If a clause is so concerning that you'd want a lawyer's eyes on it, our report tells you that too. SubSync replaces the first $800 of a lawyer's review, not the last $200.
The deliverable
What's in every SubSync risk report.
- Executive summary in plain English (1–2 paragraphs).
- Red-flag clauses with quotes, analysis and recommended action.
- Watch-out clauses with full context.
- Payment timeline check against your state's SOPA.
- Retention & defects liability vs Australian norms.
- Insurance and indemnity matrix.
- Termination and dispute resolution overview.
- Printable PDF version for your records.
Honest framing
What SubSync is not.
SubSync is decision-support software. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace a solicitor when you need one. We tell you when you need one.
We also don't tell you whether to sign. Plenty of "risky" contracts are perfectly acceptable depending on the margin, the relationship and the alternatives. You're the expert on your business — we just make sure you're going in with your eyes open.
Try it on your next contract.
Run your first contract through SubSync with no card required.