Scratch Repair Technician 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 Scratch Repair Technician earns $48,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 0.8% 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.
Scratch Repair Technician face unique challenges: Telling a customer a scratch is through the clear into the base or primer and can't be buffed out. Wet-sanding too aggressively and burning through thin factory clear. Customers expecting a key-scratch down to metal to vanish without repaint. Pigtail swirls and holograms left behind by the previous detailer's rotary. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $33/month ($396/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Scratch Repair Technician earns $48,000/year. Software at $396/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Dual-action polisher with cutting and finishing pads 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 |
Most scratch repair technician are fully switched before the weekend.
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My whole trade is reading depth. The first thing I do at every car is run my fingernail across the scratch and check it with the paint gauge, because if it's only in the clear I can save it, and if it's through to the base or primer the customer is getting a different conversation and a different price. Light scratches and swirl marks are a compounding and polishing job, and I'll spend real time staging pads from cut to finish so I don't leave holograms behind. Deeper scratches mean wet-sanding, and that's where the nerves live, because factory clear can be thinner than a sheet of paper and one pass too many burns through to color. I work under a hard inspection light because the sun lies about what's actually fixed. A lot of my day is managing expectations: people see a deep key scratch and think a fifty-dollar pen makes it disappear, and I have to explain why it doesn't. When it goes right, a panel that looked wrecked comes back to glass-smooth gloss and the customer can't find where the damage was. That moment is the whole job. The rest is honest education and a very steady hand.
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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 $2,592/year on software — and Scratch Repair Technician face their own version of that math. NC state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Asheville metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Scratch Repair Technician run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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