Compare providers, side by side
Under Support at Home, providers set their own prices - and the differences between them are real money out of your quarterly budget. These comparisons put published fees and rates next to each other so you can see the differences before you sign anything.
Last updated 20 August 2026
All fees and rates on these pages were verified against providers' published pricing in August 2026.
Hourly price caps were legislated to start on 1 July 2026, but in May 2026 the government deferred them indefinitely. So providers still set their own prices, and two providers in the same suburb can charge very different rates for the same hour of care. The one fee that is capped everywhere is care management - no more than 10% of your quarterly budget - but what that 10% buys you still varies, because providers charge different hourly rates against it. National median prices (around $115 an hour for personal care, $110 for cleaning) are a useful yardstick, not a rule.
Start with the roundups
Care management fees: the league table
Every provider we could verify, in one table - care management rates, admin fees and personal care prices, with the "not published" list named too.
Self-management providers, compared
Trilogy Care, HomeMade, Let's Get Care, Mable, Careseekers and Five Good Friends - what self-managing really involves and what each charges.
Head-to-head comparisons
Trilogy Care vs HomeMade
The two most-searched self-managed brands, fee structure against fee structure.
Trilogy Care vs Let's Get Care
Two self-management specialists - one private, one now part of the Australian Unity group.
HomeMade vs Five Good Friends
App-based self-management against a tech-enabled hybrid that also offers full service.
Mable vs Careseekers
The two big support-worker marketplaces, and how their platform fees differ.
Home Instead vs Right at Home
Franchise rivals - one publishes office price lists, the other quotes on enquiry.
Bolton Clarke vs Silverchain
Australia's two largest not-for-profit in-home care providers, price list against price list.
Australian Unity vs Bolton Clarke
Two big national full-service brands with fully published price schedules.
Trilogy Care vs Australian Unity
Self-managed against full-service - the clearest picture of what each model costs and asks of you.
Five Good Friends vs Trilogy Care
A tech-enabled hybrid against the biggest self-managed brand - fees, tiers and what's left for services.
HomeMade vs Let's Get Care
Two low-fee self-management brands - care management rates, service loadings and who owns each.
Silverchain vs Australian Unity
Two big full-service names with published price lists, rate against rate.
Right at Home vs Prestige Inhome Care
A national franchise against a private in-home specialist - price lists and coverage compared.
Baptcare vs Bolton Clarke
Two large not-for-profits - care management rates and hourly prices for the everyday services.
Uniting NSW.ACT vs Anglicare Southern Queensland
Two church-affiliated providers in different states - which serves where you live, and what each charges.
Mable vs HomeMade
Platform fees against provider fees - how the two related companies fit together.
The CareSide vs Trilogy Care
A low-fee full-service provider against the biggest self-managed brand.
How we build these comparisons
Three things to know about every page in this section.
We only use published pricing. Every dollar figure and percentage comes from a provider's own published price list, pricing page or fee document. Where a provider doesn't publish a figure, we say "not published" - we never estimate or fill gaps. All figures were verified in August 2026, and providers can change their prices at any time, so always confirm current pricing with the provider before you sign a service agreement.
We don't pick winners. A low fee suits some people and a fuller service suits others, so we frame every comparison as "suits you if" rather than "best". What matters is the match between a provider's model and how much coordination you want to do yourself.
How we're funded. We may receive a fee from providers when we refer you. This never changes how providers are ranked, described or compared - the disclosure sits in our footer on every page, and our comparisons would read the same without it.
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