Document template · generic.legal.saas_agreement
SaaS Subscription Agreement
- Render-verified
- Legal-sensitive
- Version 1.0.0
SaaS subscription agreement — multi-tenant cloud software subscription. Covers service description, plan, fees and billing, term, SLA, data protection (incl. EU DPA reference under Art. 28 GDPR where processing takes place), security overview, IP and customer-data export rights, termination. Separate from an on-premise software licence.
JSON Schema
Fields in this template
Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 34 fields:
| Field | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| reference | Optional | string | |
| effective_date | Optional | date | |
| provider | Required | object | |
| customer | Required | object | |
| service_description | Required | string | |
| subscription_plan | Required | object | |
| subscription_plan.name | Required | string | |
| subscription_plan.included_usage | Required | string | What is included at the flat fee (users, requests, storage, environments). |
| subscription_plan.overage_rates_optional | Optional | string | Rates charged beyond the included usage. |
| fees | Required | object | |
| fees.amount | Required | number | |
| fees.currency | Required | string | |
| fees.billing_frequency | Required | enum | |
| fees.auto_renewal_boolean | Required | boolean | |
| fees.price_increase_notice_days | Optional | integer | Advance notice for price changes at renewal. |
| term | Required | object | |
| term.initial_months | Required | integer | |
| term.renewal_months_optional | Optional | integer | |
| term.notice_days | Required | integer | |
| sla_summary | Required | object | |
| sla_summary.availability_target_pct | Required | number | |
| sla_summary.support_response_targets | Required | array of object | |
| sla_summary.service_credits_summary | Optional | string | |
| data_protection | Required | object | |
| data_protection.dpa_reference | Required | string | Data Processing Agreement reference satisfying Art. 28(3) GDPR. Typically a linked schedule or a separately executed DPA. |
| data_protection.data_location | Required | string | Primary hosting region(s). |
| data_protection.sub_processors_url | Required | string | Public URL listing current sub-processors (Art. 28(2) GDPR notice trigger). |
| data_protection.international_transfer_mechanism | Optional | string | E.g. SCCs 2021/914, UK IDTA, adequacy decision. |
| security_overview | Required | string | |
| ip_ownership | Required | string | Usually: provider retains all IP in the platform; customer retains IP in customer data. |
+4 more fields — the full JSON Schema is available in the dashboard and via the API.
POST /render
Generate it
One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"template": "generic.legal.saas_agreement",
"data": { ... },
"options": {"language": "en"}
}' -o saas-agreement.pdf Frequently asked questions
What is “SaaS Subscription Agreement”?
SaaS subscription agreement — multi-tenant cloud software subscription. Covers service description, plan, fees and billing, term, SLA, data protection (incl. EU DPA reference under Art. 28 GDPR where processing takes place), security overview, IP and customer-data export rights, termination. Separate from an on-premise software licence. On papii this document is available as template generic.legal.saas_agreement: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.
Can I generate a SaaS Subscription Agreement with AI?
Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.
Is the SaaS Subscription Agreement template legally compliant?
This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.