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Melbourne AI automation · 6 Oct 2026

AI automation agency in Melbourne: one fixed AUD price, you keep the workflow

Send us the one job your Melbourne team retypes every week (say, a Dandenong South wholesaler keying emailed purchase orders) and you get a workflow map and one fixed price, from A$1,950.

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  • One job, one fixed price, from A$1,950
  • Accounts and exports in your name
  • Built overnight; live 3:30⁠–⁠5pm AEDT
  • 8 Melbourne agencies compared
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Overview

The platform account, AI key and exports sit in your business's name, so the flow keeps running if you stop paying us; only the platform bills you. Published Melbourne offers run from A$110 a week for an automation you rent to $10,000-plus projects for firms far larger than most here, and three of the seven we could read print no figure. We're a remote team in India, live from 3:30pm Melbourne time.

By Ashish Sharma, founder · Updated 6 October 2026

Quick answer

What do Melbourne AI automation agencies charge, and what does one automation cost in year one?

On 6 October 2026, AI Automation Agency charged A$110, A$220 or A$330 a week including GST per managed automation (A$5,720⁠–⁠A$17,160 over 52 weeks), and the agency keeps the workflow unless you pay a buyout. AI Pivot rents Workflow Automation at $995 a month, about $11,940 a year. Lightning Ventures quotes $10,000⁠–⁠$80,000 projects and Team 400 starts at $25,000. Growthfirst, Appliers and Aivy print no figure. Ours: one fixed build of A$1,950⁠–⁠A$23,500, optional care at A$80⁠–⁠A$240 a month, and the platform plan billed to you.

  • Of eight Melbourne-ranking agencies, seven were readable: two print a full price list, two a range or floor, three no figure
  • A$5,720 is the lowest published year-one figure we found for a workflow automation
  • Ask in writing who keeps the workflow if you cancel
  • Already quoted elsewhere? Send that quote on WhatsApp for a fixed figure to compare
Map of Australia showing Melbourne, VictoriaMelbourne is in Victoria (VIC). Other cities we serve are marked for reference.
Melbourne is in Victoria (VIC). Other cities we serve are marked for reference.

Local snapshot

Melbourne at a glance

Greater Melbourne trading businesses
About 595,600 (June 2025); 67.8% have no employees
Source: abs.gov.au
Melbourne firms with 5–19 staff
About 43,600, or 7.3% (June 2025)
Source: abs.gov.au
Biggest employing industries
Construction about 32,700; professional services about 32,000
Source: abs.gov.au
Victoria, 30 June 2026
773,986 trading businesses, up 2.6% in a year
Source: abs.gov.au
Subsidised digital advice in Victoria
Up to 5 hours via Melbourne Innovation Centre, for firms under 20 staff
Source: business.gov.au

Areas we work with

  • Melbourne CBD
  • Docklands
  • Richmond
  • Cremorne
  • Collingwood
  • Dandenong South
  • Campbellfield
  • Braeside
  • Box Hill
  • Mornington Peninsula

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What an AI automation agency in Melbourne charges: 8 firms tried 6 October 2026

Most cost answers online quote US agencies in US dollars. These agencies rank for this search in Melbourne; each was read on its own site on 6 October 2026.

