The Australian Fit & Data Residency Index
Every tool we review is scored on Australian Fit — AUD pricing, GST, local support, and where your data actually lives. This page puts that work in one sortable table: the score, whether the tool bills natively in AUD, and what our review found about data residency, quoted word-for-word.
It matters more this year than ever: the Privacy Act's small-business exemption is scheduled to end in late 2026, which would bring roughly two million more Australian businesses under the Act. Where your tools store data is about to be your problem.
| Tool | Category | AU Fit | AUD billing | Score | What our review found |
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How to read this. AU Fit is one of five criteria in our 25-point framework — and the decisive one: no tool can wear five stars or a category Top Pick without scoring at least 4/5 on Australian Fit (see our methodology). The residency column quotes our review verbatim; it is a pointer, not a compliance assessment — read the full review and verify with the vendor before relying on it. Tools showing “see full review” discuss residency in context that doesn’t reduce to one sentence. Background: what “AU data residency” actually means · the Privacy Act exemption change.