Dashboard
Kurrajong Disability Services
SIL audit-readiness
78%
12 artefacts outstanding
Expiring in 30 days
4
Expired
1
Staff compliance
12 activeAroha Tua
Team Lead
100%
CompleteDanh Nguyen
Support Worker
75%
1 expiredPriya Sharma
Support Worker
94%
CPR in 12 daysCOMPARISON · BREVITY
Brevity vs Checkbase
Brevity is an end-to-end NDIS operations platform - claims, plan management, billing. Checkbase is the dedicated compliance documentation layer. They solve different problems, and they sit alongside each other neatly.
How Checkbase covers what Brevity doesn't
Checkbase covers what Brevity doesn't.
Four areas where the claims tool's 'documents tab' falls short - and where a dedicated compliance surface pays for itself.
Dashboard
Kurrajong Disability Services
SIL audit-readiness
78%
12 artefacts outstanding
Expiring in 30 days
4
Expired
1
Staff compliance
12 activeAroha Tua
Team Lead
100%
CompleteDanh Nguyen
Support Worker
75%
1 expiredPriya Sharma
Support Worker
94%
CPR in 12 days200+ audit artefacts. Modelled, not stored.
Curated artefact set
Every doc the NDIS Commission asks for is a typed object - not a file in a folder. Brevity stores docs; Checkbase models the audit catalogue.
Certification audit lens
Filter to only the artefacts the certification audit will request. Saves you sorting 100 docs into 'which one does the auditor actually want'.
Worker / participant / house / org scope
Catalogue is partitioned by what the audit reviews. Per-worker artefacts vs per-participant vs SIL house vs organisation-wide - different sections of the audit, different lenses in Checkbase.
Who each is for
Pick the right tool for the job.
We won't pretend we're the answer for everyone. Here's the honest split.
Pick Brevity if
- Claims submission to PRODA is your daily grind
- Plan budget tracking and bulk-claim generation matters
- Plan management is a paid service line you run for participants
- You need automated NDIS invoicing tied to price-guide updates
- Live KPI dashboards across funding utilisation are part of how you run the business
Pick Checkbase if
- Audit prep is your bigger fear than billing - you have Xero, you just need evidence
- You want a structured catalogue of compliance artefacts, not a 'documents' folder bolted onto a billing tool
- SIL houses are part of your business and need their own compliance surface
- You want a self-serve trial with published flat-rate pricing - not a sales call
- You're under-50 staff and a per-client pricing model is starting to add up
Use both if
- You want one tool that does NDIS claims well and another that does audit-readiness well
- Most SIL providers we talk to run Brevity (or an equivalent claims tool) for billing and Checkbase for compliance
- Brevity submits the claim. Checkbase proves the evidence the claim relied on is current.
Side-by-side
Feature by feature.
No stars, no rigged scores - just yes / no / partial, with source links where we cite anything specific about Brevity.
Features
Structured artefact catalogue (200+ types)
Every doc the NDIS Commission asks for is a typed object. Brevity stores docs in a documents tab; we model the catalogue.
Expiry alerts (email + dashboard)
Owner-routed at 30 / 7 / 0 days. Both tools alert; ours land in a dedicated compliance dashboard.
Certification audit lens
One dropdown filters to the 69 artefacts the certification audit asks for. Brevity's billing tool has no audit-framework view.
SIL House compliance entity
Houses are first-class - house docs, dwellings, vehicles, residents with occupancy history.
Auditor portal (OTP, no account needed)
Time-limited secure link; auditor verifies with a 6-digit code. No software for them to learn.
Per-participant audit consent gate
Sample requests don't open until you've uploaded a signed audit-consent form. NDIS Commission standard for sharing participant info.
Certification audit evidence pack PDF
One click - branded cover, table of contents, per-section evidence. Organised exactly how the audit reads it.
NDIS PRODA claims submission
Out of scope for us. Brevity's strongest area - keep using it.
Plan budget tracking
Funding utilisation, budget alerts, live plan dashboards - Brevity owns this.
