Terms of Service Generator
Terms of service are the contract between you and your users — they limit your liability, set the rules, and protect your content. Answer a few questions and get complete, professionally worded terms covering accounts, purchases, acceptable use, and more. Generated entirely in your browser, free.
100% private — your terms are generated entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server.
1. Site or App Details
2. What applies to you?
3. Contact & Effective Date
How to Use Terms of Service Generator
Describe your service
Enter your site or app name, URL, platform type, and governing-law jurisdiction, then toggle whether you have accounts, paid products, or user-generated content.
Generate the terms
Click Generate to build complete, numbered terms of service — conditional sections like payments and user content appear only if you enabled them.
Copy or download
Copy the terms or download them as a .txt file, publish them on your site, and have an attorney tailor them to your business.
About Terms of Service Generator
Why your site needs terms of service
Unlike a privacy policy, terms of service usually aren't required by statute — but operating without them leaves you exposed. Terms are the enforceable agreement that lets you limit your liability, disclaim warranties, ban abusive behavior, terminate problem accounts, protect your intellectual property, and choose which state's or country's law governs disputes. If users can create accounts, buy anything, or post content on your platform, well-drafted terms are one of the most important risk-management documents your business has.
The clauses that matter most
Strong terms cover acceptance and eligibility, account responsibilities, payment and refund rules if you sell anything, a license and acceptable-use rules if users post content, your intellectual property rights, a disclaimer of warranties, a limitation of liability capping your exposure, termination rights, a governing-law clause, and a process for updating the terms. The warranty disclaimer and liability cap are typically the most valuable clauses — they are why terms are conventionally written with those sections in capital letters for conspicuousness.
How this generator works
Enter your site or app details, toggle the features that apply — user accounts, paid products or services, user-generated content — and set your governing-law jurisdiction. The generator produces numbered, professionally worded terms that include only the relevant sections, assembled entirely in your browser so your details never touch a server. Copy or download the result as .txt. Use it as a serious first draft and have an attorney adapt it to your business before publishing.
Common uses for Terms of Service Generator
- Publishing enforceable rules before launching a SaaS product with paid subscriptions
- Adding payment and refund terms to an ecommerce store
- Protecting a community platform with acceptable-use and content-license clauses
- Limiting liability for a free web tool or content site
- Meeting app store expectations for a terms of service URL
Frequently Asked Questions
Are terms of service legally required?
Generally no law forces you to post terms of service the way privacy laws require a privacy policy. But without terms you have no contractual limitation of liability, no agreed rules for user behavior, no clear right to terminate accounts, and no chosen governing law — courts fill the gaps with defaults that may not favor you. For any site with accounts, payments, or user content, terms are strongly recommended, and app stores and payment processors often expect them.
What laws affect how terms of service are enforced?
Contract law governs enforceability, and it varies by jurisdiction. US courts generally enforce 'clickwrap' terms (where users affirmatively accept) more readily than 'browsewrap' (terms merely linked in a footer). Consumer-protection laws in the EU and elsewhere can override unfair clauses regardless of what your terms say, and some jurisdictions limit liability waivers. That's why the governing-law clause and how you present the terms both matter — points worth confirming with an attorney.
What should terms of service include?
Core sections include: acceptance of the terms, eligibility requirements, account rules, payment and refund terms if you sell products or services, a content license and acceptable-use policy if users post content, your intellectual property rights, a disclaimer of warranties, a limitation of liability, termination rights, governing law and venue, how changes are announced, and contact information. This generator includes each of these, with the conditional sections appearing only when you enable them.
Is a generated terms of service enough, or should a lawyer review it?
A generated document gives you a well-structured, professionally worded baseline that covers the standard clauses. It is still a template — it cannot know your industry's regulations, your risk profile, or quirks of your jurisdiction. If real money, user data, or user content flows through your platform, have an attorney review and tailor the terms. Treat the generator as a way to arrive at that review meeting with a strong draft instead of a blank page.