> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Realtair vs Microburbs 2026: which AI tool for Australian property? - URL: https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/compare-realtair-vs-microburbs-australia-2026/ - Published: 2026-06-08T23:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-09T06:42:54.000Z - Description: One runs your auctions, the other researches your suburbs. They don't compete — here's which job you're buying for. - Author: Adam - Tags: Real Estate & Property AI, Realtair, Microburbs, #comparison Head-to-head verdict [**22**/25Realtair](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-realtair-australia-2026/)[**21**/25Microburbs](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-microburbs-australia-2026/) **No single winner.** The right choice depends on the job; the verdict below says who should buy which. > **There is no single winner here, because these two tools do different jobs.** Realtair (22/25) is sales-workflow software for agents — it runs auctions, private treaty offers, and trust-account deposits. Microburbs (21/25) is suburb research data for investors — it tells you where to buy and why. An agent selling property buys Realtair. An investor deciding what to buy buys Microburbs. Most readers need one, not both. The question is which job you're solving. > > *Last reviewed: 9 June 2026 by Adam.* --- ## At a glance | | **Realtair** | **Microburbs** | | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | | **Our score** | **22/25** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent | **21/25** ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent | | **What it is** | Agent sales-workflow platform | Suburb intelligence and research | | **Entry price (AUD)** | $189/agent/month + $499 activation | Free tier; $77/month; $49 one-off report | | **GST treatment** | Stated GST-inclusive | Not stated on pricing page | | **Core job** | Run auctions, offers, deposits, signing | Research suburbs and properties before buying | | **Free trial** | None advertised | Free tier + 14-day money-back guarantee | | **Australian Fit** | 5/5 | 5/5 | | **Best for** | Active auction agents and agency principals | Property investors and buyers agents | Both are Australian-built, Australia-only products that bill in Australian dollars. Both earn a perfect 5/5 for Australian fit — which is rare, and tells you neither is a global tool with a local tab bolted on. But they sit at opposite ends of a property transaction. Realtair is the tool an agent uses to *sell*. Microburbs is the tool a buyer uses to *decide*. Hold that distinction and the rest of this comparison makes sense. ## What both do The honest answer is: not much overlap. That is the point. Realtair manages the property sales process end to end. An agent sets up a campaign, registers bidders digitally, runs live in-room and remote auctions from one screen, handles private treaty offers and counter-offers, collects digital deposits straight into the agency trust account, and executes listing agreements and contracts. It also builds branded vendor pitch decks. It is not a CRM and not a research tool — it is the operating system for an agent's transaction work. Microburbs answers a different question: should I buy here, and is this property worth the asking price? It draws on 25 years of Australian transaction data and builds its own hedonic valuation models rather than licensing CoreLogic or RP Data. Its Suburb Finder filters thousands of suburbs by growth forecast, yield, budget and risk. Its Suburb Reports surface hundreds of metrics per suburb down to street level. Property Finder runs AI analysis on a specific listing to judge whether the price stacks up. The one thing they share is direction of independence. Both are built by Australian teams for Australian conditions, and both reflect a deep understanding of how local property actually works — auction law and trust accounting on one side, suburb-level investment data on the other. After that, they diverge completely. ## Pricing in Australia Both price in AUD, so there is no exchange-rate guesswork either way. The models are structured very differently. **Realtair** charges a flat $189 per agent per month, GST inclusive, plus a one-off $499 activation fee. Every feature is included at that price — auctions, private treaty, timed auctions, deposit collection, Pitch and Sign — with unlimited campaigns and six-day support. There is no free trial advertised. The vendor claims agents save 11 hours per listing; an agent running four to six campaigns at once is plausibly saving 44 to 66 hours a month, which makes $189 look modest against a licenced agent's hourly rate. The $499 activation fee is the weak point — a real barrier for a sole operator wanting to test the platform before committing. **Microburbs** runs a tiered model with a genuine free tier. Paid plans start at $77/month (Basic: 2 suburb reports + 5 property reports), step up to $135/month (Advanced: 20 + 30), and top out at $320/month (Portfolio Builder: unlimited). For someone making a single decision there are one-off reports — $49 for a suburb, $39 for a property — and quarterly billing attracts a 20% discount, with a 14-day money-back guarantee on paid plans. One caveat: Microburbs does not state whether its AUD figures are GST-inclusive or exclusive, so a registered business buyer should confirm the all-in figure before subscribing. **Value verdict:** You cannot compare these on price directly, because they're sold to different buyers for different reasons. Realtair is a per-seat business cost that replaces four or five separate subscriptions an agency would otherwise juggle. Microburbs is a research spend that sits against the $400–$800 a licensed valuer charges per report, or the \~$165/month a CoreLogic professional subscription starts at. Both look reasonable inside their own world. Neither is the cheaper version of the other. ## Where Realtair wins This isn't Realtair beating Microburbs at a shared task — it's what Realtair does that Microburbs does not attempt. - **Hybrid auction execution.