Standard Agreement for Cloud Services (SaaS)

Open Legal LibraryUpdated 10 Nov 2025

The Standard Agreement Cloud Terms (SaaS) governs the licensed use, support, data, and operational terms between SaaS providers of cloud services and their customers. It is part of OLL’s widely trusted library of open, lawyer-vetted standard agreements.

Standard Agreement Cloud Terms (SaaS) (Version 1.0)

Cover Page

Name of Agreement:

The parties will reference the Agreement as: “[agreement short name] between [customer name] and [provider name] dated as of [effective date]

Key Terms

Overview

[service overview]

Effective Date

[effective date]

Governing Law

[governing law]

Courts

[court location]

Initial Order

[initial order description]

Attachments (link or attach)

The following Attachments (if any) are incorporated into the Agreement:

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

[aup link or attachment]

Support Policy

[support policy link or attachment]

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

[sla link or attachment]

Data Protection Addendum (DPA)

[dpa link or attachment]

Security Measures

[security measures link or attachment]

Additional Terms

The following additions to or modifications of the Cloud Terms are agreed by the parties and control in the event of any conflicts:

Signatures

Agreed to as of the Effective Date by each party’s authorized representative:

Customer:

Signature:

Name and Title: [customer signatory name and title]

Company: [customer company name]


Notice Address(choose one or both):

Email: [customer notice email]

Postal mail: [customer postal mail]

Date: [effective date]

Provider:

Signature:

Name and Title: [provider signatory name and title]

Company: [provider company name]


Notice Address(choose one or both):

Email: [provider notice email]

Postal mail: [provider postal mail]

Date: [effective date]

Cloud Terms

The Agreement. The Cloud Terms are standardized terms for use of cloud services. To use the Cloud Terms, Customer and Provider complete and execute a Cover Page that specifies Key Terms, Attachments (such as a Support Policy or Data  Protection Addendum) and any Additional Terms. Collectively, the Cloud Terms, Cover Page and any Orders form the  parties’ agreement (“Agreement”). Conflicts between parts of the Agreement are governed by Section 22.5 (Order of Precedence).  Capitalized terms are defined in context or in Section 23 (Definitions).

Cloud Service. Subject to this Agreement, Customer may use the Cloud Service for its own business purposes during each Subscription  Term (“Permitted Use”). This includes the right to copy and use the Provider Software (if any) and Documentation as part of  Customer’s Permitted Use. Customer will comply with the Documentation in using the Cloud Service.

Users. Customer may permit Users to use the Cloud Service on its behalf. Customer is responsible for provisioning and managing its  User accounts, for its Users’ actions through the Cloud Service and for their compliance with this Agreement. Customer will ensure  that Users keep their login credentials confidential and will promptly notify Provider upon learning of any compromise of User  accounts or credentials.

Affiliates. Customer’s Affiliates may serve as Users under this Agreement. Alternatively, Customer’s Affiliates may enter into their  own Orders as mutually agreed with Provider, which creates a separate agreement between each such Affiliate and Provider  incorporating this Agreement with the Affiliate treated as “Customer”. Neither Customer nor any Customer Affiliate has any rights  under each other’s separate agreement with Provider, and breach or termination of any such separate agreement affects only that  agreement.

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