Legal

Terms of Service

Effective 4 March 2026

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of draft.red and its associated services (the “Service”), provided by Draft.red (“we”, “us”, “our”). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

If you are using the Service on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms and that “you” refers to that organisation.

1. Definitions

“Service” means the draft.red platform, including all analysis tools, user account functionality, and associated infrastructure.
“Manuscript” means any document you upload to the Service.
“Analysis” means the editorial commentary and findings generated by the AI in response to a Manuscript upload.
“Account” means your registered user account on the Service.
“Subscription Plan” means the Free, Indie, Pro, or Agency plan as described at draft.red/pricing.

2. Account registration

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. By registering, you warrant that you are 18 or over. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information at registration and to keep it updated.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You must notify us immediately at hello@draft.red if you become aware of any unauthorised access to your account. You may not share your account or credentials with any third party.

3. The Service

The Service provides AI-powered editorial analysis of manuscript text. The analysis is advisory in nature. It identifies potential editorial issues and highlights passages of interest. It does not rewrite, edit, or generate creative content on your behalf.

AI-generated analysis may contain errors, omissions, or inaccuracies. You should treat the output as one input into your editorial process, not as a definitive or professional assessment. The Service does not constitute a literary, legal, or commercial advisory service.

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service in accordance with these Terms and the limits of your Subscription Plan.

4. Your content

You retain all intellectual property rights in your Manuscript and any other content you upload (“User Content”). By uploading User Content you grant us a limited, non-exclusive licence to process that content solely for the purpose of generating Analysis. This licence is strictly scoped to service delivery and terminates upon completion of processing.

You warrant that you own or have the right to upload any User Content you submit, that it does not infringe any third party’s intellectual property or other rights, and that it does not contain material that is unlawful, defamatory, or obscene.

Ownership of Analysis results: We grant you a perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use, copy, and retain the Analysis results generated from your Manuscript. You may export them at any time while your account is active.

We reserve the right to use genuinely anonymised, aggregated statistical data derived from usage patterns (not manuscript content) for service improvement, research, and product development.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• ·Upload content that infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party
• ·Upload content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, or that facilitates illegal acts
• ·Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the underlying AI models, algorithms, or prompt structures used by the Service
• ·Use the Service to process third-party content without proper authorisation
• ·Resell, sublicense, or white-label the Service without our written consent
• ·Circumvent quota limits, rate limits, or access controls by automated means
• ·Use the Service output to train competing AI models or to develop competing AI systems
• ·Upload content belonging to minors that would constitute a violation of child protection law
• ·Interfere with the integrity or performance of the Service or its infrastructure

We may suspend or terminate your account immediately if we determine, in our reasonable judgement, that you have violated this acceptable use policy.

6. Subscriptions, billing, and cancellation

Free plan: Available at no charge. Subject to the limits described at draft.red/pricing. No credit card required.

Paid plans: Billed monthly or annually as selected at checkout. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period. We will send you advance notice before annual renewals, as required by applicable law.

Cancellation: You may cancel your subscription at any time by contacting us at hello@draft.red. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will retain access to your plan until that date.

Refunds: If you are a consumer (as defined under the Consumer Rights Act 2015) and have not yet used the Service following purchase, you may have a 14-day right to cancel and receive a full refund under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013. This right is lost if you have used the Service (run at least one analysis) before cancelling. We do not otherwise issue refunds for partial billing periods.

Price changes: We may change subscription prices on 30 days’ advance written notice by email. Continued use after the notice period constitutes acceptance of the new price.

Failed payments: If a payment fails we will notify you by email. We may suspend access to paid features until payment is resolved.

7. Intellectual property

We own all rights in the Service, including its software, AI systems, analysis infrastructure, brand, and documentation. These Terms do not transfer any ownership of Service IP to you. You receive a limited licence to use the Service as set out in these Terms.

“draft.red”, the draft. mark, and associated branding are our intellectual property. You may not use them without our prior written consent.

8. Availability and service levels

We aim to provide a reliable Service but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. We may take the Service offline for maintenance, updates, or infrastructure work, and will endeavour to provide advance notice where possible.

Free plan users are not entitled to any service level commitment. Paid plan users are entitled to reasonable availability commensurate with their subscription. We do not provide service credits for downtime.

9. Warranties and disclaimers

We warrant that: (a) we own or are licensed to provide the Service; (b) the Service will perform materially as described for users on paid plans; and (c) we will take reasonable steps to protect your account data.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available”. We make no warranty that: (a) the Service will be error-free or uninterrupted; (b) AI-generated Analysis will be accurate, complete, or suitable for any particular purpose; (c) the Service will meet your specific editorial requirements.

If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms affects the statutory rights implied by the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (including that the Service will be of satisfactory quality and fit for purpose).

10. Limitation of liability

Exclusion of consequential loss: To the fullest extent permitted by law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business, loss of anticipated savings, or reputational harm, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service.

Liability cap: Our total aggregate liability to you arising out of or in connection with these Terms shall not exceed the total fees paid by you to us in the 12 months immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or £100, whichever is greater.

Mandatory carve-outs: Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) any liability that cannot be lawfully limited or excluded.

Consumer rights: If you are a consumer, you may have rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and other applicable legislation that cannot be excluded or limited by contract. These Terms do not affect those rights.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Draft.red and its officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of: (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your User Content infringing or allegedly infringing any third party’s intellectual property or other rights; or (c) your violation of any applicable law.

12. Termination

By you: You may close your account at any time by contacting us. For paid accounts, access continues to the end of the current billing period.

By us for cause: We may suspend or terminate your account immediately if you breach these Terms, engage in prohibited use, fail to pay amounts owed, or if we are required to do so by law.

Effect of termination: On termination, your licence to use the Service ends. Your analysis results will remain accessible for 30 days following termination for export purposes, then will be deleted. Billing records are retained as required by law. Clauses 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, and 14 survive termination.

13. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. For business users, any dispute arising from or in connection with these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

If you are a consumer, these Terms do not affect your right to bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence if different from England and Wales, nor do they deprive you of any mandatory consumer protections afforded by the law of your country.

Before initiating legal proceedings, we both agree to attempt to resolve any dispute through good-faith negotiation for a period of 30 days.

14. General

Entire agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us relating to the Service.

Severability: If any provision is found to be unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force.

No waiver: Our failure to enforce any right or provision does not constitute a waiver of that right.

Assignment: You may not assign your rights or obligations under these Terms without our written consent. We may assign our rights in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, with notice to you.

Changes: We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by email and by posting the updated Terms here. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.