** Realtair runs simultaneous in-room and remote bidding from one interface, with live updates for remote bidders and vendor bids handled inside the flow. This is purpose-built for the Australian auction method, and no research tool touches it. - **Trust-account deposit collection.** Digital deposits flow directly to the agency trust account — no third-party escrow, no reconciliation headache. Built for Australian trust-accounting law, not bolted on. - **All-in-one transaction scope.** Pitch, auction, private treaty, timed auction, Sign and deposits live in one platform, integrated, so an offer accepted at auction can trigger a deposit request and a signing workflow without re-entering data. - **REA Group backing.** As a subsidiary of the realestate.com.au parent, Realtair has durable infrastructure and capital behind it — less risk of being wound down than a smaller PropTech play. If your job is closing transactions, this is the tool. Microburbs simply isn't built for any of it. ## Where Microburbs wins Again, not a head-to-head on shared ground — this is the work Microburbs does that Realtair never tries to. - **Suburb research depth.** Hundreds of metrics per suburb — supply-demand at street level, vacancy, yield by property type, demographics, infrastructure pipeline, school indices, flood and bushfire overlays, plus 12-month and 5-year growth forecasts. Property portals show you what's for sale; Microburbs tells you whether to buy there at all. - **An independent data source.** Microburbs builds its own hedonic models on its own 25-year data set, rather than repackaging CoreLogic or RP Data. Independent analysis is genuinely valuable on a decision worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. - **A real free tier and one-off reports.** You can test the platform meaningfully for nothing, then buy a single $49 suburb report if that's all you need. Realtair has no equivalent low-commitment entry point. - **Buyer-side fit.** Microburbs serves the person deciding what to buy. Realtair has nothing to offer that buyer. A fair caveat: Microburbs can overwhelm a non-investor — there's no beginner mode — and its forecast accuracy has no published independent benchmark. The depth is real, but it's pitched at professionals. ## Australian fit This is the rare comparison where both tools max out the publication's defining criterion. Both score 5/5, and both clear the Australian Fit gate that governs our top rating. - **Realtair** is built around Australian auction mechanics that global platforms can't handle: vendor bids inside the auction flow, cooling-off waivers in the post-auction process, trust-account deposit collection as a legal requirement rather than a generic payment feature, AUD GST-inclusive pricing, and six-day support that covers the Saturdays auctions actually run on. The one open question is data residency — Realtair's privacy page returned a 404 on 7 June 2026 and onshore storage isn't stated explicitly, so a compliance-sensitive agency should confirm it in writing. - **Microburbs** is Australia-only by design: AUD pricing, 25 years of Australian transaction data, thousands of Australian suburbs, and a Privacy Act 1988 compliance baseline referenced in its policy. Its one gap mirrors Realtair's — it doesn't publish a server-location statement, which matters for a buyers agent running client data and should be confirmed before professional use. Both gaps are the same shape: an unstated data-residency position, not a known problem. Both deserve a direct answer from the vendor before you commit client data. Neither gap moves the 5/5 — these are, by any measure, the strongest Australian-fit tools in the category. ## Which to pick The decision is unusually clean, because it follows from your role, not from a feature contest. - **You're an agent or agency principal selling property → Realtair.** If you run auctions, manage offers, collect deposits, and chase signatures, Realtair is built for exactly that. The hybrid auction depth and trust-account flow aren't available elsewhere. Do the listing-volume maths against $189/month plus the $499 activation before you commit, especially as a sole operator. - **You're an investor or buyer deciding where and what to buy → Microburbs.** If you're researching suburbs, comparing growth forecasts, or judging whether an asking price is fair, Microburbs is the deepest purpose-built tool in Australia. Start on the free tier, or buy a single $49 suburb report if you've got one decision to make. - **You're a buyers agent → probably both, for different parts of the job.