South Australia · checked 6 Oct 2026
AI automation agency Adelaide: a one-off build you own, from A$1,950
Of the providers on Google's first page for Adelaide, the two that print Adelaide prices rent automation for $2,388 (before setup) to $17,160 a year, and that bill comes back every year.
From A$1,950excl. GSTSee pricing →
- Fixed AUD quote from a 2-min recording
- Built in accounts your business owns
- Staff approve what leaves the business
- Calls 3–5pm ACDT, Monday to Saturday
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
Founder-led delivery
Overview
We build the same kind of flow once, for one fixed AUD price from A$1,950, inside n8n or Make accounts in your business's name, and it goes live in 2–6 weeks. To be upfront: Codingclave is a founder-led team in Lucknow, India, with no office in Adelaide. We work with you on WhatsApp and on 3pm–5pm ACDT video calls, Monday to Saturday.
By Ashish Sharma, founder · Updated 6 October 2026
Quick answer
What does an AI automation agency in Adelaide charge over a year?
Rented plans from providers on Google's first page for Adelaide run from $2,388 (before setup) to $17,160 across 12 months. AI Adelaide's Automation Starter is from $199 a month ($2,388 a year) and Automation Business from $399 ($4,788), with setup quoted separately and no GST basis given. The firm called AI Automation Agency bills $110, $220 or $330 a week including GST: $5,720, $11,440 or $17,160 a year. Lightning Ventures' Melbourne page puts projects at $10,000–$80,000 and Aivy says focused automations start from 'a few thousand dollars'. Keek, AI Operator Club and Total AI print no figure. Ours is a single A$1,950–A$23,500 build, with A$80–A$240 monthly monitoring only if you want it.
- One hour of re-keying a week is about $2,696 a year in SA wages alone (ABS, May 2026)
- An A$1,950 build pays for itself in about nine months on a one-hour-a-week job
- Built and tested on sample records until you approve go-live
- Live in 2–6 weeks, in your own n8n or Make account
Local snapshot
Adelaide at a glance
- SA AI Capability Directory
- More than 80 South Australian AI organisations
- Source: aidirectory
.statedevelopment .sa .gov .au
Areas we work with
- Adelaide CBD
- Barossa
- McLaren Vale
- Adelaide Hills
- Norwood
- Unley
- Salisbury
- Port Adelaide
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AI automation agency Adelaide prices as a 12-month bill (checked 6 October 2026)
Prices for this search come as a weekly fee, a monthly 'from' figure, or nothing. The table turns every printed figure into a full year and records the GST basis. Only providers on Google's first page for ai automation agency adelaide, or in its map results, are listed.
| Provider | Price as printed | GST basis | First 12 months | To get started, and to leave |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Automation Agency, Tier 1 | $110 a week, 1,100 tasks a month; unused tasks lapse | Includes GST | $5,720 ($5,200 before GST) | $110 audit fee, refunded only if you activate in the live session; $0 build for 'standard framework builds'; buyout to keep flows: $1,990 inside 12 months, $990 after |
| AI Automation Agency, Tier 2 | $220 a week, up to 7 steps, 2,200 tasks | Includes GST | $11,440 ($10,400 before GST) | Same audit fee and buyout; complex setups may be quoted |
| AI Automation Agency, Tier 3 | $330 a week, up to 12 steps, 3,300 tasks | Includes GST | $17,160 ($15,600 before GST) | Same audit fee and buyout |
| AI Adelaide, Automation Starter | From $199 a month | Not stated | From $2,388, plus setup | Free audit; setup scoped separately; 2–5 business days for standard workflows |
| AI Adelaide, Automation Business | From $399 a month | Not stated | From $4,788, plus setup | Free audit; setup scoped separately |
| Lightning Ventures | Not on its Adelaide page; its Melbourne page says projects typically run $10,000–$80,000 | Not stated | $10,000–$80,000 a project, one-off | Free 30-minute scoping call |
| Aivy | 'A few thousand dollars' for a focused automation | Not stated | No published total | Pilot in 4–6 weeks; no Adelaide page |
| Keek | No rate card ('scoped to the solution') | n/a | No published price | Paid AI Roadmap, price not shown |
| AI Operator Club | No figures; setup fee plus monthly fee | n/a | No published price | Fixed-price written proposal |
| Total AI | Nothing published | n/a | No published price | Strategy call |
| Codingclave (remote, Lucknow, India) | A$1,950–A$23,500 per build, one fixed AUD figure | Not charged: overseas supplier, not GST-registered; ask your accountant about reverse charge | Build fee plus your own n8n or Make plan; A$80–A$240 a month only if you keep monitoring | Free two-minute screen recording on WhatsApp; nothing to buy back |
A 'from' price with setup 'scoped separately' isn't a total, so get AI Adelaide's setup fee in writing before comparing. A weekly rental also keeps charging in year two, while a build you own drops to the platform's fees plus any support you keep. The wider field is on our Australia-wide AI automation page.
