HR Consultants on FreshBooks 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 HR Consultant earns $55,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 0.7% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,329 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
HR Consultants face unique challenges: Keeping small-business clients compliant as employment law shifts across federal and multiple state jurisdictions where each handbook clause carries liability. Conducting a workplace harassment or discrimination investigation that's thorough and documented enough to survive an EEOC charge or a lawsuit. Getting wage-and-hour classification right (exempt vs. non-exempt, contractor vs. employee) because a misclassification means back pay and penalties. Advising on a termination so it's defensible, documented progressive discipline, no protected-class exposure, before a client fires someone on impulse. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $33/month ($396/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median HR Consultant earns $55,000/year. Software at $396/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Employee handbook and policy-template library 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.
FreshBooks is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | FreshBooks | 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 |
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Small business owners call me on their worst HR day, usually right after they've already made it worse. A client wants to fire someone today, by text, and I'm the one asking whether there's any documented progressive discipline or whether they just handed a fired employee a wrongful-termination claim. Most of my work is preventing that call: building handbooks where every policy clause is a liability if it's wrong, getting wage-and-hour classification right because calling someone exempt who isn't means back pay and penalties, and keeping clients current as employment law shifts under them across every state they hire in. The heaviest days are investigations. When a harassment or discrimination complaint comes in, I run a real investigation, structured interviews, contemporaneous notes, a documented conclusion, because if it ever reaches the EEOC or a courtroom, the file is what gets tested. I coach managers, draft offer letters and PIPs, and translate legalese into something an owner who just wants to run their shop can actually follow. The reward is a client who calls before they act instead of after, and a workplace where the people problems get handled like problems, not lawsuits waiting to happen.
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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 $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.
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The average solo operator there spends about $2,208/year on software — and HR Consultant face their own version of that math. VA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Hampton metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps HR Consultants run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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