The government comparison sites cover all the publicly available plans, just like Bill Hero does. But they are complicated to use, you've got to do all the work yourself and then make the switch on your own. And you need to keep going back again and again if you want to make sure you stay on a competitive plan.
Bill Hero is not a comparison site. It's a Savings Service that does all the comparison and ranking work for you, helps you switch, and then automatically monitors and compares every bill for you to help make sure you always stay on the best-priced plan.
Bill Hero also offers many additional features that none of the commercial or government comparison sites does:
| Commercial sites | Government sites | Bill Hero |
Compare all plans from all retailers | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
No commissions | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Automated comparison for every bill | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Bothered Threshold | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Assisted switching | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
GreenPower price comparison | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Green Ratings | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Australia Ownership | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (Coming soon) |
Australian call centres | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ (Coming soon) |
The Victorian government is currently offering a $250 Power Saving Bonus for every Victorian household that visits Victoria Energy Compare and completes a comparison.
If you live in Victoria, we say go for it! You can use part of your bonus payment to pay for your Bill Hero subscription, which will do much more than help you find a competitive plan. We'll monitor every bill for you to help make sure that you always stay on the most competitive plans available.
Find out more
Find out more about the Power Saving Bonus here: https://compare.energy.vic.gov.au/psb-faq