Basic Property Estimate: a fast, unsigned number.

No. An agent appraisal is a sales tool, it's free because it's designed to win your listing, and the figure often reflects that incentive. A Basic Property Estimate is an independent, data-driven figure built from real comparable sales around the property, with no stake in whether you buy, sell or hold. When you're negotiating, that independence is exactly what makes the number worth having.

In about an hour. The engine analyses recent comparable sales the moment your payment clears and compiles the estimate automatically, then notifies you by email and SMS when the PDF is ready. It's an unsigned estimate, so there's no inspection or valuer sign-off to wait on. If you need a signed figure for tax, audit or compliance purposes, you can upgrade to a valuer-signed report.

No, and that's the trade-off that keeps it at $49 and about an hour. The figure comes from an automated analysis of recent comparable sales, with no inspection and no valuer signature, which makes it an estimate rather than a valuation. That's ideal when the only person who needs to trust the number is you: checking an asking price, setting a negotiation ceiling, or tracking a portfolio. The moment someone else has to accept it, the ATO, your auditor or a state revenue office, you need a valuer-signed report instead.

Neither. Pay-as-you-go needs only your email address, no password, no subscription, and a Basic valuation is completed entirely from sales data and land records, so nobody visits the property and tenants aren't disturbed. If you expect to order again, a free account adds a dashboard with your report history and one-click reordering, but it's entirely optional.

A current market value figure, the comparable sales it's based on, and a short written summary explaining how the figure sits against the local evidence, a concise PDF you can save, print and share. It's deliberately lean: enough evidence to make the number credible in a negotiation, without the compliance sections an auditor or ATO-ready report carries, which is what keeps it at $49 and about an hour.

Upgrade when someone other than you must accept the figure. Choose an SMSF, CGT or Stamp Duty report when a compliance body, the ATO, your auditor or a state revenue office, must accept it, those reports carry the methodology statements and signatures compliance requires. Choose a Certified valuation when the property needs to be inspected in person. If the number is purely for your own decision-making, Basic is usually all you need.