** Microburbs for the research that informs client advice; Realtair only if you also run the sell side. Most buyers agents will lean Microburbs. - **You're a casual first-home buyer → neither, yet.** Realtair is agent software you'll never log into. Microburbs will likely overwhelm you — realestate.com.au is enough for a basic suburb orientation until your decision gets serious. ## The verdict There is no winner here, and pretending there were would do you a disservice. **Realtair (22/25) and Microburbs (21/25) solve different problems for different people.** Realtair is the sales-workflow platform an agent runs to close a transaction — auctions, offers, deposits, signing — and it's the best in Australia at that job. Microburbs is the research engine an investor runs to decide what to buy — suburb data, growth forecasts, price analysis — and it's the deepest purpose-built tool in Australia for that one. They share only two things: an Australian-built independence that earns both a 5/5 Australian Fit, and the same single gap — an unstated data-residency position you should confirm before trusting either with client data. Beyond that, they don't compete. They sit on opposite ends of the same transaction. So don't choose between them. Identify your job. If you're selling, buy Realtair. If you're deciding what to buy, buy Microburbs. If you're a buyers agent doing both, you may well run the pair. The scores are close, but they're answering different questions — and the right tool is the one built for yours. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is better for Australians? Neither — they do different jobs. Realtair (22/25) is sales-workflow software for agents selling property; Microburbs (21/25) is suburb research for investors deciding what to buy. Both are Australian-built and both score 5/5 on Australian Fit. Pick by your role. ### Which is cheaper in AUD? They're sold to different buyers, so a direct comparison doesn't hold. Realtair is $189/agent/month (GST inclusive) plus a $499 activation fee. Microburbs has a free tier, plans from $77/month, and one-off reports from $49. ### Is there a free plan or free trial? Microburbs has a genuine free tier plus a 14-day money-back guarantee on paid plans. Realtair advertises no free trial — the $499 activation fee is a real barrier to testing it. ### Can I use both? Buyers agents often will — Microburbs for the research that informs client advice, Realtair only if they also run the sell side. Most buyers agents lean Microburbs; agents selling property need Realtair. ### Do they store data in Australia? Both are Australian-built but neither publishes a server-location statement. Realtair's privacy page returned a 404 when checked; Microburbs references a Privacy Act 1988 baseline. Confirm onshore storage with each vendor before trusting either with client data. ## Read next - Review: [Realtair Review Australia 2026: The Best Platform for Hybrid Auctions?](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-realtair-australia-2026/) - Review: [Microburbs Review Australia 2026: The Best AI Tool for Property Investors?](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-microburbs-australia-2026/) - Category guide: [Best AI Tools for Australian Real Estate & Property 2026](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/roundup-best-ai-real-estate-property-australia-2026/) --- *The AI Directory Australia is an independent editorial publication. We don't accept payment for positive reviews. Affiliate links are disclosed and sponsored content is labelled. Read our Methodology and Affiliate Disclosure pages.* *Synthesised from The AI Directory's verified reviews of* [*Realtair*](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-realtair-australia-2026/) *(22/25) and* [*Microburbs*](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/review-microburbs-australia-2026/) *(21/25), both reviewed 7 June 2026\. Pricing as cited in those reviews, taken directly from each vendor's Australian pages; confirm current figures before purchase.* *Compared by* [*Adam*](mailto:adam@theaidirectory.com.au) *for* [*The AI Directory Australia*](https://www.theaidirectory.com.au/)*. First published 9 June 2026.* --- ## Sources Imported from The AI Directory's verified full reviews of each tool. Vendor pricing, feature and availability pages are tagged Primary. 1. Realtair — Product overview and feature list — https://realtair.com — checked 13 June 2026 (Primary; auctions, private treaty, deposits, Pitch and Sign) 2. Realtair — Pricing page — https://realtair.com/pricing — checked 13 June 2026 (Primary; $189/agent/month GST-inclusive, $499 activation) 3. Realtair — Data residency / privacy — https://realtair.com/privacy — returned a 404 on 7 June 2026; onshore storage not stated. Confirm directly with the vendor before compliance-sensitive use. 4. REA Group — Corporate overview — https://rea-group.com — checked 13 June 2026 (secondary, for Realtair ownership) 5. Microburbs — Pricing page — https://microburbs.com.au/pricing — checked 13 June 2026 (Primary; Free $0, Basic $77/mo, Advanced $135/mo, Portfolio Builder $320/mo; quarterly billing \~20% saving; GST treatment not stated) 6. Microburbs — Homepage / product overview — https://microburbs.com.au — checked 13 June 2026 (Primary; 4,000+ suburbs, 25 years of Australian transaction data)