Published prices, 6 Oct 2026. Year one = 52 weekly or 12 monthly fees; ours is the one-off build. 13Labs' page was offline (HTTP 402).
AgencyPublished price and how you payGST as publishedOne automation, year oneTime to first flowBase as publishedIf you stop paying
AI Automation Agency (AAA)Weekly, per managed automation: A$110, A$220 or A$330 (3, 7 or 12 steps; 1,100/2,200/3,300 tasks a month); A$0 setup; A$110 audit, refunded only if you sign up during itInc. GSTA$5,720, A$11,440 or A$17,16014-day delivery guarantee in its termsTerms governed by Queensland lawAgency keeps and deactivates the workflow; buyout A$1,990 under 12 months, A$990 after
AI Pivot ToolboxMonthly per service: workflow $995, invoices $895, chatbot $295, voice agent $295Not stated$11,940 (workflow) or $10,740 (invoices)Not statedNot statedMonth-to-month, no lock-in; who keeps the workflow on exit not stated
Lightning VenturesProject, $10,000⁠–⁠$80,000; free scoping call, then paid 1⁠–⁠2 week discovery (home page)Not stated$10,000+ plus discovery2⁠–⁠6 weeks to productionMelbourne CBDHandover on your infrastructure, as stated
Team 400Packages from $25,000; custom $50,000⁠–⁠$250,000, aimed at 50⁠–⁠500 staffNot stated$25,000+Not statedBrisbane head officeNot stated
AivyFixed-scope work order; 'a few thousand dollars' per workflow; clients typically from around $10M revenueNot statedNot published6⁠–⁠12 weeksKensington VICSays you own what it builds, with handover and no lock-in
GrowthfirstNo price; builds on GoHighLevel and n8nn/aNot published; GoHighLevel lists US$97⁠–⁠US$497 a month2⁠–⁠4 weeks for one workflowNo address shownSays you own it; ask whose name the sub-account is in
Appliers AIProgramme; no price, quoted after a free calln/aNot publishedNot statedKensington VIC, as listed on Google on 6 Oct 2026Not stated
Enterprise MonkeyAI strategy, automation and agents (search snippet); no price shownn/an/an/an/aPage blocked our check
Codingclave (this page)Fixed build A$1,950⁠–⁠A$23,500; optional care A$80⁠–⁠A$240 a monthNone charged: overseas supplier, not GST-registered (reverse charge may apply)From A$1,950; at most A$26,380 with a year of care; platform plan on top2⁠–⁠6 weeksLucknow, India; works remotelyExports and accounts stay yours

The lowest weekly entry never becomes yours without a second payment, and the $10,000 and $25,000 floors are set for firms well above the Melbourne norm.

Comparing an offer you've been sent? Send us that quote and the job it covers and we'll price owning the same flow. Three-year costs with platform fees: national rent-or-own comparison.

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Who owns the automation when you stop paying a Melbourne agency?

Renting the cheapest AI Automation Agency (AAA) flow costs A$5,720 a year and the workflow stays the agency's; a fixed build from A$1,950, plus a platform plan on your own card, stays with you.

AAA's terms keep the workflow logic, API configurations and code as its intellectual property until a buyout is paid, and switch pipelines off on cancellation: A$1,990 per automation inside 12 months, A$990 after (A$3,990 and A$2,200 on the custom tier). Its FAQ adds that an early exit also means paying out the first year's plan, which the terms don't mention, so ask which binds you. Growthfirst and Aivy say clients own the build; on GoHighLevel and n8n, check who owns the account. AI Pivot is month-to-month with no lock-in but doesn't say who keeps the workflow.

Five exit points to pin down in the contract:

  • Whose name is the workspace or sub-account in?

    n8n, Make, Zapier and GoHighLevel each have one account owner. It should be your business, with the agency added as a user.

  • Do the export, the prompts and a credential list come with me?

    Ask for the workflow export (n8n or Make JSON, a Zapier shared Zap, a GoHighLevel snapshot), the prompts, and a list of logins to re-enter, since exports leave credentials out. Handing those over is quick; AAA instead charges A$990–A$3,990 per automation to keep a flow running after you leave.

  • What switches off on cancellation, and how much notice is needed?

    AAA needs 7 days' notice, then deactivates the pipelines. List the customer-facing steps that would stop, and the manual fallback.

  • Which state’s law governs the contract?

    AAA's terms choose Queensland law. Know which state's law a dispute would be argued under.

  • Whose card pays the platform and AI bills, and is usage marked up?

    A bundled platform hides its real cost. Paying n8n, Make or the AI provider directly shows it; our platform comparison lists current plans.

Our answer: you open the platform account and AI key on your own card and invite us as a user; handover brings the exports, prompts and a runbook, and we close our login. Send us an exit clause you've been offered and ask what owning that flow would cost.

