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MCP Service Agreement vs Bonsai: which contract builder to pick

Both produce a service agreement text from a description of the work. Bonsai is a cloud service with attorney-reviewed templates, e-sign and client management, priced per user per month. Ours is a local MCP server that assembles an agreement from a built-in clause library (IP assignment, mutual confidentiality, late payment interest, kill fee, revision rounds) and renders it to text or HTML, with a checklist of the clauses included.

The facts, read from each product

FactOursBonsai
What it producesA service agreement assembled from your chosen built-in clauses, returned as text or HTML, plus a clause checklistAttorney-reviewed contract templates you fill in, send and e-sign, with client, proposal and payment workflow
Clause coverageIP assignment, mutual confidentiality, late payment interest, kill fee, revision rounds, plus any clause text you supplyFreelancer and agency contract templates covering scope, payment, IP and so on; intended as starting points, not legal advice
Network / accountLocal MCP server; no network call, no accountCloud SaaS account; e-sign and storage live in their cloud
Install/entry pathOne-click service-agreement.mcpb bundle or hosted URL from /mcp/connect. No account, no keySign up, fill templates in their app, send for e-sign
PriceFree tier 3 active agreements; clause_library titles and summaries free, full clause texts and HTML render on Pro; Pro $19 oncePriced per user per month; published figures span roughly $9-$59/user/mo across sources (Basic from about $9/user/mo annual, Essentials $19), so the low end is monthly and recurring
LicenceMITProprietary

When to pick Bonsai

Pick Bonsai when you want attorney-reviewed templates, e-signature, proposals, contracts and invoicing in one cloud product, and are prepared to pay per user per month (roughly $9-$59/user/mo across published sources, so it recurs monthly). Its strength is the full client workflow around the contract, not just the contract text. If e-sign and template polish matter more than a local, fixed-price build, that is the tool.

When to pick ours

Pick ours for a contract text built in chat from a clause library, with no account, no subscription and no e-sign. A single-operator who jots "service agreement for a website build, include IP assignment and kill fee" gets the agreement back with a checklist of what is in it, at a $19 once Pro unlock for the full clause texts and HTML render. If your agreements are formulaic and you keep them locally, ours is cheaper and offline; Bonsai is a monthly subscription that stays so.

Install lines

Ours, one click: download service-agreement.mcpb from the latest release and open it in Claude Desktop. No JSON, no terminal.

Or by URL, with nothing installed. /mcp/connect mints a free token and prints the ready line:

claude mcp add --transport http service-agreement https://mcp.zovo.one/mcp/service-agreement/t/<token>

The npm package is not published yet, so the line below returns a 404 today. It is here because it is what the config becomes the day that changes:

claude mcp add service-agreement -- npx -y @theluckystrike/mcp-service-agreement

Exact config file paths per client are on the setup pages.

Questions

Is Bonsai free?

Published price points range widely, roughly $9-$59/user/month, with the low end annual-billed. Ours has a free tier for 3 active agreements with clause titles and summaries free; full clause texts and HTML render are a $19 once Pro unlock.

Does ours include e-sign or legal review?

No. Ours produces contract text and an HTML render with no e-sign and no legal review. Bonsai offers e-sign and attorney-reviewed templates; its material positions templates as starting points rather than legal advice.

Which works offline with no account?

Ours. It is a local MCP server with no network call and no account. Bonsai is cloud SaaS; e-sign and stored documents live in its cloud.

Where can I read the competitor facts myself?

Bonsai's contracts product is described at hellobonsai.com/contracts; its pricing range comes from third-party pricing roundups (taskip.net and usereviews.io) that place it around $9-$59/user/mo, so the page states the range rather than a single figure. Read on 2026-09-17.

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