Move Out Cleaners on Housecall Pro pay $99/month — $1,188/year. Over three years, that's $3,986. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 2.8 months. The median Move Out Cleaner earns $38,000/year, so Housecall Pro's annual cost is roughly 3.1% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $3,986 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Move Out Cleaners face unique challenges: Cleaning to an invisible landlord's standard for a deposit return, where 'clean' isn't subjective, it's whatever the property manager's white-glove inspection decides, and I'm liable for the gap. Walking into a far filthier unit than the booking described, with years of grease, pet damage, or a hoard, after quoting a flat move-out price over the phone sight unseen. Damage disputes, where pre-existing wall holes, carpet stains, or a scratched floor get pinned on my crew because nobody documented the unit's condition before we started. Tight handoff timing squeezed between the tenant moving out and the new tenant or inspection moving in, so a slow or overbooked day means a unit that isn't done when the keys change hands. On top of all that, Housecall Pro charges $99/month ($1,188/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Move Out Cleaner earns $38,000/year. Software at $1,188/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Heavy-duty degreaser, oven cleaner, and a baked-on grime scraper for the kitchen 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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Your exact Housecall Pro cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| Feature | Housecall Pro | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $99/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $3,986 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most move out cleaners are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → export customers, job history, and invoices as CSV files.
15-minute setup. Import your customer list and service categories.
Run both for 2 weeks. Transition dispatching and booking to Nexa.
Cancel subscription (check for early termination fees). Download all records.
A move-out clean isn't a tidy-up, it's a deposit hanging in the balance, and the bar is set by a property manager I'll never meet until the inspection. I walk in and the first thing I do is photograph the unit, every existing wall hole, carpet stain, and scratched floor, because if I don't, my crew owns damage that was there before us. Then it's the grind from the top down: blinds, ceiling fans, baseboards, light fixtures, the stuff inspectors run a finger along. The kitchen is the battlefield, with baked-on oven grease, the gunk behind and under the appliances nobody touched in three years, and a fridge that has to come spotless. Bathrooms mean limescale, grout, and the hard-water ring in the toilet that takes pumice and patience. Walls get every scuff and handprint erased, because a property manager's white-glove standard is the only standard that counts for the deposit. The stress is twofold: a unit that's far worse than the phone booking led me to believe, where my flat quote suddenly doesn't cover three years of neglect, and the clock, because the new tenant or the inspector is arriving and the keys change hands whether I'm done or not. I run the checklist, shoot after-photos, and hand off knowing the deposit rides on it.
Real move out cleaners near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a move out cleaner? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every move out cleaner on Nexa →
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 $99/month — that's $3,986 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 $2,112/year on software — and Move Out Cleaner face their own version of that math. VA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Roanoke metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Move Out Cleaners run into with Housecall Pro, and what Nexa does instead.
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