ToS;DR alternatives
ToS;DR has covered thousands of well-known services since 2012, graded by volunteers on a letter scale from A to E. It works well for its purpose, but it only covers what a volunteer has already reviewed, and its grading process moves slower than the web changes.
Here are five tools people reach for instead, or alongside it, checked against each product’s own site or store listing on 2026-09-21.
The alternatives, checked 2026-09-21
| Tool | What it does | Price | Account needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Print | AI reads any legal page in real time and flags risky clauses | Free: 2 analyses/month. Persona $3.99/month (10/month). Sentinel $9.99/month (unlimited) | Yes |
| PrivacySpy | Volunteers grade privacy policies against a published 10-point rubric | Free, donation-supported, open source | No |
| Built-in browser AI (Gemini in Chrome) | General-purpose AI assistant that can summarize any page you’re on, including a ToS | Free with a supported Chrome build | Google account for some features |
| Terms & Policies Summarizer | Small AI extension that summarizes a page and lets you ask follow-up questions about it | Not stated on its Chrome Web Store listing as of the date checked | Yes |
| TermPeek | Reads any document you open it on and returns a risk score, categorized clauses, and plain-language explanations | Free: 5 analyses/month, anonymous. Pro $4.99/month, unlimited | No |
Sources for each row: the tool’s own site or Chrome Web Store listing, checked 2026-09-21.
Fine Print
Fine Print is a Chrome extension at fineprint.to that auto-detects terms of service and privacy policies as you browse and analyzes them in real time, instead of relying on a pre-reviewed database. It uses Claude, Anthropic’s AI, to produce a plain-language breakdown with a risk level and flagged clauses. Its free tier covers 2 analyses a month, and paid plans add more analyses plus change monitoring, which emails you when a tracked agreement is updated. It has 57 users and a 5 out of 5 rating from 5 reviews on the Chrome Web Store, checked 2026-09-21. It requires an account to use the dashboard.
PrivacySpy
PrivacySpy grades privacy policies, not general terms of service, against a public rubric with ten weighted questions covering things like data deletion, third-party sharing, and breach notification. Every score is backed by a citation to the actual policy text. It is entirely free, open source, and run by two volunteers, with the code on GitHub. It only covers privacy policies its contributors have graded, so its database is narrower than ToS;DR’s, but the rubric itself is public and auditable.
Built-in browser AI assistants
Chrome’s Gemini and similar assistants built into other browsers can summarize the page you’re currently reading, including a terms of service or privacy policy, without installing a dedicated extension. This is a general summarization tool, not one built specifically to flag legal risk or categorize clauses, and it depends on which browser build and region you’re in. For a quick gut check on a page you already have open, it is a real, functioning option.
Terms & Policies Summarizer
A small, independently built Chrome extension that summarizes a terms or privacy page and lets you ask it follow-up questions through a chat interface, with your history saved to an account. It has 11 users and no reviews yet on the Chrome Web Store, checked 2026-09-21, and its listing does not state pricing.
TermPeek
TermPeek reads whatever document you open it on, a terms of service page, a privacy policy, a rental contract, an employment offer, an NDA, and returns a risk score from 1 to 10, the riskiest clauses grouped by category, and a plain-language explanation for each one, quoted from the source text. The free tier covers 5 analyses a month with no account, email, or credit card required. Pro is $4.99 a month for unlimited analyses, with an email needed only for billing. TermPeek is early: it launched in 2026 and has 8 installs combined across the Chrome Web Store and Edge Add-ons, with zero reviews as of 2026-09-21. It does not require an account at either tier, and it does not store your document text or the results after the analysis finishes.
Picking one
If you want a graded second opinion on a site you already use, ToS;DR or PrivacySpy will have already done that work for free, for the services they cover. If you need to understand a document nobody has reviewed for you, a new contract, an NDA, a privacy policy for a tool your team just picked up, Fine Print or TermPeek will read it on the spot. The built-in browser assistant is there for a fast, general summary when you don’t want to leave the page.
Try TermPeek yourself
Analyze it yourself with TermPeek, free. Add it to Chrome or add it to Edge. More at termpeek.com?ref=blog.
TermPeek is an informational tool. It is not legal advice and does not replace a licensed attorney. For agreements that carry real consequences, consult one.
Sources
- https://tosdr.org/en — accessed 2026-09-21
- https://www.fineprint.to — accessed 2026-09-21
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/fine-print-ai-terms-of-se/okfdnjdhcahmpjkjkmigaabhaknkdjoo — accessed 2026-09-21
- https://privacyspy.org/about/ — accessed 2026-09-21
- https://gemini.google/overview/gemini-in-chrome/ — accessed 2026-09-21
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/terms-policies-summarizer/picabpijbpbfacfjmbjiepnfippeaded — accessed 2026-09-21
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/termpeek/fljnchllnglggnpifkjcpelhnhcgdjhm — accessed 2026-09-21
- https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/cnipgbkkcpcjiabhbfppejmdncdmgbak — accessed 2026-09-21
TermPeek is an informational tool. It is not legal advice and does not replace a licensed attorney.
This page was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed before publishing.