easyAML versus pay-as-you-go for a small agency

People search “easyAML alternative” when a principal of a small agency is comparing a subscription quote with a per-check price and wants the difference in plain words. Checked against AUSTRAC’s real estate starter kit, step 2 on 4 October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. This page does not reproduce that guidance. The wider product comparison is easyAML alternative for Australian firms. What pay-as-you-go means on its own is pay-as-you-go AML and KYC. The sector map is /tranche-2.

Subscription conversation, or a link

A small agency does not have a compliance department, and it has a principal, a sales desk, and a program it must actually use. easyAML is one vendor in that market, and FreeAML is the pay-as-you-go path: no firm fee for the suite, and the client pays the check. Comparing them by inventing the other side’s price is how a blog becomes a stale quote, so compare the motion instead. One motion is a subscription the agency pays whether or not a listing exchanges, and the other is a link on the files the program says to verify.

Neither motion writes the program, and AUSTRAC’s real estate starter kit still has to be customised and used. Software sends the check and keeps the result. It does not enrol the agency and it does not decide which services are designated, and this page is the small-agency buying choice. It is not a feature grid.

• Count files, not seats. A quiet month should not force a firm fee for checks you did not run. Client-pays follows the files you do open.
• Keep the list price visible. A$20 for a person and A$40 for a company or trust is the FreeAML public list. Do not fold it into commission.
• Leave the other price alone. If a quote is on the table, read that quote. This page will not invent one, and it will not name a starter tier.
• The program stays yours. Switching the link does not switch the officer, the enrolment, or the risk assessment.

What a small agency is actually comparing

Published notes on the other price, without this small-agency frame, are easyAML pricing in Australia. A side-by-side of the two products is FreeAML and easyAML.

Where the small-agency comparison stops

This page is pay-as-you-go for a small agency set beside easyAML as a buying motion. It is not that vendor’s price list and it is not the real estate program. FreeAML does not enrol the agency.

What the client pays

On FreeAML the firm suite is A$0. The firm emails the client a link. Verification is client-pays. On the public list a personal KYC check is A$20 and a company or trust KYB check is A$40. Use KYB when the customer is a company or a trust. The agency does not buy a bundle of checks in advance on the firm suite, because each verification is client-pays at the list price. Confirm the live amounts on FreeAML pricing. FreeAML does not tell you which vendor to buy or quote another firm’s subscription.

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