Propane Technicians 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 Propane Technician earns $55,000/year, so Housecall Pro's annual cost is roughly 2.2% 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.
Propane Technicians face unique challenges: Tank monitoring and delivery scheduling collide in winter: a customer runs low in a cold snap, you're routing deliveries by truck capacity and road conditions, and a missed top-off means a no-heat callout at 11 p.m.. The mandatory leak check and system pressure test after any interruption is documentation you must keep, but you're crouched at a regulator with a manometer and no clean way to log the reading for the file. Propane work is hazard-driven and inspection-bound; tank setback distances, regulator venting, and out-of-gas restart procedures vary by code, and skipping the pressure test on a restart is a liability you can't risk. Billing fragments across per-gallon delivery, tank lease fees, service-call rates, and seasonal pre-buy contracts, and reconciling which customer is on which plan after a busy week is its own job. On top of all that, Housecall Pro charges $99/month ($1,188/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Propane Technician earns $55,000/year. Software at $1,188/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Manometer for testing tank and appliance regulator pressure 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 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $99/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $3,986 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most propane technicians are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → export customers, job history, and invoices as CSV files.
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Winter mornings start with the route board and a cold forecast, because a deep freeze is when tanks run dry and phones ring. You load the truck and map deliveries by who's lowest and which back roads are passable, knowing the order matters more than usual when the temperature is below freezing. At the first stop you check the tank gauge, connect, and fill, watching the percentage and bleeding the line, then verify the regulator is venting clear of snow. A service call interrupts the route: a customer ran out of gas overnight, which means you can't just refill, you have to do the full out-of-gas restart, pressure-test the system on the manometer, relight every pilot, and sniff each appliance for leaks before you leave them with heat. You photograph the test reading because the file needs it. Midafternoon you swap a failed first-stage regulator on a leased tank, then squeeze in a new-tank set where setback distance from the house dictates exactly where it goes. Between stops you're calling ahead to customers, eating in the cab, and watching the fuel gauge on your own truck. By dusk you head back to log the day, sorting which stops were per-gallon deliveries, which were service calls, and which customers are on the pre-buy contract, so the billing doesn't unravel.
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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 $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 $1,400/year on software — and Propane Technician face their own version of that math. Colombia requires DIAN-authorized electronic invoicing. IVA applies to most transactions. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Barranquilla metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Propane Technicians run into with Housecall Pro, and what Nexa does instead.
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