Independent matching between Australian SMEs and vetted AML providers.

CompareAML is operated by AML Intelligence Network Pty Ltd (ABN 44 696 407 600), an Australian company. The team combines AML/CTF compliance practitioners, marketplace operators, and product builders. We're a small team by design — large enough to vet 14 providers properly and respond to every email within one business day, small enough to keep our overheads low and our incentives clean.

No. CompareAML is independent of AUSTRAC and of every listed provider. AUSTRAC is the regulator; we are a private company that helps Australian businesses navigate the procurement of compliance software. We have no equity in any listed provider, no board overlap, and no exclusive distribution agreements that would skew the matching.

Five gates. (1) Working session on the live platform — not a sales demo, an actual run-through with a sandbox account. (2) Reference check: at least one verifiable Australian customer per sector the provider claims to serve. (3) AUSTRAC alignment review of their workflow against the obligations triggered for that sector. (4) Pricing transparency check — published or directly disclosed bands, no quote-only black-box pricing for SME tiers. (5) Support and data handling assessment — AU business hours support, AU or aligned data residency, documented incident response. Failing any single gate is disqualifying.

Honest answer: scrutinise the structure of how a comparison platform makes money before you trust the recommendations. Most directories take per-deal commissions or revenue-share, which biases recommendations toward the highest payer. CompareAML uses fixed per-lead pricing per vertical — we earn the same whether you choose a A$129 self-serve tool or a A$25,000 enterprise deployment. That structural neutrality is the only credible answer to 'why trust a comparison site,' and it's verifiable on our How we're paid page.

We become the trusted place Australian businesses come when they need to navigate AML compliance procurement — independent of any deadline. The Tranche 2 reform created the urgent need to start, but the matching, comparison, and vetting work is permanently useful: businesses outgrow self-serve tiers, switch from in-house to managed, change sectors, or face their first independent review and discover gaps. The 1 July deadline is the start of the market, not the end of it.

Email hello@compareaml.com.au. We read every message and reply within one business day. Common feedback channels: a provider behaved poorly after we matched you (we want to know — it affects vetting), a feature missing from the comparison table you'd find useful, a glossary term that needs clarification, or an idea for new content. Provider complaints are taken seriously and feed directly into the next vetting cycle.

No. CompareAML provides general information about AUSTRAC Tranche 2, the AML/CTF Act 2006, and the providers who help businesses comply with those obligations. We are not lawyers, and we don't provide legal or compliance advice for your specific business. The matched providers, your professional advisers, or AUSTRAC itself are the right sources for advice on your particular situation.

The five-gate vetting process is documented on each provider profile under 'Why this provider was vetted,' and the comparison page shows the data fields we standardise across every provider. Our editorial standards — separation of paid placements from independent matching, last-reviewed dates on every comparison datapoint, and the public changelog of provider changes — are the same standards we'd want a marketplace to apply to us.