# Agentive > Agentive is an Australian AI company that builds AU-hosted AI Employees for accounting and bookkeeping firms. They automate Xero bank reconciliation, BAS preparation, email triage and document processing, and typically deploy within 1 hour. Based in Melbourne, Australia. Australian-hosted. Book a free 30-minute consultation: https://meetings-ap1.hubspot.com/agentive/30min ## Deployment & pricing - AI Employee is typically deployed within 1 hour. - Custom AI solutions: bespoke AI agents, automations and integrations, scoped and quoted per engagement. - Custom pricing based on scope. Book a free 30-minute consultation for a quote. ## Credentials & partnerships - Certified Xero App Partner: MyAgentive passed Xero's app certification, including a security and privacy assessment. - Xero Partner: member of the Xero Partner Program. - Microsoft Partner: verified member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program. - AWS Activate: member of the AWS startup program; the platform runs on AWS infrastructure in Sydney, Australia. - Australian owned and operated; professional indemnity and cyber insurance held. - Customer reviews on Trustpilot: trustpilot.com/review/agentive.au. ## Key pages - [AI Employee for Accountants](https://agentive.au/ai-employee.md): AU-hosted AI Employee automating Xero bank reconciliation, BAS preparation, email triage and document processing. - [Services](https://agentive.au/services.md): Full catalogue of AI services and solutions. - [AI Solutions](https://agentive.au/ai-solutions.md): AI agents, automations, integrations and custom builds for Australian SMBs in finance and professional services. - [Partner Programme](https://agentive.au/partners.md): Referral and sales partnerships for MSPs, IT providers, accountants, advisers and consultants. - [Blog](https://agentive.au/blog.md): Articles on AI for accounting and bookkeeping. - [About](https://agentive.au/about.md): About Agentive. - [Contact](https://agentive.au/contact.md): Get in touch. - [Book a consultation](https://meetings-ap1.hubspot.com/agentive/30min) Every page also serves its Markdown twin at the same URL with .md appended, or via an Accept: text/markdown request header. ## Services (selected) - [AI Accounts Payable Automation for Accounting Firms](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-accounting-firms.md): Agentive delivers AI accounts payable automation for accounting firms in Australia, cutting invoice costs from $15 to $2.50 and saving 70-93% processing time. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Adelaide](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-adelaide.md): Agentive delivers AI accounts payable automation Adelaide businesses trust. Cut processing time by 80%, reduce errors, and stay ATO compliant. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation for Bookkeeping Practices](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-bookkeeping-practices.md): AI accounts payable automation for Australian bookkeeping practices. Reduce manual data entry by 80%, cut AP costs, and stay GST and BAS compliant. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Brisbane](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-brisbane.md): AI accounts payable automation for Brisbane businesses. Cut invoice costs by 80%, eliminate GST errors, and meet ATO compliance with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Canberra](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-canberra.md): AI accounts payable automation for Canberra businesses. Reduce invoice costs from $30 to $4, meet Peppol compliance, and cut manual handling by 70-90%. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation for CFOs and Finance Teams](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-cfo-and-finance-teams.md): AI accounts payable automation for CFOs and finance teams. Cut invoice costs by 80%, reduce fraud risk, and meet ATO compliance with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Darwin](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-darwin.md): AI accounts payable automation for Darwin businesses. Reduce invoice processing costs by 80%, cut approval times, and stay GST compliant. Book a free consult. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Geelong](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-geelong.md): AI accounts payable automation Geelong businesses use to cut invoice costs, eliminate manual entry, and stay GST and BAS compliant with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Gold Coast](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-gold-coast.md): AI accounts payable automation for Gold Coast businesses. Cut invoice processing costs by up to 80%, reduce errors, and stay ATO-compliant with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Hobart](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-hobart.md): AI accounts payable automation Hobart: reduce invoice costs by up to 80%, cut processing time, and stay ATO-compliant with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Melbourne](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-melbourne.md): Agentive's AI accounts payable automation helps Melbourne businesses reduce invoice costs by 60%, automate GST coding, and meet PEPPOL e-invoicing requirements. