# Consulting Agreement Template

> A free sample consulting agreement for consultants and freelancers. Clients confirm the project, scope and fee terms, then sign online before work starts.

Send it to a new client once they say yes. They confirm their company details, the project, deliverables, timeline and fee type, then sign your terms, and you keep a signed PDF.

Canonical: https://reuily.com/templates/consulting-agreement
Use this template: https://reuily.com/form/from-template/consulting-agreement
Collections: Agreements & Waivers, Agencies, Professional Services, Coaching
Last updated: 2026-10-31

## Questions

- Question 1: What's your full name? (Short Text, required)
- Question 2: What's your work email? (Email, required)
- Question 3: What's your phone number? (Phone, required)
- Question 4: What's your company's legal name? (Short Text, required)
- Question 5: What's your job title? (Short Text, required)
- Question 6: What's your company's address? (Short Text, required)
- Question 7: What's the project? (Short Text, required)
- Question 8: Describe the scope and deliverables (Long Text, required)
- Question 9: When should the work start? (Date, required)
- Question 10: When should the work be done? (Date, optional)
- Question 11: Which fee type did we agree on? (Single Choice, required). Options: Fixed project fee; Hourly; Monthly retainer
- Question 12: Who should receive invoices? (Short Text, required)
- Agreement: Consulting agreement, accepted with "I agree" (full text below)
- Question 13: Sign the consulting agreement (Signature, required)

Signing records the signer's consent, email, IP address, browser and signing time, and each signer can download a signed PDF copy.

## Consulting agreement

Please read this before you sign.

This agreement is between **[Consultant name]** (the "Consultant") and the client named in this form (the "Client").

1. **Services.** The Consultant will provide the services and deliverables described in this form and in **[proposal or statement of work]**.
2. **Fees.** The Client will pay **[fee or rate]** on the fee type shown in this form. Invoices are due within **[number]** days.
3. **Expenses.** The Client will repay approved expenses over **[amount]** with receipts.
4. **Independent consultant.** The Consultant works as an independent business, not an employee, and controls how the work is done.
5. **Confidentiality.** Both sides will keep each other's private business information confidential during and after the project.
6. **Ownership.** Once paid in full, the Client owns the final deliverables. The Consultant keeps its own methods, tools and templates.
7. **Ending the agreement.** Either side may end this agreement with **[number]** days written notice. The Client pays for work done up to that date.

By signing below, I confirm that I can sign for the Client and agree to these terms.

## Common uses

- Business and strategy consultants
- Freelance specialists
- Marketing and operations advisors

## Key features

- Scope and deliverables
- Fee type and billing contact
- Signed PDF before work starts

## Frequently asked questions

### What should a consulting agreement include?

The client's details, the project scope and deliverables, dates, fees and invoice terms, expenses, confidentiality, ownership of work and how to end it.

### How is this different from an independent contractor agreement?

Here the consultant sends the agreement and the client signs it. A contractor agreement is a business asking a contractor to sign.

### Can I attach my proposal?

Name your proposal in the bracketed services term and paste the key deliverables into the scope question, or add a file upload for it.