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One ladder, built in

When a deal breaks, the terms already know what to do.

Most terms describe what each side will do. The dispute terms describe what happens when something goes wrong, and they live in the same body as everything else. So when a fight starts, there is no seam to argue about. The same definitions and the same ladder that governed the deal govern the dispute.

The Dispute Resolution module See dispute fees

The resolution ladder

You climb only as far as you need to. Each rung is meant to settle the matter before the next, more expensive one is reached. A small, clear-cut issue should never need a courtroom.

1

Self-executing remedies

Live today

Where the order defines a clear consequence for a defined event, the remedy simply applies. Both sides agreed it in advance, so nobody renegotiates it.

2

Agent settlement, within range

Roadmap

For matters that need a number, each side's agent can propose and accept a settlement, but only inside the bounds the principals set. Defined in the standard today.

3

Human-confirmed arbitration

Live today

If settlement does not land, the matter goes to arbitration under a published ruleset, and a human confirms the result before it binds. This produces a real award.

4

Courts

Live today

The final backstop. Seat and governing law are fixed by the order, so everyone already knows which court and which law apply.

Live today
What ships now
  • The standardized Dispute Resolution module: the full ladder as incorporable terms.
  • A published arbitration ruleset for the human-confirmed rung.
  • A verifiable case-file standard for recording a dispute.
  • Conformance checks that keep an outcome inside enforceable bounds.
On the roadmap
What is not live yet
  • Connecting your own ADR provider into the arbitration rung.
  • In-platform agentic settlement, run by onTerms.

To be unambiguous: today onTerms gives you the terms, the ruleset, the case-file standard, and the conformance checks. It does not resolve your disputes for you, and there is no live ADR connector yet. Those are coming. They are not here.

Designed to connect to your ADR

onTerms does not ask you to abandon the dispute-resolution relationships you already have. The standard is designed so an external ADR provider will be able to plug into the arbitration rung, using the same case-file standard as its input. onTerms supplies the standardized terms and the verifiable record. The provider you already trust supplies the forum. This connection is on the roadmap, not live yet.

How dispute fees work
Dispute fees are flat or cost-recovery, never a percentage of the outcome. The platform has no incentive to inflate an award, and you always know the price before you climb the next rung.
See pricing