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Business automation in Melbourne, area by area: the first job to automate

Construction (about 32,700 employing businesses) and professional services (about 32,000) lead Greater Melbourne, with health care at about 16,700. Each row pairs an ABS area with a first job we would price; it shows where an industry is concentrated, not where we have worked.

Employing businesses by Melbourne area, June 2025 (ABS 8165.0 data cube 8, SA2 and SA4 sums, approximate)
AreaEmploying businesses (about)Biggest groupsFirst job worth pricing
Melbourne CBD – West5,642Professional services 2,031; finance and insurance 888New-client onboarding: chase ID and the signed engagement letter, then key details into practice software
Melbourne CBD – East; Docklands2,857; 1,395Professional services 655 and 353; finance and insurance 427 and 219Shared-inbox enquiries sorted by service line, with a draft reply waiting for a staff member to approve
Richmond (South)–Cremorne; Collingwood1,778; 1,135Professional services 532; 418Discovery-call notes into a draft proposal; timesheet chase into a draft invoice in Xero or MYOB
Dandenong – South2,486Manufacturing 635; wholesale 417Emailed purchase orders matched to stock and keyed as sales orders; dispatch notices from the same record
Campbellfield–Coolaroo; Braeside1,592; 757Manufacturing 365; 168Distributor quote requests sorted by product line, with a draft quote for the sales rep to check
Inner East (including Box Hill); Inner South16,416; 17,691Health care 2,394 and 1,866 (professional services lead both)Pre-appointment forms condensed into a one-page summary a practitioner signs off; see clinic systems and dental practices
Outer East, North East, North West, South East, West, Mornington Peninsula18,918; 17,022; 13,990; 31,180; 24,920; 11,192Construction leads each: 4,754; 4,077; 3,270; 6,162; 4,463; 3,150Missed-call text-back, then the quote request turned into a job card in ServiceM8 or Tradify; see trade systems

Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo keep Melbourne's clock, and a business there would brief us the same way.

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Worked example: emailed purchase orders at a Dandenong South wholesaler

An example quote, not a client: a 12-person wholesaler receives about 60 purchase orders a week as PDFs, and one administrator keys each into the accounting file.

  • What starts it

    A new email lands in the orders inbox with a PDF attached.

  • What runs

    An AI step reads the customer, PO number, product codes and quantities. The flow checks each line against stock, creates a draft sales order in Xero, MYOB or the ERP, acknowledges the customer once approved, and raises the dispatch notice from the same record.

  • Who signs off

    The administrator approves every draft in week one. After that only exceptions stop for a person: a missing PO number, an unknown product code or a total that doesn't add up.

  • What year one costs

    One fixed build figure inside A$1,950–A$23,500, set in writing after mapping; the four factors in our price list decide where it lands. Optional care adds A$960–A$2,880 a year. The n8n or Make plan and AI usage go on the wholesaler's own card. Rented on AAA's 12-step Scale tier, the same flow would cost A$17,160 a year.

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Is an AI automation agency worth it for a Melbourne business your size?

Most published offers suit firms bigger than the Melbourne norm: Aivy works with businesses typically from around $10M in revenue, Team 400 aims at 50–500 staff and Lightning Ventures opens at $10,000. Yet about nine in ten Greater Melbourne businesses have fewer than five staff; the 5–19 row is the one this page is written for.

Greater Melbourne trading businesses by staff, June 2025 (ABS 8165.0 data cube 8, SA2 sums, SA4s 206–214; approximate)
StaffShare of about 595,600 trading businessesCount (about)Which kind of agency fits
None (sole operators)67.8%404,000A Zapier or Make template, or Digital Solutions advice first; usually no agency
1⁠–⁠422.5%134,000One small fixed build or a weekly rental; do the year-one maths first
5⁠–⁠197.3%43,600The centre of our band: one to three flows at a fixed price
20⁠–⁠1992.3%13,500Our upper band, or custom software once several systems are involved
200 or moreAbout 0.1%768Enterprise consultancies such as Team 400 or the Big Four

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Best AI automation agency in Melbourne? Five kinds, and who each suits

Nobody can objectively name the best; the roundup ranking for 'top AI automation agencies Melbourne' is Team 400's own, with itself first. Judge the kind of provider against your size, a written price, who owns the workflow, who hears about a failed run, and a test run on copies of your own records before go-live.

