Table Setting Designers 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 Table Setting Designer earns $42,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 1.2% 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.
Table Setting Designers face unique challenges: Sourcing and coordinating chargers, flatware, glassware, and linens into one cohesive tablescape. Setting hundreds of identical covers with consistent spacing under a tight pre-service window. Polishing flatware and glassware and steaming linens to be spotless under photography lights. Transporting fragile china and stemware between events without chips or breakage. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $43/month ($516/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Table Setting Designer earns $42,000/year. Software at $516/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Inventory of chargers, flatware, glassware, and napkins in multiple finishes 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 | — | ✓ |
| 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 table setting designers are fully switched before the weekend.
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My job lives in the inch between the fork and the plate. Before the event I build the look in my studio: layering a charger, the dinner plate, the salad plate, choosing whether the napkin sits left or fans in the glass, and pulling flatware finishes that read against the linen. On site I steam every overlay and runner because a wrinkle ruins the line of a table in photos. Then comes the repetition, setting the same cover two hundred times: charger centered, knife blade in, fork tines spaced by a gauge so every seat is identical when the doors open. I polish each piece of stemware against the light because a water spot screams under the photographer's flash. Cohesion is everything, so I walk the room checking that table four reads exactly like table fourteen. The pressure is the window: the kitchen needs the tables cleared for service, the florist wants access for centerpieces, and the planner is counting minutes. After the meal I pack the fragile china and crystal back into padded crates, hand-wrapping stems so nothing chips on the drive, and reconcile every piece against the count before I leave.
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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.
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 FreshBooks as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,448/year on software — and Table Setting Designer face their own version of that math. WI state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Madison metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Table Setting Designers run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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