How we’re
different.
If you’re comparing energy plans, you’ve probably heard of Energy Made Easy, Compare the Market, or iSelect. Here’s how Bill Hero is genuinely different — and why CHOICE ranked us #1.
The problem with every other comparison site
Comparison sites have a fundamental conflict of interest: they earn commissions from the retailers they recommend. Government tools like Energy Made Easy avoid that conflict — but they only do one step of the job.
ENERGY MADE EASY IS GREAT — AT ONE THING
Energy Made Easy does one step: compare.
Visit the site, enter your details, see a list of plans. It’s a genuinely useful snapshot — and it’s government-run, so there’s no commission conflict.
But it’s a tool you visit, not a service that runs for you. Once you close the browser tab, the comparison is done. Prices change. Discounts expire. Six months later, you could be overpaying again.
EME is excellent at the “compare” step.It doesn’t monitor your bills, report savings to your inbox, or handle switching.
Bill Hero does the full cycle, continuously.
We use the same government CDR data as EME — so our comparisons are equally independent. But we take it further. Every time you get a bill, we check it against current market rates. When we find savings, we tell you. If you want, we handle the switch.
It’s not a one-off check. It’s a service that keeps running in the background, comparing every bill against every plan, every billing cycle.
Think of EME as a great first step. Bill Hero is what happens after that.
FOUR STEPS. EME DOES ONE. WE DO ALL FOUR.
Monitor
EME: ✗ No monitoring
Your bills are automatically checked against live market rates.
Compare
EME: ✓ One-time comparison
We compare every bill against every plan from every retailer, using CDR data — refreshed daily.
Report
EME: ✗ No reporting
When savings exist, you get a clear report via email and SMS — exactly how much, with which retailer, on which plan.
Switch
EME: ✗ No switching
We handle the entire switch — paperwork, coordination, seamless transfer. Most cases we can Do It For You.
| THE LIFECYCLE | COMMERCIAL COMPARISONSCompare the Market, iSelect | GOVERNMENT COMPARISONSEnergy Made Easy, Vic Energy Compare | FULL LIFECYCLE Bill Hero |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring — auto-checks every bill | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Comparison — every retailer & plan | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Demand tariffs & green-energy tools | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Independent — no commissions | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reporting — brought to you each cycle | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Do-It-For-Me switching, end to end | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
HOW WE’RE FUNDED
What’s the business model?
Commercial comparison sites
Retailers → pay commissions → site promotes their plans
Your details are sold as leads to energy brokers. The site earns per sign-up. This creates a conflict: the site recommends the plan that pays the most commission, not the cheapest plan for you.
Bill Hero
You → pay subscription → we work for you
No retailer money. Ever. Our subscribers pay us, so we can recommend the genuinely cheapest plan — and stay independent. CHOICE verified this when they ranked us #1.
INDEPENDENTLY RANKED
CHOICE ranked us #1.
CHOICE — Australia’s leading consumer advocacy organisation — evaluated energy comparison services and ranked Bill Hero as their #1. We don’t take commissions from retailers. We don’t sell your data. We’re independently verified.
ZERO RISK
The Savings Guarantee.
If we can’t find more savings on your first bill comparison than your subscription costs, you cancel immediately for a full refund. The maths only goes one way.
Average first-bill savings: $380