Kinds of provider ranking in Melbourne, entry points as published on 6 Oct 2026
KindMelbourne-ranking examplesTypical entry point (as published)SuitsWatch for
Managed weekly subscriptionAI Automation AgencyA$110 a week inc. GSTOne simple flow, nobody in-house to mind itRented, not owned; buyout to leave with it
Monthly service rentalAI Pivot$295⁠–⁠$995 a month per serviceTrialling one channel, such as a chatbotOwnership on exit not stated
Fixed-price build studioLightning Ventures; Codingclave$10,000+ (Lightning); A$1,950+ (ours)Owning a defined flowScope creep: ask what 'fixed' covers
Mid-market AI consultancyTeam 400, Aivy, Appliers AIFrom $25,000 (Team 400); Aivy targets businesses from around $10M revenue50⁠–⁠500 staff, change across teamsCost and pace under 20 staff
Big Four and enterpriseKPMG, Deloitte, Accenture, PwC (Team 400's roundup)Not publishedASX-listed companies and governmentOverkill below about 200 staff

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Business process automation vs RPA vs AI workflows for Melbourne firms

Search 'business process automation Melbourne' and IT-services firms selling RPA dominate. The terms mean different work, and the fit depends mostly on whether your software has an API.

  • Business process automation: redesign the steps first

    BPA settles which steps the job needs, who approves what and where data lives. Sometimes a step is simply deleted.

  • RPA: a software robot clicking through screens

    A bot repeats a person's clicks and keystrokes. Widely used products include UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Microsoft Power Automate and SS&C Blue Prism; any 'top five' list comes from analysts or vendors. RPA earns its place on older desktop software with no API, and a changed screen can break it.

  • AI workflow automation: apps talking through their APIs

    Flows on n8n, Make or Zapier pass data between apps directly and call an AI model only where a step must read or write, such as lifting order lines from a PDF.

Searching 'automation companies in Melbourne' for PLC, robotics or factory-line work? That's industrial automation, which we don't do.

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Victoria’s Health Records Act and AI automation: clinics, gyms and HR files

The Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) sets Health Privacy Principles for health information handled in Victoria, with no exemption for small businesses. General information, not legal advice.

  • Who it covers

    Clinics and allied health practices, plus gyms, insurers and any employer holding staff health details in personnel records, so an onboarding flow collecting a new starter's medical information can fall inside it. The federal A$3 million turnover threshold doesn't help either: the OAIC says the Privacy Act covers every health service provider.

  • What it changes in a build

    A practitioner approves each AI summary before anyone relies on it, only the minimum fields go to the AI provider, names are left out where a step doesn't need them, and every run is logged. Storage location is settled in writing, per our price-list note.

  • Where complaints go, and the December 2026 policy rule

    Complaints under the Victorian Act go to the Health Complaints Commissioner. Separately, from 10 December 2026 privacy policies must disclose computer programs that make, or substantially help make, decisions significantly affecting people; it is not a rule to announce AI in every chat. Detail: our national automated-decision section.

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An India-based automation team on a Melbourne clock: what a week looks like

Typed 'AI automation agency near me'? We aren't near, and won't pretend to be. Ashish Sharma founded Codingclave Development LLP in Lucknow, India, in 2017 and still leads delivery. We have no office, ABN, phone number or employee in Australia; Melbourne businesses brief us on WhatsApp, by email or over video.

  • What you give up

    In-person workshops, a Melbourne street address and an Australian number to ring; if workshops in the room matter most, choose a provider you can visit. Mornings too: a problem spotted at 9am waits until our working day starts at 3:30pm, Monday to Saturday, so a named person on your team can switch any flow off without us.

  • What you get

    A fixed AUD price, every account in your name, and build work done in your evening. Proof you can check: ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews, read them), 200+ projects since 2017 (our work), Top Rated on Upwork and founder-led delivery.

