Compare every energy provider in Australia on your real bill
Australia has dozens of electricity and gas retailers, and the cheapest one for your neighbour is rarely the cheapest for you. EnergySorted costs every AER-listed plan against your actual usage, takes no retailer commissions, and proves the saving against the bill you are paying now.
Every retailer the AER publishes — not a paid panel of six.
A "best energy provider" list means very little until it is measured against how much power you use, when you use it, and where you live. Two households on the same street can have completely different cheapest retailers. EnergySorted removes the guesswork: upload one bill and we rank every retailer on what your household would actually pay, then keep watching the market so you never quietly drift onto an overpriced plan.
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How to choose a power provider that is actually cheapest for you
Whole-of-market, not a panel of six
Most comparison sites you have used only show retailers that pay to appear. That panel is often six to a dozen brands — a small slice of the market — and the "winner" is frequently whoever pays the site the most, not whoever is cheapest for you.
EnergySorted compares every retailer the Australian Energy Regulator publishes — more than 16,000 electricity plans and every available gas plan across the participating states. If a small, cheap, commission-free retailer is the best fit for your home, we will still show it, because we are not paid to hide it.
Follow the money: who is the comparison paying for?
The critical question with any free comparison site is simple: who pays for it? If the service is free to you, the retailers are paying — usually a commission every time you switch. That commission has to be recovered somewhere, and it quietly shapes which plans get promoted.
EnergySorted flips the model. You pay about $39 a year, so the product answers to you, not to a retailer. We accept zero retailer commissions, which means there is no incentive to steer you toward a plan that pays us more. If you want the detail, read are comparison sites independent.
Real usage beats headline rates
Retailers advertise a single "reference price" percentage or a low headline rate, but your bill is built from usage charges, daily supply charges, time-of-use windows, demand tariffs, solar feed-in and conditional discounts. A plan that looks cheapest on the ad can be dearer once your real numbers go in.
Upload a recent bill and EnergySorted reads your actual consumption — including your time-of-use pattern where your meter records it — and costs every plan on your numbers. Then we do the part most sites skip: we prove the result against the bill you are paying today, in dollars, so the saving is real rather than theoretical.
Switching is easy, and your power never goes off
Switching retailer is an administrative change, not a physical one. The poles, wires and meter stay exactly the same, run by the same local network. Your electricity does not get disconnected, and in most cases nobody needs to visit your home — the new retailer simply takes over billing.
Australian rules also give you a 10-business-day cooling-off period, so you can change your mind after signing up at no cost. There is no interruption to supply and, on the growing number of no exit fee plans, nothing holding you to a retailer that stops being competitive.
We keep watching after you switch
Choosing a good retailer today does not keep you on a good deal forever. Retailers routinely lift prices at the end of a benefit period or after the annual regulated price reset, and a plan that was market-leading in autumn can be mid-pack by spring.
EnergySorted re-checks the whole market against your saved usage every night. When a genuinely cheaper plan lands — whether from your current retailer or another — we alert you, so switching becomes something you do when it pays, not a chore you forget for three years.
Independent by design
See your cheapest energy provider — measured on your own bill
Upload one bill and EnergySorted ranks every AER-listed retailer on your real usage, proves the saving against what you pay now, and then watches the market nightly so you stay on the best deal. No retailer commissions — you pay about $39 a year, so we answer to you.
There is no single best provider — it depends entirely on your usage, your postcode, your tariff type and whether you have solar. A retailer that is cheapest for a low-use apartment can be one of the dearest for a family on a time-of-use meter. EnergySorted costs every AER-listed plan against your own bill so you see the cheapest provider for your household specifically, rather than a generic ranking.
Is switching energy provider risky?
No. Switching only changes who bills you, not how power reaches your home. There are no plan-comparison fees, most competitive plans have no exit fees, and you get a 10-business-day cooling-off period to change your mind after signing up. The main risk is not switching — staying on an old, uncompetitive plan while the market moves on.
Does my power go off when I switch retailers?
No. Your electricity supply is not interrupted at all. The same poles, wires, meter and local network keep delivering your power exactly as before. Switching retailer is purely an administrative and billing change, and in almost all cases no one needs to visit your property.
Are free energy comparison sites really independent?
Most are not fully independent. If a comparison is free to you, retailers are usually paying it a commission for each switch, and only retailers on that paid panel are shown — often just six to a dozen brands. EnergySorted is different: you pay about $39 a year, we take no retailer commissions, and we compare the whole market so the ranking answers to you.
Which energy provider is the cheapest?
The cheapest provider changes constantly and differs by household, so any fixed "cheapest retailer" claim is misleading. EnergySorted works it out for you by pricing all 16,000-plus plans on your actual consumption, showing the dollar saving against your current bill, and then re-checking every night in case a cheaper option appears.
Do you compare gas providers as well as electricity?
Yes. EnergySorted compares both electricity and gas retailers across the participating states. Upload a gas or electricity bill and we auto-detect the fuel, cost every available plan on your real usage, and rank the providers for that service the same commission-free way.
Stop guessing which energy retailer is right for you
Every AER-listed electricity and gas provider, ranked on your real usage, proven against your current bill and watched nightly — for about $39 a year with no retailer commissions. Start your free 30-day trial, upload one bill, and see exactly which power provider will cost your household the least.