How VeryFi works
We turn a quote you can't easily judge into a clear, independent verdict — benchmarked against real, recent prices for your area.
Check my quote →1. Pay for a single review (or a pack)
VeryFi is a paid, independent service — we don't take referral fees from contractors, so the verdict is unbiased. Pay securely via Stripe in AUD and you'll get a compliant tax invoice with our ABN. Credit packs work out cheaper if you're comparing several quotes.
2. Upload your quote and tell us a little context
Upload the quote PDF and add a few details so we can benchmark it accurately:
- •Type of work (e.g. deck, solar install, extension)
- •Your postcode — this sets your local market
- •Property type (house, unit, strata, commercial)
3. We read, normalise and benchmark it
Our AI pipeline extracts every line item, then converts each to a comparable unit rate ($/m², $/lm, per fixture, per hour) so it can be measured against the market. If the quote is a lump sum missing a quantity (very common), we'll ask you a couple of quick, specific questions rather than guess. Each rate is then compared to recent local observations.
4. You get a clear report — in-app and emailed
Within minutes you get a scannable verdict plus a downloadable PDF: where your price sits, the market tier, the quality of the quote, the red flags, and the exact questions to raise before you sign.
If your quote is missing detail, we ask before we report
A lot of quotes leave out the numbers we need to benchmark a rate — for example a lump sum “$18,950 to build the deck” with no area, or “allow for lights” with no count. When that happens, VeryFi pauses and sends you a short, quote-specific set of clarifying questions (e.g. “What's the deck's approximate floor area in m²?”).
You answer them — or tick “I don't know” if you genuinely can't — and only then is your report produced. Anything you can't answer is flagged as “not comparable” rather than guessed, so a price verdict is never invented from missing information.
Why it speaks to your area
A fair price for a deck in regional Tasmania isn't a fair price for the same deck in inner Sydney. A national average would mislead you. VeryFi doesn't use one.
Postcode → region → state
We map your postcode to a local market and benchmark each rate against jobs in that market first, widening only if local data is thin.
Growing every day
Every paid review adds its normalised rates to the database, and post-job surveys add the prices people actually paid. Coverage and accuracy compound over time.
Recency-weighted
Materials and labour move fast. Older observations are down-weighted so you're compared to today's market, not last cycle's.
What your report tells you
VeryFi
Quote Review Report
Report #VF-2026-004182
Slightly expensive
Confidence: High · ~14% above your local median
Summary
Your quote to build a 28 m² merbau deck with a pergola in Sutherland (2232) totals $18,950 — about 14% above the local median for this scope. Decking and structural labour are the main drivers; the pergola line is broadly in range. Likely room to negotiate $1,200–$1,800, or to substitute a less premium decking profile.
Market positioning
Materials (merbau hardwood, powder-coated fixings) and finish place this in the mid-market tier — above budget pine builds, below premium composite or architectural work. Pricing reads as mid-tier, which is why it sits slightly high for the tier.
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Sample report · page 1 of 3 · click to turn pages
- 1
Summary verdict
Cheap, fair or expensive — with a confidence level and how far you sit from the local median.
- 2
Market positioning
Whether the work is priced as economy, mid-market, premium or luxury for your area.
- 3
Rate-by-rate comparison
Each line normalised to a unit rate and plotted against your local market distribution.
- 4
Quote quality & comprehensiveness
Scope clarity, completeness and variation risk — how likely this turns into cost blowouts.
- 5
Red flags & qualifications
Specific risks, plus the exact questions and conditions to raise before you sign.
- 6
Confidence & data caveats
The sample size behind every benchmark; we never assert a price verdict on thin data.
What if there isn't much local data yet?
We tell you. Where a rate has too few comparable local observations, we mark it “limited data” and show the sample size rather than pretending to be certain. Even then, the quote-quality review and the “questions to ask” checklist still protect you from vague scope and contract traps — the parts that cause most disputes.