Already holding a quote? Send it to us on WhatsApp and we'll price the same job as a build you keep.
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If you stop paying: ownership, exit terms and the 10 December privacy line
AI Automation Agency's terms keep workflows as its IP and switch them off on cancellation unless you buy them out: $1,990 per automation within 12 months, $990 after. Keek, AI Adelaide and AI Operator Club publish no export terms. Whoever you hire, get these answered in writing:
5 questions to ask
- Whose name is the n8n, Make or Zapier account in?
- Who holds the AI key, and whose card pays for usage?
- Can you download every flow today, and will it run without the agency?
- What happens to your data and run logs when you cancel?
- Is there a minimum term?
Our answers: the workspace, keys and a JSON export of every flow are in your business's name, and our login comes off at handover unless you keep monitoring.
From 10 December 2026, APPs 1.7 to 1.9 require organisations covered by the Privacy Act to say in their privacy policy where a computer program makes, or helps make, decisions that significantly affect people (OAIC, 30 September 2026). Health service providers are covered at any turnover. Details: our automated-decisions privacy note and APP 8 for Adelaide businesses.
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Is it worth paying for? Re-keying time priced at South Australian wages
AI Adelaide labels its own value model 'illustrative'. Here's a sourced one. Full-time adults in South Australia averaged $1,970.20 a week in ordinary time earnings in May 2026 (ABS), about $51.85 an hour over 38 hours. That's wages alone, before super and other on-costs.
| Hours re-keyed a week | Wage cost a week | Wage cost over 12 months | Compared with a published plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $51.85 | $2,696 | Just above AI Adelaide Starter's $2,388 before setup |
| 2 hours | $103.69 | $5,392 | A little under AI Automation Agency Tier 1 ($5,720) |
| 5 hours | $259.24 | $13,480 | More than Tier 2 ($11,440) |
| 10 hours | $518.47 | $26,961 | More than Tier 3 ($17,160) |
So a $5,720-a-year plan must save about two hours of someone's week to break even (a little under, if you claim the GST back). An A$1,950 build equals about 37.6 hours of average SA wages: a one-hour-a-week job covers it in roughly nine months before platform fees.
A worked line, as arithmetic rather than a result: a Barossa winery keying 60 grower dockets a week at vintage, at 4 minutes each, spends 4 hours, or about $207 a week at SA pay. On those numbers an A$1,950 build is repaid in about 9 to 10 vintage weeks.
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Tell us what you need and get a quote in writing.
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AI receptionist in Adelaide: who builds the phone agent, and the part we build after the call
Three providers on this page sell what 'ai receptionist adelaide' is looking for: AI Adelaide's Starter plan includes an AI receptionist or missed-call capture, AI Operator Club lists phone agents, and Total AI lists voice agents. If you need a phone agent, start with them: Codingclave doesn't build phone voice agents.
We build what happens after the call. If your receptionist tool can send its call summary by email or webhook, a flow can find or create the caller in your CRM, open a job in ServiceM8, Tradify or Jobber, and draft a follow-up that waits for staff approval.
Already using one? Ask whether its summaries can open jobs automatically.
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When an Adelaide-based or specialist AI provider is the better choice
Four kinds of job are better done onshore or by a specialist:
- Work with Defence security obligations. Some contracts require onshore handling and an Australian entity that a team in India can't provide; the conditions are set out in our Defence and DISP note for Adelaide. Ask the prime contractor first.
- Research-grade machine learning or computer vision. Adelaide University's Australian Institute for Machine Learning, at Lot Fourteen on North Terrace, does that R&D with industry and government.
- Face-to-face staff training. AI Operator Club offers on-site kick-off and training.
- A contract that must be with an Australian business holding an ABN. We don't have one.
For a neutral list, the state's AI Capability Directory, run by the Department of State Development, holds more than 80 SA AI organisations, searchable by capability, industry and priority sector. A no-code agent platform also ranks with an 'SA AI directory' page; that's software you set up yourself.
