Bridge Instructors 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 Bridge Instructor earns $42,000/year, so HoneyBook's annual cost is roughly 1.1% 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.
Bridge Instructors face unique challenges: Students learn in stable partnerships and groups, so a single absence breaks the table and a four-person lesson can't run with three. Beginners and intermediates can't share a class, yet both want the same weekly slot, forcing me to prep two separate curricula. Most of my students are retirees who pay by cash or check at the table, and reconciling who's paid for a multi-week course is a headache. Teaching deals must be crafted to illustrate one specific concept, and that hand-preparation work before every lesson is invisible and unbilled. On top of all that, HoneyBook charges $39/month ($468/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Bridge Instructor earns $42,000/year. Software at $468/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Pre-dealt teaching hands and duplicate boards to repeat the same deal 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 |
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Bridge is taught in fours, which makes scheduling its own small war. My morning class is beginners, six retirees who are still learning that a one-no-trump opener describes a balanced fifteen-to-seventeen points, and I have pre-dealt every hand the night before so each deal teaches exactly one idea, the kind of preparation no one sees on the invoice. We bid, we play it out, and then we play the very same deal again with the bidding boxes so they feel why the auction mattered. Midday I run an online session on BBO for a couple who moved to Arizona but still want their lesson; I set up teaching hands they can see on screen and we talk through a finesse. The afternoon group is intermediate, working on negative doubles and when to compete, and they would be insulted to sit with the beginners, so it is a wholly separate lesson with its own materials. Payment is the comedy of this trade: half hand me a check at the table, one always says she will get me next week, and I keep a running tally in my head of who is paid up through which week of an eight-week course. When someone cancels, the table is short, and three people came to play a four-person game.
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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 $2,400/year on software — and Bridge Instructor face their own version of that math. MN state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Rochester metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Bridge Instructors run into with HoneyBook, and what Nexa does instead.
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