Melbourne, daylight saving (AEDT), 4 Oct 2026 – 4 Apr 2027; we work Monday to Saturday
Melbourne timeWhat's happening
Before 3:30pmYour team works; anything sent on WhatsApp waits in our queue
3:30⁠–⁠5:00pmThe live window, 1.5 hours: calls, screen shares and approvals
5:00pm⁠–⁠12:30amBuilding and test runs while your staff are offline and your systems are quiet
Next morningA progress note and a short recording are waiting

How our hours shift when daylight saving ends is on our Melbourne page.

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Free or low-cost AI advice in Victoria before you pay any agency

Before paying anyone, us included, a business under 20 full-time staff, or a sole trader, can use the federal Digital Solutions program. Melbourne Innovation Centre (1300 855 976) runs it in Victoria: up to 5 hours of one-on-one digital advice, AI included, for what business.gov.au calls a small fee, plus free workshops and webinars.

Use those hours to pick the first job and test whether software you already pay for can do it, then get a fixed price for building it. Doing it yourself? Zapier and Make have free tiers and n8n can be self-hosted; our platform comparison sets out the limits.

Pricing in AUD

What we charge for a Melbourne automation job

Once the workflow is mapped, the quote is one figure inside the band, in writing. Four things move it: how many apps the flow touches, how many branches its rules have, whether an AI step reads documents, and how many sign-offs it needs.

Nearer the bottom: one trigger, two apps, no document reading, such as a web enquiry logged to your CRM with a reply drafted. Nearer the top: several apps, branching rules, AI reading PDFs and two approvals, like the Dandenong purchase-order flow above.

  • AI chatbot

    A$1,950 – A$23,500

    Excl. GST

    AI chatbot (website or WhatsApp) · Typical timeline: 2–6 weeks

    AI workflow automation as well as chatbots: one flow or a small set on n8n, Make or Zapier, with an AI step where a PDF must be read or a reply drafted.

    Get a quote for this plan

  • Hosting, backups, monitoring and support

    A$80 – A$240a month

    Excl. GST

    Hosting, backups, monitoring and support · Ongoing, cancel any time

    Optional: someone watches run logs, answers failure alerts and repairs the flow when Xero, ServiceM8 or your inbox changes.

    Get a quote for this plan

  • Custom software, portal or SaaS

    A$9,800 – A$98,000

    Excl. GST

    Custom software, portal or SaaS · Typical timeline: 6–16 weeks

    For a job spanning several systems or needing a portal; see the Melbourne custom software page.

    Get a quote for this plan
  • Fixed price in AUD
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  • No obligation

Each vendor bills platform and AI usage to your own account. How payments are split, any bug-fix period and the hosting region 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.

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What should we automate for your Melbourne team?

Name the job, the apps it touches and how often it runs. We'll come back with a fixed AUD figure for automating it, or tell you plainly that a tool you already pay for can do it.

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How it works

From one repeated job to a running flow, on Melbourne time

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  1. Tell us the one job

    WhatsApp, the form, or a call from 3:30pm Melbourne time. A screenshot or short recording helps.

  2. A diagram and a single price

    What starts the flow, where it branches, which step uses AI and who signs off, with one fixed price, or a note that an app you already have does it.

  3. You open the accounts, then invite us

    The platform account and AI key go on your card, with a spending cap you set; we join as a user. The AI provider's data-use and retention terms are then yours to read and set before anything is connected.

  4. Built on copies, tested after your staff log off

    We build on copied or de-identified records and test in your evening, away from live work.

  5. A week side by side with the old way

    The flow runs beside the manual process with approvals on, so your team checks every result.

  6. Exports, runbook, and our access closed

    Exports, prompts and a runbook come to you, a named person on your team gets failure alerts, and we remove our login. Add care if you want us watching.

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How much do AI automation agencies charge in Melbourne?

