A Brevity alternative with GPS clock-in and SCHADS pay runs.
Parkways is NDIS software built inside a registered provider. Workers clock in by GPS against the shift address, SCHADS pay is worked out from the roster and sent to Xero Payroll, and 31 compliance registers fill themselves from real records.
Is Parkways an alternative to Brevity?
Yes. Both roster NDIS shifts, run apps for staff, clients and support coordinators, and produce invoices and NDIS bulk claims. Parkways includes GPS clock-in against the shift address, SCHADS pay runs sent to Xero Payroll as draft payslips, and a Training Hub of 124 modules.
Brevity facts checked on their website on 16 October 2026. See the side by side.
Evidence the shift happened
Workers clock in and out on their phone. Parkways records the location and its distance from the shift address, captures kilometres against each participant's limit, and drafts the progress note for the worker to check and approve before clock-out, so the claim has a record behind it.
- GPS clock-in with distance from the shift address
- Kilometres recorded per participant
- Progress notes the worker approves
SCHADS pay worked out inside the platform
Each worker carries a SCHADS classification and pay point. Parkways applies weekend and public holiday penalties, overtime, minimum engagement, broken shift and sleepover rules to every rostered shift, compares its rates with the Fair Work Commission's pay database, and sends the approved pay run to Xero Payroll as draft payslips or produces an ABA bank file.
- Shift cost shown while you roster
- Pay findings are prompts a person approves
- Draft payslips to Xero Payroll, or an ABA file
Compliance registers built from real records
An incident report, an uploaded certificate or a refused medication writes its own register entry across 31 registers. Incidents are classified against section 73Z of the NDIS Act with a 24 hour or five business day reportable countdown, and an expired credential warns on the roster without locking a worker out.
- 31 registers kept current from source records
- Reportable incident countdown
- Worker screening that warns, never blocks
Built and run inside a registered provider
Parcare Lifestyle, a registered NDIS provider in Logan, Queensland, runs its own rosters, pay and claims on Parkways every day. Features are used there on real SIL houses, ratio shifts and casual SCHADS staff before other providers see them, and pilot providers work with the same team.
- 1:1, ratio and SIL shifts on one calendar
- Every pilot provider runs the whole platform
- Database in Sydney, sub-processors published
Parkways and Brevity, side by side
Every Brevity cell comes from Brevity's own website, checked on 16 October 2026, and links the page it came from. "Not stated" means their site does not say either way. It does not mean they lack it.
| Feature | Parkways | Brevity |
|---|---|---|
| Rostering and a worker mobile app | ||
| SCHADS award interpretation | ||
| Payroll for support workers | Built in | Payroll data syncs to Xero |
| Invoices generated from shifts | ||
| NDIS bulk claim file | ||
| eMAR medication administration | ||
| Participant budget tracking | ||
| Support coordinator app | ||
| Family and participant app | Client app | |
| GPS clock-in | Not stated | |
| Incident management | ||
| Staff training library | 124 modules | Not stated |
| Xero integration | ||
| Data hosted in Australia | Database in Sydney |
Which one fits
Parkways fits when
Brevity may fit when
Brevity alternative: straight answers
Where do the Brevity details on this page come from?
From Brevity's own website, read on 16 October 2026, and each cell links the page it came from. Where their site does not say either way, the table says Not stated. Check their current pages before you decide.
Can we bring our data across?
The Parkway team brings it across: participants, workers, documents and compliance records. You review everything before switching over, and your data stays exportable at all times.
Where is participant data stored?
Participant records are stored in Sydney (AWS ap-southeast-2), encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest (AES-256). Some supporting services, such as AI drafting and video recordings, process data overseas. Each one and its region is listed on our sub-processors page.
How much does Parkways cost?
Pricing is set after the pilot. Pilot providers run the full platform now with the Parkway team beside them, and places are offered from the waitlist.
What Parkways does, job by job
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Brevity facts checked on their website on 16 October 2026. Brevity is a trademark of its owner; Parkways is not affiliated with it.
Built inside a registered NDIS provider
Parcare Lifestyle runs its rosters, pay and claims on Parkway every day. A limited number of other providers are piloting it now.