Built by Awais Nisar, a Registered Migration Agent (MARN 2318017), LodgeHQ does what Migration Manager does — with AI document extraction, ImmiAccount auto-fill, a built-in client portal, and workflow automation included in one subscription. Starting at $99/mo — less than half the price of Migration Manager's cheapest advertised licence. A practising agent's tool, not a generic corporate suite.
No credit card. No setup fees. No per-seat charge for your support team.
Both include the core case-management basics. LodgeHQ also bundles AI tools, a client portal, and your whole support team into one flat price.
Migration Manager
LodgeHQ
Total savings
Save $1,680/year
*LodgeHQ $99/mo vs Migration Manager's cheapest advertised licence — A$239/licence/mo on a 36-month term (A$259 on 24 months, A$339 on 12 months), all ex GST, plus a one-off A$900 setup & training fee. A$239 − $99 = A$140/mo. Pricing verified at migrationmanager.com.au/pricing on 13 June 2026.
An honest, line-by-line look at what each platform includes in its base subscription.
| Feature | LodgeHQ | Migration Mgr |
|---|---|---|
| Starting monthly price | $99 | $239+/licence |
| Support staff included (no per-seat) | Per licence | |
| Unlimited clients included | ||
| Custom pipeline stages | ||
| AI compliance tools | ||
| Conflict-of-interest detection | ||
| AI document extraction (PDF/images) | ||
| Passport scan auto-populate | ||
| Passport photo crop (35x45mm) | ||
| Document converter (PDF, Word, Excel, Images) | ||
| PDF tools (merge, compress, split, watermark) | ||
| ImmiAccount auto-fill | ||
| Client self-serve portal | ||
| Built-in e-signatures | ||
| CRM & lead pipeline | ||
| Email campaigns | ||
| Trust accounting | ||
| Time tracking & billing | ||
| Points test calculator | ||
| Occupation search & visa pathways | ||
| Scenario modeller | ||
| Xero / MYOB sync | ||
| Stripe online payments | ||
| Webhooks & Zapier | ||
| NAATI translation orders | ||
| Workflow automation builder | ||
| Calendar sync & booking page | ||
| WhatsApp messaging | ||
| CPD tracking | ||
| DHA form auto-fill (7 forms) | ||
| Service agreement generator | ||
| Client surveys & NPS | ||
| Referral partner management | ||
| Knowledge base | ||
| Mobile-friendly (PWA) | ||
| Modern UI |
Compiled from Migration Manager's public website as at 13 June 2026. A ✗ means we could not find the feature advertised as included in Migration Manager's base subscription — it is not confirmation that the feature is unavailable. Migration Manager pricing (from A$239/licence/mo, ex GST, on a 36-month term, plus a one-off A$900 setup & training fee) was verified at migrationmanager.com.au/pricing on 13 June 2026. If anything is out of date, please let us know and we'll correct it.
The reasons we hear most often from migration agents who make the move.
Not chatbot gimmicks — real tools that cut hours off every file.
Our Chrome extension — live on the Chrome Web Store — pulls client data straight from LodgeHQ and types it into every ImmiAccount field, across every page, every subclass.
No surprises on your next invoice. $99/mo buys the whole platform.
LodgeHQ was built by a MARA-registered migration agent for his own practice — and it's still used there every day.
Three subscriptions many practices already pay for separately are built into LodgeHQ. Cancel them and most of the A$99 is covered before you count a single hour. Everything else on the platform — Engage onboarding, letters, Visa Tools, the client portal, ImmiAccount auto-fill — is the bonus, and none of it needs your in-flight files moved.
Cancel these, keep the change
E-signatures
DocuSign Standard, from A$37 per user a month
A$37/mo
Occupation search & points
Anzscosearch Professional, a month
A$29/mo
Online bookings
Calendly Standard, US$12 a seat a month billed monthly
A$17/mo
Typical total, before any hours saved
A$83/mo
Against LodgeHQ at A$99 a month. Pay for higher tiers, or for PDF tools or a newsletter platform too, and it is already ahead. Your own figures, and the hours, are worked out for you in the app.
