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Compare: Fantastic Cleaners
Quick answer: Fantastic Cleaners charges regular cleaning by the hour, from $45 an hour weekly with a two-hour minimum, and lower rates with its paid Fantastic Club. Its terms say it introduces you to a local provider. Simply Maid shows one fixed price for your home online, with supplies included. Fantastic suits people who want a low hourly rate and many services; Simply Maid suits people who want a set price.
How the two compare on price, membership, supplies, guarantees and cancellations, from each business's own published pages.
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.
Fantastic Cleaners prices regular cleans by the hour through local providers; Simply Maid prices by home size online. Some of Fantastic's pages disagree with each other, so check the current terms before booking.
| Compared | Simply Maid (us)Booking platform with independent cleaners | Fantastic CleanersIntroduction 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. | House cleaning in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.[2]Its group site lists a cleaning service in Adelaide, Canberra and the Gold Coast; house cleaning there wasn't confirmed. |
| 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, deep and end of lease cleaning, plus carpet, rug, upholstery, mattress, oven, BBQ and window cleaning.[2] |
| How you get a price | A fixed price online before you book. No quote visit or call needed.[4] | An instant price and booking by postcode; a second confirmation names the provider.[5] |
| 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 group allocates your booking to a provider.[5] |
| 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 cleaning $45 an hour weekly or $48 fortnightly; one-off deep cleaning $60 an hour.[6]Lower with a paid membership. Prices include GST where applicable. |
| Minimum booking | Priced per clean, not by the hour, so there's no minimum number of hours.[4] | 2 hours; a minimum callout of $115 for regular cleans.[6] |
| Regular-visit discounts | Standard clean: 20% off weekly, 15% fortnightly, 10% monthly. Deep clean: 10% monthly.[7]The discount applies to the clean, not to extras. | The weekly rate is lower than the fortnightly rate.[6]A paid Fantastic Club membership lowers rates further. |
| Equipment and products | The cleaner brings products and equipment, including a vacuum and mop.[8] | Regular cleaning rates exclude detergents and equipment; one-off deep cleans include them.[6] |
| Insurance | Care & Cover on every booking includes up to $10 million public liability insurance through Chubb.[9]Conditions and exclusions apply; report damage within 48 hours. | The provider and Fantastic Services Group must each hold public liability insurance of at least $10 million.[5] |
| 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.[10]Doesn't apply if access, water or power was missing, or the scope changed after booking. | A promise to put things right; its Perth page describes a quality check, then a re-clean, and in some cases a refund.[2]No single published guarantee with time limits for regular cleans. |
| 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. | Regular cleans: $50 to cancel or $25 to reschedule with under 48 hours' notice. One-off services: the full price with under 48 hours' notice.[5]Another clause in its terms allows free cancellation up to 24 hours before; check the current terms. |
| Same cleaner each time | On a regular plan Simply Maid aims to keep the same cleaner, and you can ask for a change.[11]A particular cleaner can't be guaranteed every visit. | The same person isn't guaranteed for regular services.[5] |
| When you pay | A card hold about 48 hours before the clean; the charge is taken after it.[12]Visa, Mastercard or American Express. | Paid to the group for the provider; no cash; the balance is invoiced on or after completion.[5] |
Compare the same work when reviewing a quote: start with our house-cleaning prices for home cleaning, or use the separate carpet-cleaning price guide and end-of-lease price guide for those services. Check each provider’s inclusions and total charges.
Fantastic Cleaners publishes hourly rates for regular cleaning and fixed from-prices for end of lease cleaning. Simply Maid's prices below are live from our booking calculator.
| Clean | Fantastic Cleaners | Simply Maid |
|---|---|---|
| Regular clean, weekly | $45 an hour ($41 with Club); 2-hour minimum, $115 minimum callout | Fixed price by home size, 20% off; a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom home is $253 one-off |
| Regular clean, fortnightly | $48 an hour ($43 with Club) | Fixed price, 15% off |
| One-off or first visit | $48 an hour ($43 with Club); $130 minimum callout | A 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home is $317 one-off |
| One-off deep clean | $60 an hour ($55 with Club), supplies included | Fixed price by home size, from the booking calculator |
| Membership | Fantastic Club, $89 a year, with member rates and service credits | None; discounts come from how often you book |
Not like for like: an hourly price depends on how long the clean takes, and the two checklists differ. Fantastic's rates say GST is included where applicable. Simply Maid's prices include GST and the Care & Cover fee. Source: Fantastic Cleaners: regular domestic cleaning, Sydney. Checked 6 October 2026.
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.
With an hourly rate, the total depends on the hours worked; with a fixed price, the total is set before the clean.
To compare, ask Fantastic how many hours your home is likely to need, multiply by the rate, and set that beside a fixed price for the same checklist.
Three details change what you pay with Fantastic Cleaners.
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Fantastic Cleaners can be the better fit when an hourly rate and a wide range of services matter most.
Simply Maid may suit you better if you'd rather see one fixed price online, have supplies included, and book in Adelaide, Canberra or the Gold Coast, where Fantastic's site doesn't list house cleaning.
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.
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Method
We compare what each business publishes about how its service works, not how well any one clean was done.
Its terms say Fantastic Services Group acts as an introductory agent for local service providers, and your contract is with the provider. The group also sells Fantastic franchises.
Its Sydney page lists regular cleaning at $45 an hour weekly and $48 fortnightly, or $41 and $43 with the Fantastic Club, with a two-hour minimum. One-off deep cleaning is $60 an hour.
A paid membership, $89 a year on 12 October 2026, that gives member rates, service credits and priority booking slots.
Its site lists house cleaning in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Simply Maid also takes bookings in Adelaide, Canberra and the Gold Coast.
Yes. Fantastic's terms require the provider and the group each to hold at least $10 million in public liability insurance. Simply Maid's terms describe up to $10 million through Care & Cover.
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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.