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Does an Adelaide address matter for AI automation? Where each provider works from
If you want someone at your door, pick a firm with an SA street address: Keek and AI Adelaide show one. If you want automations that keep running after the agency leaves, who owns the accounts matters more than the postcode.
| Provider | Street address shown | ABN shown | Where it says it works from | Its Adelaide page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keek | 60A Lambert Rd, Royston Park SA 5070 | Not recorded | Royston Park | Homepage aimed at Adelaide |
| AI Adelaide | 5 Peel St, Adelaide SA 5000 | Not recorded | Adelaide CBD | Written for Adelaide, with suburb pages |
| AI Operator Club | Not recorded | 60 698 529 510, registered 2026 | Adelaide; one full-time person in SA per its state listing | Short homepage plus the government listing |
| Total AI | None; footer says Adelaide | 64 899 359 545 | Adelaide | Homepage |
| AI Automation Agency | None found for Adelaide | 98 665 807 705 | National, on 1300 242 886 | Same template as its other capital cities |
| Lightning Ventures | Not recorded | Not recorded | Melbourne, per its own footer | Same template as its other city pages |
| Aivy | 1A Bruce St, Kensington VIC 3031 | Not recorded | Melbourne | None; city pages for Melbourne and Sydney only |
| Codingclave | None in Australia | None; no Australian entity | Lucknow, India, working remotely | Written for Adelaide (this page) |
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Workflow automation examples for South Australia’s biggest small-business groups
Of SA's 55,201 employing businesses at June 2025, 50,721 had fewer than 20 staff (ABS), where the owner or one office person usually does the admin. In every example below, a person approves anything that leaves the business.
Wineries: wine-club runs, cellar-door bookings and grower dockets (726 SA wine makers, 1,983 growers)
With the 2026 SA crush down 12% and, nationally, purchased grapes down 6% to $570 a tonne (Wine Australia), docket entry eats into a thinner margin. Worth building in the Barossa, McLaren Vale or the Adelaide Hills: wine-club shipment runs that turn allocations into a pick list and draft dispatch emails; cellar-door booking confirmations with a day-before reminder; and grower delivery dockets read by AI into weight, variety and block, held as a draft bill in Xero or MYOB for your accounts officer (Xero and MYOB integration). For a full LIP record system, see Adelaide custom software for wineries.
Clinics: recalls and no-show follow-ups (1,255 dental, 747 physio, 2,829 other allied health practices)
Cliniko publishes a public REST API for patients, appointments, invoices and patient forms, so a flow reads the system directly. Good first builds for a Norwood or Unley practice: a recall list that drafts messages to patients due back, and a no-show follow-up offering the next open times. Staff see every message first, and the AI only drafts wording, never clinical calls. See medical and allied health clinics and dental practices.
Electricians and plumbers: enquiries, quote nudges and site photos (3,087 and 1,794 businesses)
A web or email enquiry becomes a draft job in ServiceM8, Tradify or Jobber with the address, fault and photos attached. An unanswered quote gets a day-three nudge once the office approves it, and site photos file against the right job instead of an apprentice's camera roll, whether the job is in Salisbury or Port Adelaide. More at tradie businesses.
Accountants and law firms: client document chasing (1,868 and 1,288 practices)
A document-chase sequence checks each client's uploads against a checklist, sends a reminder naming only what's missing, and passes the file to staff after the third attempt. AI confirms each upload is the right kind, such as a bank statement or a signed engagement letter, and the finished set can land beside the client's records in Xero or MYOB.
Real estate offices: rental application triage (2,044 businesses)
After an open inspection, a triage flow collects each rental application, checks for missing documents, summarises it in the same layout every time and drafts the 'one more item' email. A person chooses the tenant, but the summary informs that choice, so read the privacy note above. See real estate agencies.
Cafés and restaurants: the till first (2,957 businesses)
The repeat work mostly lives in the point-of-sale system, so solve it there: see our restaurant POS software.
The largest business counts sit in the City of Adelaide (12,975) and Port Adelaide Enfield (12,721) council areas (ABS, June 2025).
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AI services in Adelaide: agency, agent, consultant or AI company, and what each sells
One search tip first: 'automation adelaide' on its own mostly finds industrial and gate automation, so add 'AI' or 'workflow'.
An AI automation agency builds a chain that runs by itself
An email arrives or a job closes; fixed rules decide where it goes; an AI model does the one step that needs reading or writing, such as pulling figures from a PDF; and a named staff member approves whatever leaves the business or touches money. Most of the work is connecting the apps and limiting what the AI step is allowed to change. A website or WhatsApp chatbot answering from your own FAQs sits in the same build band; phone voice agents don't.
An AI agent picks its own next step
It might look up a customer, then choose between an email and a task. For a small business that needs a short list of allowed actions and a person who signs off, so most jobs here work better as fixed flows with one AI step. If customers need their own app, see Adelaide app developers.
An AI consultant advises before anything is built
For Adelaide that's a paid diagnostic (Keek's AI Roadmap, AI Automation Agency's $110 audit) or a free call (AI Adelaide, Lightning Ventures). No provider on Google's first page prints an hourly rate. We don't bill by the hour, and the first look is free.
An AI development company trains or fine-tunes models
That's research-grade machine learning or computer vision: see the specialist section above. Software built around an existing model is custom software in Adelaide.
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Hiring a team in India from Adelaide: the straight answers
Your customer data
We build and test on sample records. Live data flows only after you approve go-live, inside your accounts. Our access is a login you invite and can remove at any time.