Published Melbourne prices start at A$110 a week including GST for one rented automation, A$5,720 over a year. AI Pivot rents workflow automation at $995 a month, Lightning Ventures prices projects at $10,000–$80,000 and Team 400 starts at $25,000; Growthfirst, Appliers and Aivy publish no figure. Codingclave quotes one fixed build between A$1,950 and A$23,500, with optional care at A$80–A$240 a month.

Do I own the automation if I stop paying a Melbourne agency?

Only if the contract says so. One Melbourne-ranking subscription keeps the workflow as its own intellectual property and deactivates it on cancellation unless you pay a buyout of A$1,990 in the first year or A$990 after. Others say you own the work but may run it in accounts they control. Ask whose name the platform account is in and whether the export file and prompts come with you. With us, you open the accounts and keep the exports.

Is a Melbourne-based AI agency better than one working remotely?

For some buyers, yes. A Melbourne-based agency can run in-person workshops and share your whole working day, which counts if your team needs hands-on change management. A remote team like ours offers a fixed AUD price, accounts in your name and evening build work, with 1.5 hours of live overlap, 3:30pm to 5pm AEDT. For one defined flow, written terms matter more than distance.

Do Melbourne AI consultants publish an hourly rate?

None of the eight Melbourne-ranking firms we checked prints one. The nearest paid entry points are Lightning Ventures' paid 1–2 week discovery, after a free 30-minute scoping call, and AI Automation Agency's A$110 audit booking, refunded only if you sign up during it. Independent advice comes through Digital Solutions: up to 5 hours for a small fee for businesses under 20 staff. We quote a fixed build price rather than hours.

What does an AI receptionist cost a Melbourne business?

AI Pivot lists an AI Voice Agent at $295 a month, about $3,540 a year, with the GST basis not stated, and it is rented rather than owned. We build what happens around the call instead: a missed or after-hours call triggers a text-back, the caller's details and request go into your CRM or job system, and a staff member gets a short summary to act on. That work is quoted inside our A$1,950–A$23,500 band, and any phone or voice platform bills your own account.

What happens when the AI misreads an order or a supplier bill?

While the flow is new, nothing reaches Xero, MYOB or your ERP unchecked: for the first week it runs beside your manual process with approvals on. After that, any document the AI can't read cleanly, such as a missing PO number or a total that doesn't add up, lands in an approval queue instead of going through. A named person on your team gets the alert and can pause the flow without us.

Is RPA better than AI for business process automation?

Only when the software has no API. RPA tools such as UiPath or Power Automate drive the screen as a person would, the one way into some older desktop systems, but a changed layout can break them. Where your apps have APIs, as Xero, MYOB and ServiceM8 do, an API workflow with an AI step is usually cheaper to run and needs less repair.

Does Victoria's Health Records Act apply to automating clinic, gym or staff records?

Yes, when the flow handles health information in Victoria. The Health Privacy Principles bind private organisations of any size, and the Department of Health names gyms, insurers and employers' personnel records among those covered. Send the AI provider only the fields it needs, log every run and have a practitioner approve any summary. Complaints go to the Health Complaints Commissioner. General information, not legal advice.

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Sources (12)· public sources cited on this page

  1. ABS – Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, latest release (18 Aug 2026)
  2. ABS – 8165.0 Data cube 8: businesses by industry, SA2 and employment size, June 2025
  3. Victorian Department of Health – Health Records Act
  4. OAIC – Small business and the Privacy Act
  5. OAIC – Transparency for use of AI and automated decision-making (30 Sep 2026)
  6. business.gov.au – Digital Solutions, Australian Small Business Advisory Services
  7. AI Automation Agency – Melbourne page, plans, terms and FAQ (checked 6–7 Oct 2026)
  8. AI Pivot – AI automation Melbourne (checked 6 Oct 2026)
  9. Lightning Ventures – AI agency Melbourne (checked 6 Oct 2026)
  10. Lightning Ventures – Home page, scoping call and paid discovery (checked 7 Oct 2026)
  11. Team 400 – Home page FAQ (checked 6 Oct 2026)
  12. Aivy – AI automation Melbourne (checked 6 Oct 2026)