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Compare: Maid2Match
Quick answer: Maid2Match is a national cleaning company whose terms say its cleaners are its own employees, with a published flat-rate grid from $139 for one bedroom and one bathroom, one-time. Simply Maid books independent cleaners at a fixed price by home size. Both publish prices online and charge your card after the clean; their guarantees, extras and regular discounts differ.
How the two compare on price, who does the cleaning, guarantees and cancelling, from each business's own published pages, and where to read Maid2Match's 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 price a clean by bedrooms and bathrooms online. Maid2Match also takes hourly bookings and says it employs its cleaners; Simply Maid offers each job to independent cleaners nearby.
| Compared | Simply Maid (us)Booking platform with independent cleaners | Maid2MatchCleaning company |
|---|---|---|
| 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 several regional cities.[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. | House cleaning (flat rate or hourly), NDIS, DVA, aged care and insurance-funded cleaning.[2]End of lease cleaning wasn't in the service lists we reviewed. |
| How you get a price | A fixed price online before you book. No quote visit or call needed.[4] | Online form or phone, with a published flat-rate grid and hourly rates.[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. | Maid2Match assigns your cleaner and names them when the booking is confirmed; you can ask for a change.[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. | Flat one-time prices by bedrooms and bathrooms, from $139 (1 bedroom, 1 bathroom) to $378 (6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms). Hourly from $69.75 for weekly cleans.[6]GST not stated. Flat prices are estimates confirmed at a walkthrough. |
| Minimum booking | Priced per clean, not by the hour, so there's no minimum number of hours.[4] | 2 hours on hourly bookings.[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. | 10% off weekly or fortnightly, 5% off every 4 weeks.[5] |
| Equipment and products | The cleaner brings products and equipment, including a vacuum and mop.[8] | Maid2Match supplies products and equipment; you can ask for your own products to be used.[5] |
| Cleaner checks | Cleaners are identity-verified and pass Simply Maid's skills assessment.[1] | Police check and NDIS worker screening before hiring, plus interviews.[5] |
| 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. | Public liability insurance held.[10]No amount published on the pages we reviewed. |
| 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.[11]Doesn't apply if access, water or power was missing, or the scope changed after booking. | A cleaner returns to fix the problem; if you're still unhappy, or don't want a re-do, a partial or full refund.[10]No time window found in the pages we reviewed. |
| 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. | Free up to 24 hours before; inside 24 hours a fee may apply.[12]Amount not stated; may be waived if the slot is refilled. |
| Same cleaner each time | On a regular plan Simply Maid aims to keep the same cleaner, and you can ask for a change.[13]A particular cleaner can't be guaranteed every visit. | Aims to send the same cleaner each time; cleaners mostly work alone.[5] |
| When you pay | A card hold about 48 hours before the clean; the charge is taken after it.[14]Visa, Mastercard or American Express. | Card only, charged when the service is completed.[12] |
Use our house-cleaning price guide to compare the complete Simply Maid amount for your home size and frequency. If you need a move-out clean, use end-of-lease cleaning prices and match the checklist before comparing providers.
For the same home, Maid2Match's published one-time flat rates and Simply Maid's one-off standard clean prices are below. They aren't like for like: the checklists differ, and Maid2Match's flat rates are estimates confirmed at a walkthrough on the first visit.
| Home | Maid2Match flat rate (one-time) | Simply Maid standard clean (one-off) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom | $139 | $221 |
| 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom | $152 | $253 |
| 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom | $193 | $285 |
| 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms | $218 | $317 |
| 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms | $246 | $349 |
Maid2Match doesn't say whether its prices include GST. Simply Maid's prices are live from our booking calculator and include GST and the Care & Cover fee. Regular visits cost less with both: Maid2Match takes 10% off weekly or fortnightly and 5% off every 4 weeks; Simply Maid takes 20% off weekly, 15% fortnightly and 10% monthly. Source: Maid2Match: pricing. 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.
Maid2Match also sells cleans by the hour, and lists its extras with prices; Simply Maid prices extras in its booking calculator.
Maid2Match says it employs the cleaners who clean your home; Simply Maid's cleaners are independent contractors.
What each arrangement means for insurance, payment and problems is covered in independent cleaner or cleaning company?
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.
This guide isn't a review of Maid2Match's 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 Maid2Match's service for this guide.
Maid2Match can be the better fit for some households.
Simply Maid may suit you better if you want an end of lease clean, which wasn't in the Maid2Match service lists we reviewed, larger regular-visit discounts, or a guarantee with a stated reporting window and re-clean timeline.
Method
We compare what each business publishes about how its service works, not how well any one clean was done.
Maid2Match's terms say all cleaning is done by cleaners it employs, and that you book directly with Maid2Match. That's the company's own statement; we haven't checked its employment arrangements.
Its pricing page lists one-time flat rates from $139 for one bedroom and one bathroom to $378 for six bedrooms and four bathrooms, or hourly rates from $69.75 for weekly cleans, with a 2-hour minimum. It doesn't say whether GST is included.
End of lease cleaning wasn't in the service lists we reviewed, and its old end of lease page now redirects to its services page. Ask Maid2Match directly. Simply Maid offers a fixed-price end of lease clean.
Yes. Its help page says it supplies products and equipment, and you can ask for your own products to be used. Simply Maid's cleaners also bring products and equipment.
Its terms say Maid2Match Pty Ltd was founded in Brisbane in 2014. It now lists all seven cities Simply Maid serves, plus several regional cities.
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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