Trust Administrators 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 Trust Administrator earns $55,000/year, so HoneyBook's annual cost is roughly 0.9% 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.
Trust Administrators face unique challenges: Correctly splitting every transaction between principal and income under the Uniform Principal and Income Act, because misallocation shorts either the income beneficiary or the remaindermen and is a breach of fiduciary duty. Producing the formal annual accounting each beneficiary is entitled to, with every receipt and disbursement traceable, or risk a surcharge action. Mediating between an income beneficiary who wants distributions now and remaindermen who want the corpus preserved for later. Hitting the Form 1041 filing deadline and getting K-1s to beneficiaries before they need them for their own returns. On top of all that, HoneyBook charges $39/month ($468/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Trust Administrator earns $55,000/year. Software at $468/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Fiduciary accounting software (principal vs. income allocation) 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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I sit between people who don't always trust each other, holding money that belongs to all of them at different times. The income beneficiary, usually a surviving spouse, wants distributions now; the remaindermen, often the kids, want the corpus protected for later. My job is to be scrupulously neutral and let the trust document and the law decide, not my sympathies. The unglamorous heart of it is fiduciary accounting: every dividend, every capital gain, every trustee fee has to be allocated correctly between principal and income under the Uniform Principal and Income Act, because get it wrong and you've quietly shorted one side and breached your duty. I reconcile the ledgers, coordinate appraisals when an asset has to be valued, and schedule distributions per the terms. Once a year I produce the formal accounting each beneficiary is owed, and it has to be airtight, every receipt and disbursement traceable, or a beneficiary's attorney files a surcharge action against me personally. Tax season means Form 1041 and getting K-1s out before the beneficiaries need them. The reward is closing a trust clean, every penny accounted for, every party paid what they were due, and nobody in court.
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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 $2,016/year on software — and Trust Administrator face their own version of that math. KS state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Topeka metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Trust Administrators run into with HoneyBook, and what Nexa does instead.
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