Three ways to run your back-office. Only one that actually works.
Hire a team, juggle separate providers, or do it all yourself. We've built detailed, honest comparisons so you can see exactly where each approach falls short — and what Valont does differently.
Choose Your Comparison
Most Australian SMEs fall into one of three patterns. Which one are you?
Valont vs Hiring In-House
Is building an internal team actually worth it?
To replicate Valont, you'd need a bookkeeper, payroll officer, IT support, and marketing coordinator. That's $175K–$270K per year — before recruitment, training, management time, and the risk of someone leaving.
Valont vs Separate Providers
What happens when nobody connects the dots?
The average SME uses 6–8 separate providers who don't talk to each other. You become the unpaid project manager — coordinating bookkeeper, accountant, payroll, IT, HR, insurance, and marketing.
Valont vs DIY
Your time is worth more than bookkeeping.
Business owners who manage their own back-office spend 15–25 hours per week on admin. At $150/hour, that's $117K–$195K in opportunity cost — plus compliance risk you may not even know about.
At a Glance
How all three approaches compare — side by side.
Annual cost
Your time
Compliance
Strategic advice
Scalability
Continuity risk
Why We Built This
Most comparisons only show you the price. We show you the full picture.
Real cost, not listed price
We include hidden costs — management time, recruitment risk, compliance gaps, software sprawl — not just the invoice amount.
Compliance and risk coverage
Each comparison shows what happens to compliance obligations under each model — because penalties don't care which approach you chose.
Tailored to Australian SMEs
These aren't generic comparisons. Every figure, every scenario, every compliance reference is specific to Australian businesses with 5–50 employees.
The integration factor
Most comparisons ignore the cost of disconnection. We show what it costs when your finance, people, operations, and growth functions don't talk to each other.
Why Valont Is Different
One team. Four hubs. Every function connected.
Whether you compare us to hiring, providers, or DIY — the core advantage is integration. When your finance, people, operations, and growth functions operate as one team, every decision is informed by the full picture.
Single Trusted Advisor
One person who knows your entire business — not seven people who each know a fragment
Integrated data
Financial, people, operations, and growth data connected in real time — no reconciliation
Proactive compliance
Changes in one area automatically flagged across all others — nothing falls between cracks
Month-to-month
No lock-in contracts, no exit fees. We earn your business every month through results
Get your personalised numbers
FreeFree tools to calculate exactly what your back-office is costing you — and what Valont would save.
Back-Office Cost Calculator
Input your current costs — staff, providers, software, and your own time — to see the true cost of your back-office setup.
Try it nowProvider Fragmentation Score
How many providers are you juggling? Score your current setup and see how much coordination overhead you're carrying.
Try it nowFounder Time Audit
Track where your hours actually go each week and calculate the opportunity cost of admin versus revenue-generating work.
Try it nowReady to see what Valont would cost for your business?
Get a personalised quote based on your size, industry, and which hubs you need. No lock-in, no obligation.