Film Composers 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 Film Composer 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.
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Film Composers face unique challenges: Scoring to picture that keeps re-cutting — the director re-edits a scene and every hit point, downbeat, and sync mark in the cue has to move with the new timing. Temp-track love: the director falls for the temporary music in the edit and wants the original score to sound exactly like a famous film without crossing into plagiarism. Spotting sessions and delivery deadlines compress at the end of post, so the whole score gets demanded in the final weeks against a locked release date. Stems, mix specs, and cue sheets for the dub stage and PRO registration — the deliverables aren't just music, they're a precise technical package. On top of all that, HoneyBook charges $39/month ($468/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Film Composer 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 Cubase or Logic Pro DAW 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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Composing to picture means I never get to forget the clock. The morning starts with a spotting session over video call, walking the director through the film reel by reel, marking where music starts, where it should disappear, and what each cue is doing emotionally. Then comes the catch that defines the job: the editor sends a new cut of reel three, and the scene I scored last week is now eight frames shorter, so every hit point and downbeat in that cue has to slide to the new picture or the sync falls apart. By midday I'm at the keyboard layering orchestral libraries against the timecode, fighting the temp track in the back of my head — the director fell in love with a famous score in the edit and wants mine to feel like that without being that, and walking that line is delicate. Afternoon is the deadline crush: post always compresses at the end, and now most of the score is due in the last two weeks before a locked release date that can't move. Late in the day I'm prepping deliverables that aren't just the music — printed stems for the dub stage, a mix to spec, and a cue sheet for PRO registration so I actually get paid downstream. Then notes come back on reel one, and the cycle turns again.
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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 $2,280/year on software — and Film Composer face their own version of that math. FL state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Palm Bay metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Film Composers run into with HoneyBook, and what Nexa does instead.
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