miniterms ships in two tiers. The functional difference between them is small and concrete: the free tier includes a Dekimu attribution line in every generated document; the paid tier does not. This page explains exactly what "attribution" means in practice, so you can decide whether the line is acceptable on your own site.
What attribution actually looks like
The attribution shows up in two places in a free-tier document:
1. An HTML comment near the top of the file
<!-- Generated by miniterms (https://miniterms.com) — citation set <hash> -->
This comment is invisible to a human reader. It is there for two reasons: it gives you (and an auditor) the citation set hash needed to verify the policy against the regulator state at generation time, and it identifies the toolchain. The HTML comment stays in the paid tier too — it is part of the accountability trail and never removed.
2. A visible footer line
Generated with miniterms · https://miniterms.com
This is the line that disappears on the paid tier. It is rendered once, at the bottom of the document, in muted small text. No logo, no graphic, no pop-up — a single textual line.
On the paid tier, the visible footer line is removed. The HTML comment stays.
What attribution does NOT include
We do not embed Dekimu branding inside the body of the document. We do not include a logo. We do not include "Powered by Dekimu" badges, watermarks, or any visual treatment that would distract from the legal content. We do not insert backlinks beyond the single footer line described above.
This is a deliberate policy. miniterms output is a legal document; visible third-party branding in it would be inappropriate.
When the paid tier matters
For most early-stage businesses, the free-tier footer line is not a problem. Many companies' privacy policies include a "Built with X" footer somewhere already — for analytics, for cookie banners, for hosting. One additional muted line is normal.
The paid tier matters when:
- You sell to enterprise customers whose procurement reviews flag any third-party attribution in legal documents
- Your branding standards require a fully unbranded legal section
- You are publishing on a custom domain (
legal.yoursite.com) and want zero indication of the toolchain
If you are not yet sure, start free. You can upgrade and re-publish in under a minute — no regeneration needed if the underlying profile has not changed; the same document re-renders without the footer line.
What else the paid tier includes
Attribution removal is one item on a list. The full paid feature set is documented at miniterms.com/pricing. At time of writing it includes custom domains, multi-jurisdiction generation in a single account, the DPA generator, and priority support response times.
Hub-managed billing
Billing for miniterms runs through Dekimu Hub. Your subscription is managed in your Dekimu account, not on miniterms directly. See Account, billing, and export for the full flow.