Bicycle Repair Techs on FreshBooks pay $43/month — $516/year. Over three years, that's $1,548. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 6.5 months. The median Bicycle Repair Tech earns $38,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 1.4% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,548 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Bicycle Repair Techs face unique challenges: Quoting a tune-up before the bike is on the stand, then finding a seized bottom bracket or a cracked rim that triples the labor. Marking up parts fairly while customers price-check every derailleur and chain against online retailers. Juggling walk-in flat fixes against booked tune-ups so the queue doesn't blow past the promised turnaround. Tracking component warranties and which customer's frame is waiting on a back-ordered part from the distributor. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $43/month ($516/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Bicycle Repair Tech earns $38,000/year. Software at $516/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your A repair stand with a rotating clamp 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.
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| Feature | FreshBooks | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✓ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | — | ✓ |
| Works offline | — | ✓ |
| Price | $43/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,548 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most bicycle repair techs are fully switched before the weekend.
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He flips the open sign and the first walk-in is already waiting with a flat, so the day starts behind. He clamps a road bike into the stand for a booked overhaul, strips the drivetrain, and runs the chain checker, which is stretched past 0.75, so that's a new chain and probably a cassette the customer didn't budget for. He texts a quote and waits, because nobody likes a surprise bill. Walk-ins keep trickling in between booked jobs, each one a flat or a brake adjustment that he can't really say no to, and each one pushes the overhaul later. A distributor order is half-arrived; the customer's been waiting a week on a back-ordered freehub and keeps calling. He bleeds a set of hydraulic brakes, trues a wobbly rear wheel, and re-checks his torque on a carbon seatpost twice because cracking someone's frame is a nightmare he refuses to live. By close he's got three bikes tagged 'waiting on parts,' a counter full of small cash sales he hasn't logged, and a tune-up he promised for tomorrow that he hasn't started. He sweeps the bay, wipes down the stand, and writes himself a note to call about the freehub first thing.
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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. FreshBooks may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. FreshBooks is $43/month — that's $1,548 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.
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The average solo operator there spends about $2,016/year on software — and Bicycle Repair Tech face their own version of that math. IN state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the South Bend metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Bicycle Repair Techs run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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