ScopeShield catches out-of-scope client requests the moment they land in your inbox — and fires a signed change order before you've worked a single unbilled hour.
Scope Guardian — live example
Client email · just received
"Hey! Also — can you add a members portal with login, profiles, and a community forum? Shouldn't take long, right? 😊"
Verdict
User authentication, member profiles, and community features are not included in the signed SOW. The agreement explicitly excludes database-driven features and third-party integrations. This request requires a change order.
Referenced: §3 Out of Scope · §7 Change Order Policy
This verdict fired 4 seconds after the email arrived. The agency never typed a word.
$18,000+
lost per agency per year to scope creep on average
40%
of agency projects run over scope without a signed change order
< 10 min
from intake to signed SOW with ScopeShield
How it works
Drop a client email or project notes. ScopeShield pre-fills the intake form and generates 9 protective SOW sections — scope, exclusions, milestones, revision policy, change order policy, and more.
Send a portal link. Client reads, signs with name and email. Both parties get a signed PDF instantly. No accounts, no DocuSign fees, no friction.
Forward any client email to your project guardian address. ScopeShield checks it against the signed SOW and returns a verdict in seconds — with a one-click change order if it's out of scope.
What agencies say
"We recovered $3,200 in change orders in the first two weeks. The Guardian address is now in every project kickoff doc we send."
James O.
Founder, web design agency
"I used to write SOWs in Google Docs over two hours. Now I paste the brief, edit for five minutes, and send. The out-of-scope section alone has saved me twice already."
Priya M.
Freelance developer
"A client asked for a full rebrand midway through a website project. Guardian flagged it, I generated the change order, she signed it the same day. $2,800 I would have eaten."
David L.
Creative director
Pricing
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Annual plans available — 2 months free. Billed in USD via Paystack.
Hours worked for free this year. Projects that ran over scope. Clients who asked for "just one more thing" — and got it, at your expense.
ScopeShield makes that number go to zero.
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