Bulk-claim generation
Mass invoicing tied to the NDIS Price Guide - Brevity's bread and butter.
Service agreement with linked billing
We track the signed agreement; Brevity executes the billing against it. Both live in the audit pack.
Mobile incident reports
Brevity has a native mobile app for staff incident entry. Our forms work on mobile but aren't native.
Published pricing on website
Both publish base pricing. Brevity's full tier requires an enquiry; ours is on the page.
SourcePricing model
Flat-rate tiers. Same price whether you have 20 participants or 50. Brevity's bill grows with each client added.
Free trial without credit card
14-day trial, no card. Brevity offers a guided demo - sales call required to start.
The cost of getting it wrong
What does failing an NDIS audit cost?
Maximum penalty per contravention
A$0.00M
Corporate body, single contravention of the NDIS Act. Per breach, not per audit.
Individual penalty
A$0k
Plus banning orders + permanent register entry.
Checkbase, full year
A$0
Growth tier annual (2 months free). A rounding error against a single finding.
Where each tool fits
Two tools. One provider. No overlap.
Each tool owns its half. Together, they cover the whole job - without paying for the same feature twice or migrating anything.
- NDIS claims submission to PRODA
- Plan budget tracking + funding alerts
- Bulk-claim generation
- Automated NDIS invoicing with price-guide updates
- Live KPI + funding utilisation dashboards
- Curated compliance catalogue across workers, participants, houses, org (200+ artefacts)
- Expiry tracking with 30 / 7 / 0-day alert windows
- Certification audit lens for the certification audit
- Auditor portal - OTP-gated access, per-participant consent gating
- Certification audit evidence pack PDF - one-click export
- Claims are submitted on time (Brevity) AND the evidence those claims rely on is current (Checkbase)
- Plan reviews flow through Brevity's billing; signed service agreements live in Checkbase for the audit
- Auditor sees the financial side (Brevity reports) and the evidence side (Checkbase evidence pack) - full picture
Set up alongside
How to run Checkbase alongside Brevity
Brevity handles the money. Checkbase handles the evidence. Set up takes an afternoon and nothing in Brevity needs to change.
- 1
Start your Checkbase free trial
14 days, no card. Invite your operations + compliance leads. Brevity keeps running as-is - no exports yet.
- 2
Upload your compliance documents
Worker certifications, participant service agreements, support plans, incident registers, SIL house safety docs. Drag-and-drop bulk upload.
- 3
Keep Brevity for claims + billing
Plan budgets, claims, bulk invoicing - all unchanged. Brevity remains your financial source of truth.
- 4
Set Checkbase as the source of truth for compliance status
Expiry alerts come from Checkbase. Worker compliance files live in Checkbase. The certification audit lens drives your audit prep.
- 5
At audit time, export both
Certification audit evidence pack from Checkbase + financial reports from Brevity. The auditor reads both - and gets a complete picture without you scrambling.
Real talk
Where Brevity genuinely beats us.
Brevity is built to run an NDIS provider end-to-end - claims, plans, billing. We don't try to. Here's where they're plainly better:
- NDIS PRODA claims + bulk claim generation. We don't do claims. Brevity does, and they do it well.
- Plan management workflow for plan-managed participants. Out of scope for us.
- Operational depth for providers running 100+ participants with complex billing.
- End-to-end financial dashboards across funding utilisation and budgets.
That's the honest split. Now see Checkbase against your own evidence - 14 days, no card.
Try for freeFAQs
Questions buyers ask before switching to or adding Checkbase alongside Brevity.
Add the compliance layer
Claims handled. Audit handled.
Brevity for billing, Checkbase for evidence. 14-day free trial, no credit card.
Brevity and other product names referenced on this page are trademarks of their respective owners. Checkbase is not affiliated with or endorsed by these products. We use the names in good faith for honest comparison purposes (Trade Marks Act 1995, s.122).
Feature comparisons last verified 20 May 2026. Competitor pricing and feature claims sourced from their public website on or before that date. If anything on this page is out of date, please tell us and we'll fix it. Brevity's site: www.brevity.com.au.