Music Video Editors 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 Music Video Editor 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.
Music Video Editors face unique challenges: Multicam shoots with hours of footage from five angles, all of which has to be synced to the track and combed through, and the bid rarely reflects the footage volume. The artist and the label give conflicting notes, and the artist keeps asking for 'just one more' performance-shot swap right up to release day. Beat-syncing, speed ramps, and effects-heavy sections are wildly more labor than a straight performance cut, but get quoted at the same flat rate. Spec and 'exposure' jobs from indie artists who can't pay but want a full broadcast-quality video. On top of all that, HoneyBook charges $39/month ($468/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Music Video Editor 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 Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro 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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The shoot delivered five camera angles and a hard drive of footage, all of which you sync to the master track before you can cut a single frame. The track is your timeline; every edit lands on the beat or it feels wrong, so you're scrubbing four bars at a time, finding the take where the artist actually lip-syncs in time. You build the performance spine first, then layer in the b-roll and the narrative cutaways. The effects-heavy chorus is a different beast: speed ramps, beat-synced flashes, a glitch transition that takes an afternoon to feel intentional and not cheap. The artist texts that they want a different performance take in the second verse, the third such swap this week, each one rippling through the cuts that follow. The label has its own notes that contradict the artist's. You grade a look pass in Resolve to sell the mood, drop in lyric titles, and send a review link. An indie act DMs asking if you'll cut their video for 'exposure' and a credit. You decline, politely. By evening you've turned a day of synced multicam into ninety seconds of finished video, knowing the beat-sync and the speed ramps were three times the work of a plain performance cut, billed at the same flat rate.
Real music video editors near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a music video editor? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every music video editor on Nexa →
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.
Export your data from HoneyBook as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,640/year on software — and Music Video Editor face their own version of that math. WA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Kent metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Music Video Editors run into with HoneyBook, and what Nexa does instead.
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