Festival Organizers on Acuity Scheduling pay $33/month — $396/year. Over three years, that's $1,329. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 8.5 months. The median festival organizer earns $42,000/year, so Acuity Scheduling's annual cost is roughly 0.9% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,329 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
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You're not the only one who's had enough.
Festival Organizers face unique challenges: Per-vendor booth fees plus share-of-revenue agreements (40+ vendors). Permit fees stacked — city, county, state ABC, fire marshal. Insurance coverage on top of every vendor and performer contract. Weather contingency clauses and refund obligations. Volunteer scheduling across 30+ shifts over a 3-day weekend. On top of all that, Acuity Scheduling charges $33/month ($396/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median festival organizer earns $42,000/year. Software at $396/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Vendor contracts binder and stage plot diagrams is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Acuity Scheduling is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Acuity Scheduling | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $33/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,329 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most festival organizers are fully switched before the weekend.
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7am you meet the porta-potty truck at the festival grounds. 9am sound engineer rolls in for the third stage. 11am vendors start loading in — 40 booths, you've already turfed three over wristband disputes. 1pm gate opens. 4pm headliner soundcheck. 8pm performer overruns the slot. Midnight teardown begins. 2am you're on the phone with the city noise ordinance officer.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Acuity Scheduling may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Acuity Scheduling is $33/month — that's $1,329 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Acuity Scheduling as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $1,968/year on software — and festival organizer face their own version of that math. OH state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Toledo metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Festival Organizers run into with Acuity Scheduling, and what Nexa does instead.
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