Vendor prices from docusign.com/en-AU, anzscosearch.com and calendly.com, read 9 September 2026; US-dollar plans converted at about A$1.40.
A practical, honest migration path: self-serve, previewed before anything is created, and reversible.
Build the export kit in Migration Manager's report builder (Reports → User-Defined Reports) and export each report to Excel. LodgeHQ hands you a checklist naming every report column to tick, so nothing is left behind.
Upload the whole kit at once and preview exactly what will be created before anything is imported — clients, matters, family members, visa and travel histories, and every file note with its full text. Changed your mind? Undo the run and it removes exactly what it created. Your documents stay where they are, in Migration Manager's documents folder on your own drive, so there is nothing to move.
Start lodging new matters in LodgeHQ. Keep Migration Manager read-only for your in-flight files until you're ready to switch fully. Most practices are operating entirely on LodgeHQ within 5–10 days.
Once every active matter is live in LodgeHQ, cancel your old subscription and bank the savings. We're happy to help with the transition — email support@lodgehq.com.au.
Nothing is retyped: the importer brings your book across, and Undo removes exactly what it created. Most practices are working fully in LodgeHQ within a week.
Yes — and you don't have to move a single matter. E-signatures, online bookings, occupation search and the points calculator, Engage onboarding, letters, Visa Tools and the client portal all work from day one alongside Migration Manager. Many practices pay for e-signatures, occupation search and bookings as separate subscriptions — around A$83 a month at the vendors' standard prices (September 2026) — so cancelling those covers most of LodgeHQ's A$99 before you count any time saved. In our own practice, Engage takes 20–25 minutes of admin off each client onboarding. When your Migration Manager term ends, import your book in one upload and bank the A$140 a month difference.
Most practices are fully operational on LodgeHQ within a week. You can sign up, explore every feature during the 14-day free trial, and start lodging new matters immediately. Your Migration Manager book comes across with the self-serve importer: preview exactly what will be created, import, and undo if anything looks wrong. Nothing is retyped.
Yes. Migration Manager exports its data as Excel reports (Reports → User-Defined Reports), and LodgeHQ has a self-serve importer built for exactly those files: upload them, preview what will be created — clients, matters, family members, visa and travel histories, file notes — then import, with an undo if you need it. You do not have to guess which report columns to tick either: LodgeHQ gives you a checklist naming every one of them, report by report, and what each becomes. Your client documents stay where they are, in Migration Manager's documents folder on your own drive, so there's nothing to move. Prefer to hand the whole thing over? Our team does the migration for you at no cost.
LodgeHQ is purpose-built for MARA-registered agents. It includes conflict-of-interest detection, consumer guide tracking, file note generation, CPD logging, trust accounting, and a full audit trail. It is designed to help you stay organised and audit-ready under the Code of Conduct.
All of them. LodgeHQ is not locked to specific subclasses — 186 ENS, 820/801 partner, 500 student, 482, 189, 190, 491, 600, 407, 485 and every other visa type. Smart questionnaires adapt to the visa type automatically, and the ImmiAccount extension works across every subclass form.
Yes. LodgeHQ includes a full trust account ledger with receipts, disbursements, transfers, and reconciliation. Invoices can draw from trust, and you get audit-ready trust statements out of the box.
No. LodgeHQ is $99/mo (AUD + GST) per agent, with unlimited admin & support staff included free. Additional registered agents are $99/mo each. Unlimited clients. No setup fees, no training fees, no onboarding charges. The Chrome extension and every feature is included. SMS is an optional add-on (A$40/month + GST for 150 outbound Australian texts a month); document conversions have a fair-use cap of 100/mo, then $0.15/conversion.
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