Real estate photography software built for Australian media companies
Xero, GST, AUD and square metres — handled properly, because Locium was written inside an Australian media production company rather than translated for one.
Most platforms for real estate media businesses are built in the United States, and it shows in the places that cost you time every week: square feet in the order form, a US tax model, an accounting integration that means Zapier, and a support queue that answers overnight.
None of that makes those platforms bad. It makes them foreign, and you absorb the difference as small daily friction until it stops being small.
Native Xero, not a connector
Invoices sync to Xero directly, with the property address on the line item so your bookkeeper can reconcile without opening a second tab. Most platforms in this category route Xero through Zapier, if they support it at all.
AUD and GST, not a currency toggle
Prices, invoices, payouts and reports are in Australian dollars with GST handled as tax rather than as a line you add by hand. Stripe settles to an Australian account.
Square metres, not square feet
Property size drives automatic pricing and shoot duration in metric. A platform built for the US market makes you convert, or makes your order form ask a question your clients do not think in.
Your timezone, per tenant
AEST, AEDT, AWST and the rest are set per business, not inherited from whichever browser opened the page. Shoot times, reminders and calendar invites all resolve to the same local time everyone else is working in.
No portal dependency
The largest platform in this category is owned by a US listing portal. Locium is independent, so your client list and delivery volumes are not data for a company competing in your industry.
Support in your working day
We are in Australia. Questions asked at 10am get answered at 10am, not overnight while you wait on a US support queue.
Built inside a working media company
Locium is built and run by the team behind Patorama Studios, a real estate media production company in Australia. It started as the internal system for that business: the booking form the agents actually used, the day planner that cut the driving, the production board that tracked jobs through editing, the payouts that went to the contractors each month.
That is the whole reason the production side is unusually deep for a platform in this category. It was not specced from customer interviews. It was built by people who needed it working on Monday, and it is still the system that business runs on today.
It also means the Australian details were never an afterthought. GST, Xero and metric were requirements on day one, because otherwise the business could not have invoiced anyone.
Common questions from Australian media businesses
Is there real estate photography software built for Australia?
Locium is built and run in Australia by the team behind Patorama Studios, a working media production company. Australian requirements — GST, AUD, native Xero sync, square metres and per-business timezones — were part of the product from the start rather than added as regional settings. Most alternatives in this category are US-built and handle those through workarounds, if at all.
Does Locium integrate with Xero?
Yes, natively. Invoices sync straight to Xero with the property address on the line item, so reconciliation does not need a second system. Several competing platforms route Xero through Zapier or do not document accounting integration at all.
Does Locium handle GST?
Yes. GST is handled as tax on invoices and reporting rather than as a line you add manually, and Stripe settles to an Australian bank account in AUD.
Does it use square metres or square feet?
Square metres. Property size drives automatic pricing and shoot duration in metric, so your order form asks clients a question they already know the answer to.
How does Locium compare to Aryeo, Tonomo and Spiro in Australia?
Aryeo is owned by Zillow and its flagship features are US-market only. Tonomo positions for Australia and New Zealand and supports Xero, though it is US-based and its pricing is gated behind a demo call. Spiro is independent and priced per listing but US-built. There is a verified, source-checked comparison of all three on the compare pages, including the places each one is genuinely stronger than Locium.
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