Compared
Every one of these opens with what the other product does better, because a comparison that only runs one way tells you nothing you could act on. And where we lose a row, it stays in the table with the reason attached rather than quietly going missing.
Cheaper to start, and where the tiers put your obligations
Read it →The established one, and where each of us is actually ahead
Read it →Priced per client, not per worker, and what that does to the bill
Read it →The certified, participant-app one, and where the add-ons land
Read it →Compliance on its own, or compliance inside the system you run on
Read it →Two products we are often weighed against, compared with each other
Read it →Nine products, one row each, from each vendor’s own published pricing page as at 5 September 2026. Where a vendor publishes no price we quote a dated buyer’s guide and say so. We are in here on the same terms as everyone else, including the columns we lose.
| Product | Pricing model | Entry price, as published | Free tier | Certification | Where it fits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CareOp | Per user, rate falls with headcount | $11 per user per month (Core) | No | In progress | Compliance-first: incident clocks, restrictive practices, medications and the SCHADS engine in the base plan; offline worker app; hosted and processed in Sydney. |
| ShiftCare | Per staff member, five-staff minimum | $9 per staff per month, about 20% off annual | No (7-day trial) | Not published | The largest name; broadest product around the roster: family portal, job board, anomaly detection. Incident management and eMAR sit in the $25 tier. |
| Astalty | Per user, no minimum | $30 support worker · $64 standard user, per month | No (14-day trial, 3-month money-back) | ISO 27001, JAS-ANZ | The established finance pipeline: PRODA lodgement, two-way Xero, 1,400+ businesses, 4.9 rating. No medication records. |
| Brevity | Per client, ten-client minimum | $4.49 (Lite) · $6.49 (Business) per client per month | No (free trial of Lite) | ISO/IEC 27001 | Cheapest shape for casual-heavy providers, since the bill ignores headcount; Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks; NDIS API on Enterprise only. |
| CareMaster | Per user, five-user minimum | Published; unit on their page is ambiguous. Confirm with them | No | ISO 27001 | Participant app alongside the worker app; vehicles and property; award interpretation and DSS DEX each a $155-a-month add-on; Australian hosting with daily backups. |
| Lumary | Enterprise, quote-based | Implementation reported at $50,000+ (Teiro, May 2026) | No | Not published | Salesforce-based, highly configurable; built for enterprise-scale organisations rather than small or mid-size providers. |
| Teiro | Per active user | $9 per active user per month (Standard) | Yes: first five active users, no time limit | Not published | Newer entrant for 5 to 200 workers: GPS check-in, incidents, MAR, claiming and reconciliation on every plan. |
| CareIQ | Per user, flat | $6 per user per month, 20% off annual | No (two months free) | Not published | Everything on one plan: SCHADS payroll engine, MAR, incidents, care plans, offline web app, AI risk monitoring; PRODA export. |
| Imploy | Per user | $19.25 per user per month (Premium), $15–17 annual | Yes: up to five users, 5 GB | Not published | Newer entrant with a free starter tier; SCHADS awards and bulk invoicing on Premium; offline app; PRODA integration and STP export listed as coming in 2026. |
Prices are the vendors’ own, in Australian dollars unless their page says otherwise, excluding GST where they say so, and they change without telling us. Check anything decisive with the vendor directly.
Competitors ship. A comparison written last year and left up is not a comparison, it is a claim about a product that no longer exists, so each page says when we looked and what we looked at.
If you find something out of date, tell us and we will check it again. We would rather fix a row than defend one.