Audio Engineers on HoneyBook pay $39/month — $468/year. Over three years, that's $1,570. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 7.2 months. The median Audio Engineer earns $45,000/year, so HoneyBook's annual cost is roughly 1.0% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,570 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Audio Engineers face unique challenges: Sessions balloon past the quoted hours when a band keeps asking for 'one more punch-in' and there's no clean way to bill the overage. Clients show up with phones full of voice-memo reference tracks and zero prepped session files, so paid studio time gets burned on file wrangling. Tracking which revisions on a 24-track session are included vs. billable add-ons. Chasing the second half of payment after the WAVs are delivered and the client has already disappeared with the mixes. On top of all that, HoneyBook charges $39/month ($468/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Audio Engineer earns $45,000/year. Software at $468/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Pro Tools HDX rig with an Avid interface 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.
HoneyBook is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | HoneyBook | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $39/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,570 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most audio engineers are fully switched before the weekend.
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The morning starts with patching the live room and line-checking the drum kit before the band arrives, because nothing kills a session vibe like a humming snare mic at 11am. By noon you're tracking guitar overdubs, riding gain on the Apollo, and quietly muting the take where the singer's chair squeaked. Lunch is eaten at the console while you comp vocals from the last session for a different client whose deadline is tomorrow. The afternoon is bass DI plus a re-amp, then you spend forty minutes convincing a drummer that the click is his friend. Around five the producer wants to 'just quickly' add backing vocals that weren't on the booking sheet, and you make a mental note you'll forget to bill. You bounce rough mixes, label every WAV with take numbers, and zip the session folder. After the band leaves you back up the drive to a second location, log the hours you actually tracked versus the four you quoted, and realize you're three hours over again. You send the rough mixes with a polite note about the deposit balance, knowing you'll have to follow up twice.
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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. HoneyBook may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. HoneyBook is $39/month — that's $1,570 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 $2,448/year on software — and Audio Engineer face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Fresno metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Audio Engineers run into with HoneyBook, and what Nexa does instead.
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