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Compare: Absolute Domestics
Quick answer: Absolute Domestics is a cleaning agency: it screens and matches independent cleaners, and you pay the cleaner directly after each clean. Its pages publish regular cleans from $82 or $99 for the first two hours, using your products. Simply Maid books independent cleaners at a fixed price by home size, and the cleaner brings the products and equipment.
How the two compare on price, payment, products, guarantees and cancelling, from each business's own published pages, and where to read Absolute Domestics' reviews.
Simply Maid · completed cleans
Selected examples from Simply Maid’s own records across Australia. Any customer feedback shown is selected positive feedback about that visit. Historical work and prices do not establish current availability.
Hyde Park, Adelaide
Julian M.’s clean
monthly
Completed October 2026
$537Recorded booking amount
Recorded tasks: Inside Oven Deep Clean, Inside Fridge Clean, Inside Cabinets & Drawers + 1 more
Cleaners on this visit
South Lake, Perth
Christopher C.’s clean
one time
Completed October 2026
$333Recorded booking amount
Recorded tasks: Inside Oven Deep Clean
Punchbowl, Sydney
Maryam S.’s clean
one time
Completed October 2026
$257Recorded booking amount
Showing 3 of 9 selected examples. Amounts are historical booking records; today’s quote uses your property and requirements.
Both use independent cleaners. With Absolute Domestics you book through the agency, agree the time with your cleaner and pay them directly; with Simply Maid you book and pay Simply Maid at a fixed price.
| Compared | Simply Maid (us)Booking platform with independent cleaners | Absolute DomesticsIntroduction agency |
|---|---|---|
| Where it operates | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and the Gold Coast.[1]Coverage follows each cleaner's travel area; booking shows the dates available. | All seven of our cities, plus other areas; availability is checked by postcode.[2] |
| Home cleaning types | Standard clean (one-off or regular), deep clean, and end of lease or move-in clean. Separate carpet steam cleaning and routine office and commercial cleaning are also offered.[3]This guide compares house cleaning. Carpet and business cleans have their own scope, minimums and availability checks; booking a business clean is a request until a cleaner accepts. Outside window cleaning is excluded. | Regular weekly or fortnightly, once-off (including end of lease), and NDIS, aged care and DVA-funded cleaning. Residential only.[2] |
| How you get a price | A fixed price online before you book. No quote visit or call needed.[4] | Book online with prices shown, or by phone; the agency matches a nearby cleaner and you agree the arrival time with them.[2] |
| Who chooses the cleaner | The job is offered to available cleaners near you; you can't choose a named cleaner when you book.[1]Cleaners are independent contractors who set their own availability and accept or decline work. | The agency matches a cleaner; you can ask for a replacement.[2] |
| How the price is set | Fixed price by service, bedrooms, bathrooms and how often. A standard clean starts from $221.[4]Includes GST and the Care & Cover fee. The same in every city. Live from the booking calculator. | Regular cleans: its FAQ says $99 for the first 2 hours, then $38 an hour per cleaner; other pages show from $82 for 2 hours, varying by suburb.[2]GST not stated. Once-off prices also differ between its pages. Its cleaner terms define a placement fee owed by the client; whether published prices include it isn't stated. |
| Minimum booking | Priced per clean, not by the hour, so there's no minimum number of hours.[4] | 2 hours for regular cleans; 3 hours for once-off cleans.[5] |
| Equipment and products | The cleaner brings products and equipment, including a vacuum and mop.[6] | Regular cleans use your products and equipment; once-off and end of lease cleaners bring their own.[2]The cleaner can bring equipment to a regular clean for a small extra charge. |
| Cleaner checks | Cleaners are identity-verified and pass Simply Maid's skills assessment.[1] | Five steps: phone and face-to-face interviews, identity check, national police check and work history check.[2] |
| Insurance | Care & Cover on every booking includes up to $10 million public liability insurance through Chubb.[7]Conditions and exclusions apply; report damage within 48 hours. | Registered cleaners are covered by $20 million public liability and personal accident insurance.[2]Insurer and excess not published. |
| If something is missed | Report a missed task within 48 hours and eligible concerns get a free re-clean of those areas within seven business days. If you're still unhappy, a review and a fair credit or refund.[8]Doesn't apply if access, water or power was missing, or the scope changed after booking. | If a clean isn't up to standard, the agency works with you and the cleaner to fix it or arranges a different cleaner.[2]No time window published; bond return isn't guaranteed. |
| Cancelling or rescheduling | Free with at least 24 hours' notice. Inside 24 hours, a fee may apply under the current terms.[1]If the cleaner can't get in after 20 minutes, the booking is cancelled and the lockout fee in the current terms applies. | No cancellation fee and no lock-in contract; it asks for at least 72 hours' notice.[2] |
| Problems and support | Phone and email, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm local time, plus the help centre.[9] | Phone Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm AEST, a contact form and a client login.[2] |
| Same cleaner each time | On a regular plan Simply Maid aims to keep the same cleaner, and you can ask for a change.[10]A particular cleaner can't be guaranteed every visit. | One assigned cleaner for regular cleans, with a fill-in when available if they're away.[2] |
| When you pay | A card hold about 48 hours before the clean; the charge is taken after it.[11]Visa, Mastercard or American Express. | You pay the cleaner directly at the end of each clean, by card, bank transfer or cash.[2] |
Absolute Domestics finds and screens the cleaner; the cleaner works for themselves, and you deal with them for the time and the payment.
