TikTok
· TikTok Terms of Service
This clause restricts the damages recoverable in disputes with TikTok to direct damages only and establishes a maximum monetary recovery threshold. The provision operates to define the extent of TikTok's financial exposure across all claims arising from the terms or platform use.
Limitation of liability provisions determine the maximum financial recourse users have if the service fails, outputs are inaccurate, or service disruption causes loss, which is particularly material for enterprise deployments.
The foreseeable loss standard narrows the scope of recoverable damages in breach scenarios by excluding consequential, indirect, or unforeseeable losses. The carve-out for negligence, death, and fraud reflects statutory limitations on contractual liability waivers that apply to gross negligence and intentional wrongdoing.
AWS
· AWS Customer Agreement
For businesses that rely on AWS for critical infrastructure, this cap may be far smaller than actual losses from a serious outage or data incident, leaving the customer to absorb the majority of the financial damage.
Netflix
· Netflix Account and Content Policies
The clause narrows the categories of damages available in disputes with Netflix by contractually restricting liability exposure to direct damages only, subject to statutory limitations that may override this restriction in certain jurisdictions.
Plaid
· Plaid Terms of Use
Because Plaid handles sensitive financial data, a breach or system failure could cause significant financial or privacy harm, but this clause limits Plaid's liability to a nominal amount that likely does not reflect the real-world harm a consumer might suffer.
If another user harms you through the platform, or if Tinder's service fails and you lose data or suffer financial consequences, Tinder's terms disclaim responsibility for most resulting losses beyond direct damages.
This provision limits the maximum financial recovery available to customers for claims against ActiveCampaign to twelve months of subscription fees, regardless of the scale of operational or data-related losses incurred, which is a material consideration for enterprise customers with significant revenue or data exposure tied to the platform.
Meta
· Meta Terms of Service
For users of free Meta services who have paid nothing, the liability cap is effectively $100, regardless of the type or magnitude of harm experienced, though the 'to the extent permitted by law' qualifier means this cap may not apply in all jurisdictions.
Stripe
· Stripe Terms of Service
The terms exclude Stripe's liability for indirect and consequential damages, including lost profits and lost business opportunities, which means businesses that suffer revenue losses due to Stripe service failures or account actions may have limited ability to recover those losses through legal claims against Stripe.
The terms cap OpenAI's aggregate liability at the amount paid in the prior 12 months or $100, which means that even paid subscribers have very limited financial recourse against OpenAI for service failures or harmful outputs.
This clause limits the types of financial harm users can seek compensation for in a dispute, excluding categories like lost investment profits or losses resulting from platform outages, which are directly relevant to a trading platform.
Writer
· Writer Terms of Service
This clause establishes a ceiling on Writer's financial exposure for any single claim or aggregate claims, which may be materially insufficient for enterprise customers whose use cases involve high-value business processes or regulated activities. The phrase 'to the maximum extent permitted by law' acknowledges that applicable law may constrain this cap in certain jurisdictions.
Egnyte
· Egnyte Terms of Service
For businesses storing high-value or irreplaceable data on Egnyte, the cap on liability may be far lower than the actual cost of a data loss or prolonged outage event.
Target
· Target Terms and Conditions
This provision establishes a monetary ceiling on recoverable damages in disputes with Target, limiting aggregate liability to $100 for users who have made no purchases or minimal purchases in the prior year. The exclusion of consequential and indirect damages further constrains the categories of loss users may seek to recover.
The clause operates to restrict the damages recoverable in any legal proceeding against ZipRecruiter by excluding entire categories of losses—including lost profits, data loss, and goodwill—that might otherwise be available under applicable law. This limitation applies across all potential liability theories and situations enumerated in the clause.
This cap is particularly notable for a platform that delivers therapy and psychiatry services, where harm could potentially exceed the cost of a subscription; the $100 floor is a very low ceiling for consumers who paid little or nothing.
This provision sets a financial ceiling on Perplexity's aggregate liability to users, with a minimum cap of one hundred dollars applicable to free-tier users. The disclaimer of consequential and indirect damages limits recovery for losses resulting from platform unavailability, AI output errors, or data loss.
Figma
· Figma Terms of Service
Even if Figma causes significant harm — such as loss of your data or business disruption — the agreement caps what you can recover financially, which may be far less than your actual losses. For free-tier users, the cap may be as low as $20.
DocuSign
· DocuSign Terms and Conditions
For free or low-cost plan users, this cap may be as low as $100 regardless of actual harm caused, including harm from lost or compromised legally binding documents.
For businesses relying on Cloudflare for mission-critical infrastructure, this cap may be far lower than actual damages suffered during a significant outage or security incident, leaving a substantial financial gap with no contractual remedy.
The provision restricts the financial exposure of both parties in disputes by establishing a quantified upper bound on recoverable damages and categorically excluding certain damage categories from recovery, which affects the cost structure of dispute resolution under the agreement.
Auth0
· Auth0 Terms of Service
If Auth0 experiences an outage or security incident that affects a business's users, the limitation of liability clause determines the maximum financial recovery available, which may be significantly lower than actual business losses.
Stash
· Stash Terms of Use
The clause restricts the categories and types of damages recoverable in disputes against Stash and its Partner Bank to exclude consequential and indirect damages, thereby limiting the financial exposure of these entities in liability proceedings regardless of the underlying cause of loss.
This liability limitation restricts the categories of damages recoverable against Robinhood in disputes, concentrating potential recovery on direct damages rather than consequential or speculative harms. The provision operates as a contractual allocation of risk between the company and users in the event of service failures or access disruptions.
This liability limitation operates to define the outer boundary of financial exposure for Checkout.com across all potential claims. The cap is measured against recent transaction fees, which creates a variable ceiling based on user activity level during the preceding quarter.
This cap means that even significant harm caused by Patreon's platform could result in very limited financial compensation, particularly for creators who have not paid Patreon directly.
Meta
· Meta Platform Policy
This clause restricts the scope of damages Meta may be required to pay in disputes arising under the agreement. It excludes categories of harm that typically represent the largest financial exposure in service disruption or data-related incidents, thereby defining the outer boundary of Meta's contractual liability exposure.
Gusto
· Gusto Terms of Service
For businesses that process large payrolls, the actual financial harm from a payroll processing failure could far exceed twelve months of Gusto subscription fees, leaving the employer-customer absorbing most of the loss.
Acorns
· Acorns Terms of Service
This provision establishes that the maximum financial recovery available to a user for any claim against Acorns is limited to 12 months of subscription fees paid, which at Acorns' current pricing tiers represents a low absolute dollar amount relative to potential investment losses or banking service failures. Applicable law, including potential fiduciary duty obligations under securities regulations, may constrain the enforceability of this cap in certain claim contexts.