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Newcastle](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-newcastle.md): AI accounts payable automation Newcastle: reduce invoice costs from £15 to under £2, cut errors by 90%, and stay MTD compliant with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Perth](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-perth.md): AI accounts payable automation for Perth businesses. Reduce invoice processing costs by 67%, automate GST coding, and meet ATO compliance with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation for Small Business Owners](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-small-business-owners.md): AI accounts payable automation for Australian small businesses. Cut invoice processing costs by 70%, reduce errors, and stay GST compliant with Agentive. - [AI Accounts Payable Automation Sydney](https://agentive.au/services/ai-accounts-payable-automation-sydney.md): Agentive delivers AI accounts payable automation for Sydney businesses. Cut invoice processing costs by 80%, automate GST coding, and stay fully ATO-compliant. ## Recent articles - [Accounting Staff Shortage: AI Is Not the Enemy | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/accounting-skills-shortage-ai-is-not-the-competition.md): Australia's accounting staff shortage, not AI, is what limits your practice. Which roles are genuinely short, and what to hand a dedicated AI first. - [AEO for Accountants: Get Cited by ChatGPT in 2026 | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/aeo-geo-how-accounting-firms-get-cited-by-ai.md): AEO for accountants, explained: what AEO and GEO really are, plus a 10-step playbook to get your firm cited by ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. - [AI Audit Trails: Prove What Your AI Actually Did | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-audit-trail-proving-what-your-ai-actually-did.md): An AI audit trail must record the inputs, the system version, the source records read and the human approver. Here is the test most Australian firms fail. - [AI Found What My Bookkeeper Missed: Case Study | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-bookkeeper-catches-what-humans-miss.md): A founder's AI Employee audited the books after their bookkeeper signed off. It found miscategorised transactions, wrong GST claims and 38 missing receipts. - [AI Bookkeeping for Small Business: Can AI Do Your Books?](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-bookkeeping-for-small-business.md): Can AI do your bookkeeping? What AI handles in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks for Australian small businesses, what still needs a bookkeeper, and what it costs. - [AI Bookkeeping Software in Australia: How to Choose](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-bookkeeping-software-australia.md): A buyer's guide to AI bookkeeping in Australia: what AI bookkeeping software automates, the four types of tools, and how to check data residency and review. - [AI Employee for ERP Management: Xero, MYOB, SAP | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-erp-management-consulting-founders.md): Consulting founders juggle ERP systems, client work and operations daily. An AI Employee automates ERP tasks, catches errors and gives founders their time back. - [AI Employee for Accounting Firms: Your Practice | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-for-accounting-firms.md): Australian accounting firms are drowning in admin, email triage, BAS prep and client chasing. An AI Employee handles it 24/7 for a fraction of hiring costs. - [AI Employee for HubSpot CRM: A Practical Playbook | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-for-hubspot-crm-playbook.md): The workflows an Agentive AI Employee runs in HubSpot CRM: lead qualification, deal hygiene, meeting prep, follow-up sequencing, activity logging and reporting. - [AI Employee for MYOB: Reconciliation, Invoicing, BAS](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-for-myob-setup-workflows.md): How an AI Employee runs bank reconciliation, invoicing and BAS inside an MYOB file: what works today, what does not, and an honest MYOB versus Xero comparison. - [AI Employee for Xero: Integration Guide (2026)](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-for-xero-full-integration-guide.md): What an AI Employee does inside Xero for Australian firms: bank reconciliation, invoicing, BAS and GST review, contacts and multi-org support. - [AI Employee Integrations: HubSpot, Shopify | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-integrations-hubspot-shopify.md): Agentive AI Employees connect to HubSpot CRM, Shopify, email, social media and 50+ business tools to automate your workflows and boost productivity. - [Is an AI Employee Safe? Data Governance Australia | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-security-data-governance-australia.md): Data governance view of AI Employee security for Australian finance firms: single-tenant, AWS Sydney inference, audit logging, CPS 234, RG 255, TPB. - [AI Employee vs AI Agent: The Real Difference | Agentive](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-vs-ai-agent-whats-the-difference.md): AI agents are building blocks. An AI Employee is a managed, single-tenant team member built on top. Here is how the two compare for Australian SMBs in 2026. - [AI Employee vs Virtual Assistant: Which to Hire?](https://agentive.au/blog/ai-employee-vs-virtual-assistant.md): Australian VAs cost A$1,500 to A$3,500 a month and work set hours. Compare cost, availability and skills, and see when a hybrid of the two works best. ## Full content - [llms-full.txt](https://agentive.au/llms-full.txt): Complete services, articles and FAQ knowledge base.