With Simply Maid you pay Simply Maid, the cleaner brings the products and equipment, and the price you see is the price you pay, including GST and the Care & Cover fee.
Employment, franchise, contractor and introduction models allocate selection, payment, attendance and remedies differently. These are questions for the chosen service, not claims that any model always assigns a duty to a particular party. Establish who selects the cleaner, who receives payment, who manages absence and who can authorise a remedy. A business name or platform label alone does not answer those questions.
Get the responsibility for each job in writing.
Absolute Domestics publishes different prices for the same clean on different pages, so check the price in its booking app for your address.
With Simply Maid, a standard clean of a two-bedroom, one-bathroom home is $253 one-off, and $317 for three bedrooms and two bathrooms, live from our booking calculator, including GST and the Care & Cover fee. An hourly rate and a fixed price for a home aren't directly comparable: compare a quote for the same home, scope and frequency. What house cleaning costs shows how.
Compare equivalent work and arrangements before comparing prices. Unstated fees or terms remain unknown until confirmed; this diagram does not rank providers.
A headline hourly rate is only one part.
Absolute Domestics charges no cancellation fee but asks for 72 hours' notice; Simply Maid is free to cancel until 24 hours before.
This guide isn't a review of Absolute Domestics' service. Read recent reviews from its customers on sites it doesn't control, and look at how it answers critical ones.
When you read them, sort by newest, look for homes and services like yours, and read the replies to critical reviews. Different sites and customers produce different scores, so we don't compare star ratings between businesses. We haven't used Absolute Domestics' service for this guide.
Absolute Domestics can be the better fit for some households.
Simply Maid may suit you better if you'd like one fixed price for your home with GST included, the cleaner to bring everything, payment handled for you, and a guarantee with a stated reporting window.
Method
We compare what each business publishes about how its service works, not how well any one clean was done.
Yes. It describes itself as a recruitment and referral agency: its cleaners are independent contractors, and the agency recruits, screens, insures and matches them and manages bookings and replacements.
The cleaner. Absolute Domestics says you pay your cleaner directly at the end of each clean, by card, bank transfer or cash. Its cleaner terms also define a placement fee the client owes the agency; ask how much it is before you book.
For once-off, spring and end of lease cleans the cleaner brings products and equipment. Regular cleans use yours, unless you pay a small extra charge for the cleaner to bring equipment.
Its pages differ: regular cleans from $82 or $99 for 2 hours, then $38 an hour, and once-off cleans from $195 to $325 depending on the page and the products used. GST isn't mentioned. Check the price in its booking app for your address.
Its FAQ says there's no cancellation fee and no lock-in contract, and asks for at least 72 hours' notice. Simply Maid is free to cancel with 24 hours' notice; inside 24 hours a fee may apply under the current cancellation terms.
Who wrote and edited this article, when its sources were checked, and what changed.
Current version
8 October 2026 — Updated by Huy Hoang.
Replaced fixed Simply Maid discounts and applicable fees with live booking values, and corrected package inclusions where relevant. Competitor figures retain their original source dates.
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Competitor details are taken from each provider's own published pages on the dates shown. Terms and prices change, so check the provider's current terms before you book. Simply Maid publishes these guides and competes with the businesses in them.