---
title: "SaaS subscription agreement"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/us-saas-subscription"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a24-us-saas-subscription"
area_id: "A24"
kind: "agreement"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A24-T1-R1", "A24-B7-1", "A24-T1-R8", "A24-A20260923-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# SaaS subscription agreement

> Short subscription for hosted software. It gives a right to access during the term, keeps customer data with the customer, and points personal information to the CCPA addendum.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/us-saas-subscription  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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Short subscription for hosted software. It gives a right to access during the term, keeps customer data with the customer, and points personal information to the CCPA addendum. Uptime credits are commercial blanks, not a statutory formula.

## Key facts

- Kind: Agreement. A contract between two or more parties.
- Practice area: [Technology, Media & Telecommunications / IT Contracts](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 4 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use for a US business-to-business subscription to a hosted service. Do not use it for a sale of software, an employment contract, or a consumer click-wrap. Add the CCPA addendum if the provider processes personal information for the customer. Check automatic-renewal rules separately; this form does not restate them.

## Used for these tasks

- [Review a vendor contract against the technology playbook](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/review-a-vendor-contract-against-the-technology-playbook.md)
- [Review a SaaS agreement for AI-specific clauses](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/review-a-saas-agreement-for-ai-specific-clauses.md)
- [Draft an outsourcing or managed-services structure from the term sheet](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/draft-an-outsourcing-or-managed-services-structure-from-the-term-sheet.md)
- [Extract uptime, credits and support response times from the SLA schedule](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/extract-uptime-credits-and-support-response-times-from-the-sla-schedule.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may fill fees, term and the service description from an approved order. The lawyer checks the cap, the renewal, whether personal information is in scope, and any uptime credit before the agreement is sent.

**AI may:**

- Fill the service name, fees, term and support contacts from the order form
- Compare a vendor draft with this form and list extra limits on customer data
- Flag a draft that assigns the customer's copyright or treats uptime credits as a legal requirement

**AI must not:**

- Must not invent an uptime percentage or a credit rate
- Must not decide that the CCPA applies, or draft the notice to residents
- Must not add a work-made-for-hire label for the customer's materials

**The lawyer checks:**

- The grant is access during the term, not an assignment of the provider's software
- If personal information is processed for the customer, the CCPA addendum is attached and the roles match
- Renewal and the liability cap match the client's instructions, and state automatic-renewal law has been checked outside this form

## Authorities

- [15 U.S.C. § 7001 (electronic signatures)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/7001)
- [California Civil Code § 1798.140 (service provider and personal information)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=1798.140.&lawCode=CIV)
- [California Civil Code § 1798.82 (maintainer notice to the owner or licensee)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=1798.82.&lawCode=CIV)
- [17 U.S.C. § 204(a) (a transfer of copyright ownership needs a signed writing)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/204)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/us-saas-subscription and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*