ISO 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 ISO 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.
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ISO Consultants face unique challenges: Building a client's whole documented quality management system from a blank slate before the stage 1 audit. Training a client's staff to run internal audits so the system survives after the consultant leaves. Closing every minor and major nonconformity from stage 1 before the registrar returns for stage 2. Keeping multiple clients' QMS documents and certification timelines from getting mixed together. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $33/month ($396/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median ISO 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 ISO 9001 / 14001 / 27001 standard documents 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 | ✗ | ✓ |
| 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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An ISO consultant takes a company from nothing to certified, and the day's shape depends on where each client sits on that road. Early-stage clients need a documented system built from scratch: writing the quality policy, mapping the processes the business actually runs, and creating the procedures, forms, and records the standard requires, all in language the staff will use rather than file away. Mid-stage work is implementation and internal auditing, walking the floor to see whether the new procedures are being followed, then training the client's own people to audit themselves so the certification doesn't collapse the moment the consultant stops coming. Pre-audit days are intense: a gap assessment against the standard clause by clause, a mock management review, and a punch list of everything the registrar will catch. After a stage 1 audit, the work becomes closing nonconformities, root-causing each finding with the responsible manager and proving the fix before stage 2. Across all of it, the consultant is running several clients at different milestones, one drafting its first document control procedure, another a week from its surveillance audit, and the constant risk is letting one client's policy template or audit schedule drift into another's binder. Evenings go to readiness tracking and reminding clients which deadlines are closing in.
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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.
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The average solo operator there spends about $2,352/year on software — and ISO Consultant face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Palmdale metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps ISO Consultants run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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