Paying
You get one AUD quote for the build. The payment stages and method are confirmed in writing for your business before you sign.
If something breaks
Any fix period after go-live is confirmed in writing for your business before you sign. Monitoring after that is optional.
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An automation project on Adelaide time: ACDT, the half-hour offset and who gets the alert
Adelaide went onto ACDT (UTC+10:30) on 4 October 2026 and returns to ACST (UTC+9:30) on 4 April 2027. Our Monday-to-Saturday day, 10am to 7pm in India, is 3pm to midnight in Adelaide for now, two hours alongside a 9-to-5 office; from 4 April it's 2pm to 11pm, three hours of overlap.
Flows don’t keep our hours
Each one runs on your own n8n or Make account, day and night.
Morning failures don’t wait on us
Adelaide's morning is our night, so we build each flow to leave the original email or record untouched when a run fails. A named person on your staff gets an alert saying what stopped, can finish that one item by hand, and we fix the cause from 3pm ACDT.
Live reviews from 3pm to 5pm ACDT
Go-live and side-by-side reviews sit in that window. Saturday hours suit owner-operators who can't step away midweek, and progress notes are waiting the next morning.
Watch the half-hour offset
A reminder set for 9am Sydney time fires at 8:30am in Adelaide all year; one on Brisbane time lands at 9:30am in summer and 8:30am in winter. We pin every schedule to Australia/Adelaide by name.
More on working with us from Adelaide. To talk a job through, ask for a 3pm ACDT call on WhatsApp.
Same service, other cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and the Gold Coast.
Pricing in AUD
What we charge an Adelaide business for automation
A fixed AUD price for the flow you recorded. Where a job lands in its band depends on how many apps it joins, how many rule sets it follows and how many approvals it needs. One trigger, two apps and one AI step, such as emailed dockets into Xero as drafts, sits toward the lower end; several linked flows with staff approvals sit higher.
AI chatbot
A$1,950 – A$23,500
Excl. GSTAI chatbot (website or WhatsApp) · Typical timeline: 2–6 weeks
One automation with an AI step, or a website or WhatsApp chatbot, built in your accounts and live in 2–6 weeks.
Get a quote for this planHosting, backups, monitoring and support
A$80 – A$240a month
Excl. GSTHosting, backups, monitoring and support · Ongoing, cancel any time
Optional: we watch run logs and repair a flow when one of your apps changes. Every login is already yours, so dropping it loses nothing.
Get a quote for this planCustom CRM
A$4,900 – A$35,000
Excl. GSTCustom CRM · Typical timeline: 4–8 weeks
Needed only if a flow has nowhere to store its records, such as a grower register. See custom software in Adelaide.
Get a quote for this plan
- Fixed price in AUD
- Free scoping call
- No obligation
Your n8n or Make plan and AI usage are billed by those providers to your card. Payment stages, method and any post-launch fix period are confirmed in writing for your business before you sign.
Prices are in Australian dollars and do not include GST: Codingclave is an overseas (India-based) supplier and is not registered for Australian GST. If your business is GST-registered, check with your accountant whether the reverse-charge rules apply to imported services.
Fixed AUD quote
Which Adelaide job should we price first?
Send a two-minute screen recording, or just describe the job in a WhatsApp message, and Ashish replies with one fixed AUD price in writing. No call needed, no obligation.
Ashish Sharma
Founder, Codingclave
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- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
- Founder-led delivery
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Film your screen doing the task and send it on WhatsApp, or describe it in a message. There's no audit fee.
One fixed AUD figure
The written quote lists each app, each rule and who signs off the output.
Accounts in your name
You create the n8n or Make workspace and AI key under your business and invite us. We build on sample records.
Side-by-side run
The flow drafts, a person checks every result, and we review them together on a 3–5pm ACDT call.
Handover
You get the exports and a run note, and our login comes off unless you choose monitoring.
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- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
- Founder-led delivery
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Ashish Sharma
Founder, Codingclave · Updated 6 October 2026
Ashish founded Codingclave in Lucknow, India, in 2017 and still leads delivery on every project.
Sources (12)· public sources cited on this page
- Australian Bureau of Statistics – Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, July 2022 – June 2026
- Australian Bureau of Statistics – Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2026
- Wine Australia – National Vintage Report 2026
- Department of State Development (SA) – AI Capability Directory, including the AI Operator Club listing
- OAIC – New resources on transparency for use of AI and automated decision-making (30 Sep 2026)
- AI Adelaide – AI automation Adelaide plans (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- AI Automation Agency – Weekly plan tiers and audit fee (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- AI Automation Agency – Terms of service, IP and buyout clause (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Keek – Home page, address and engagement model (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Lightning Ventures – AI agency Melbourne page, project price range (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Aivy – Home page, starting price and timelines (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Cliniko – API documentation