Irrigation Technicians on Housecall Pro pay $79/month — $948/year. Over three years, that's $2,844. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 3.5 months. The median irrigation tech earns $42,000/year, so Housecall Pro's annual cost is roughly 2.3% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $2,844 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Irrigation Technicians face unique challenges: Seasonal demand: spring installs, summer repairs, fall winterization. Parts inventory management from the truck. Warranty callbacks on new installs. Estimating underground issues before digging. On top of all that, Housecall Pro charges $79/month ($948/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median irrigation tech earns $42,000/year. Software at $948/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Trencher or pipe puller 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.
Housecall Pro is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Housecall Pro | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✓ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | — | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | — | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | — | ✓ |
| Works offline | — | ✓ |
| Price | $79/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $2,844 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most irrigation technicians are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → export customers, job history, and invoices as CSV files.
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It's spring, so I'm doing startups before 8. At the first house I open the main valve slowly so the pipes don't hammer, close the backflow test cocks, and run each zone off the controller, walking the yard for broken heads and bad spray patterns. I swap two heads, turn the arcs off the driveway, and set the watering schedule, and I'm out in about 30 minutes. At 9 I'm on a broken mainline repair. The yard is soggy by the fence, so I dig carefully with a shovel until I find the split in the 1-inch PVC, cut out the bad section, and glue in a repair coupling with primer and cement. The parts are about $35 in PVC and fittings, out of the bins in my truck. I let it cure, pressurize, check for leaks, and run the whole system before I backfill. That's two hours. After lunch I do a free estimate for adding a zone to water a new garden bed, measuring the run, checking pressure and flow at the hose bib, and seeing whether there's a spare station on the controller or it needs a new valve. Then I head to two winterization callbacks from last November, a cracked backflow and a valve that won't shut off. My schedule is booked two weeks out and the phone keeps ringing between stops. At night I restock the truck, write up the estimate, bill the day's jobs, and put the callbacks on the whiteboard in the garage.
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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. Housecall Pro may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Housecall Pro is $79/month — that's $2,844 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 Housecall Pro as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $4,080/year on software — and irrigation tech face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Sunnyvale metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Irrigation Technicians run into with Housecall Pro, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other irrigation technicians are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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