Clawback Labs — Vendor invoice audit and overcharge recovery

Clawback Labs compares vendor invoices to signed contracts to find overcharges, missed discounts, renewal drift, and duplicate line items. Engagements are NDA-first; initial audit delivery is targeted within about 48 hours of a complete document set. Clients pay 15% only on recovered overcharges — no find, no fee.

Clawback does not provide tax opinions or legal interpretations; optional tax-line checks verify invoice math against contract pricing only. Phase 2 product roadmap (continuous monitoring) lives at /q3.

For US finance teams with material SaaS, cloud & vendor spend

We find vendor overcharges. You keep 85%.

We compare SaaS, cloud, and enterprise invoices to the contracts you actually signed — pricing drift, missed discounts, renewals, duplicates. Free to start. You pay 15% only on money we help you recover.

Clause excerpt

“Annual cap for Enterprise seats shall not exceed…”

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Invoice lines

SKU-ACU-02$12,400
SKU-ACU-02 (dup)$12,400
Support tier$2,100

Reconciliation

Invoiced$14,750
Contract cap$13,275
Variance+$1,475
Free initial audit48h turnaroundNDA before documentsNo ERP access15% on recoveries only

Typical audit inputs: MSAs · Order Forms · SaaS Invoices · Cloud Billing Statements · Renewal Amendments

Audit against your actual contracts

Line-by-line comparison to signed language — not benchmarks or generic invoice scanning.

Synthetic illustration
Invoice$1,449
Contract$1,200
Variance+$249
ConfirmedDocumented match

Results in 48 hours

Initial audit memo targeted within two business days of a complete document package — phased when portfolios are large.

Turnaround ref

TAT-STD-48H

You pay nothing upfront

Contingency on recovered overcharges — no engagement fee when findings do not support action.

Fee basis15% recovered
If zero findings$0

Typical findings range from 1–5% of annual vendor spend when billing inconsistencies exist — exact outcomes depend on portfolio complexity and documentation quality.

Most discrepancies involve pricing drift, missed discounts, or duplicate billing once matched to signed terms.

Audit scope

What we review

We compare invoices to your contracts — structured review, not generic parsing.

  • Contract pricing & rates

    Executed MSAs, order forms, price lists

  • Renewal pricing drift

    Caps vs list-price movements

  • Volume & tier discounts

    Spend thresholds and commitment tiers

  • Duplicate charges

    Repeated SKUs, seats, or usage blocks

  • Overage calculations

    True-up math vs contractual formulas

  • Bundled SKU compliance

    Package pricing vs à la carte splits

  • Amendment enforcement

    Side letters applied to billing profiles

  • Vendor billing discrepancies

    Invoice vs baseline entitlement

Deliverable

What your report contains

Structured like an internal audit memo — so stakeholders know exactly what they are receiving.

Report components

[01]

Executive summary

Portfolio-level exposure and priority vendors

[02]

Confirmed discrepancies

Clause-cited matches with contract language and invoice lines

[03]

Review-required items

Ambiguity flagged for legal / procurement

[04]

Contract evidence excerpts

Quoted sections supporting each confirmed item

[05]

Recovery recommendations

Suggested credit memo or true-up language

[06]

Vendor escalation guidance

Fact pattern packaged for AP or vendor management

Classification

How findings are classified

Every discrepancy is labeled so finance knows what can go to a vendor as fact versus what needs legal or procurement judgment first.

Confirmed findings

Clause-cited
  • Reconciled against contract and invoice fields
  • Explicit contract violations (rates, quantities, dates, duplicates)
  • Human-reviewed before delivery
  • Suitable for vendor escalation with cited evidence

Review-required

Advisory
  • Ambiguous contract language or unstructured terms
  • Legal interpretation needed — advisory only
  • Clearly labeled in your report for finance & legal review

Pricing

No risk. Pay only for results.

Contingency audit (available now)

Line-by-line invoice audit against your contracts with cited evidence.

Free

15% of recovered overcharges only — no find, no fee

  • Free initial audit pass
  • 48-hour turnaround (when document set is complete)
  • Invoice tax calculation consistency checks where vendors bill tax — aligned with contract pricing and invoice math only (not tax advice)

Continuous monitoring (contract Q&A, alerts) is on the Q3 2026 roadmap.

How it works

From files to recovery

Three steps — NDA-first intake, cited audit memo, contingency recovery.

  1. INTAKE

    Send us your files

    Upload 3–6 months of vendor invoices and contracts via encrypted email or cloud link. NDA signed first.

    No ERP or API access required

  2. AUDIT

    We audit within 48 hours

    Our team compares every invoice line to your contract and cites the evidence.

    TAT-STD-48H when document set is complete

  3. RECOVER

    You recover

    Use our report with vendors directly. We provide the documentation. You pay 15% on what's recovered.

    No find, no fee

Security & compliance

Procurement checklist

Dense status view for security reviews. Full Q&A in Security & data.

SOC 2 Type IISOC 2 roadmap
Cyber insuranceCoverage evaluation planned
Data residencyU.S. AWS regions
SubprocessorsAWS only
Audit loggingCloudTrail
Access controlsLeast privilege
Engagement data retention≤48h post-report
Deletion confirmationAutomated email

Insurance and audit cost ranges appear in the FAQ; figures are indicative, not quotes. Engagement logs are removed with source files; platform-level AWS logging is described in diligence.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Our commitments

  • We don't integrate with your ERP or internal systems
  • Customer source documents are targeted for deletion after engagement completion
  • Customer documents are not used to train public foundation models
  • We don't share findings with any third party
  • We don't require API access to anything
  • We don't charge anything if we find nothing

Every engagement starts with a signed NDA and ends with an automated deletion confirmation email.

General

Security & data

Covers residency (U.S. AWS), subprocessors, access controls, CloudTrail logging, automated deletion confirmation, and our current posture on SOC 2 Type II and cyber insurance — stated plainly for vendor security reviews.

Send three months of invoices. We'll show what you're overpaying.

Free audit pass, human-reviewed findings, ~48 hours when your document set is complete. You owe nothing if we don't find something actionable.