What CareReady replaces
One subscription, replacing a stack of fees, tools and consultants.
Switch off anything a worker doesn't currently pay for, and the total below recomputes.
Marketplace commissions (Mable)
16.6% of what your client pays. At $72.74 an hour, 25 hours a week, 46 weeks, that is $83,651 of work and $13,910 of it goes to the platform.
$13,910 /yr
An admin app (Bugal, Blueset, Simplo)
About $180 to $660 a year.
$420 /yr
Registration consultant
$2,500 to $7,000 one off, about $1,200 a year spread over the 3 year registration cycle.
$1,200 /yr
Spreadsheets, templates and chased paperwork
About $500 a year of an accountant's time.
$500 /yr
The hourly rate is Hireup's published participant rate of $72.74, used because it is a real, checkable, published Australian price — Mable does not set an hourly rate. Both companies' figures come from their own published fee pages, checked 10 August 2026.
What they pay today: about $16,030 a year
CareReady: $49 a month = $588 a year
Kept by the worker: about $15,442 a year
Illustrative — real costs vary by caseload and location.
What replaces what
| App section | What it replaces |
|---|---|
| Bookings and invoicing | the admin app |
| Compliance wallet and registers | the consultant's evidence work |
| Family portal | the phone-tag and paper updates |
| Money page | the spreadsheet |