Loading Dock Repair on Jobber pay $69/month — $828/year. Over three years, that's $2,778. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 4.0 months. The median loading dock technician earns $55,000/year, so Jobber's annual cost is roughly 1.5% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $2,778 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Loading Dock Repair face unique challenges: A down dock leveler stops the whole warehouse from shipping and receiving, so it's an emergency where the customer is losing money by the hour and wants it back in service now. Worn dock bumpers let trailers slam the building and crack the wall and leveler, and customers ignore the cheap bumper until the expensive damage forces a repair. Diagnosing a hydraulic leveler that won't raise means tracing it through the pump, cylinder, hoses, and valves, and the failure could be a $20 seal or a full cylinder, which the customer hears as guesswork. Servicing under a leveler or in the dock pit means working in a cramped, greasy, pinch-point space below a heavy steel deck that has to be safely blocked before you go under it. On top of all that, Jobber charges $69/month ($828/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median loading dock technician earns $55,000/year. Software at $828/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Hydraulic dock leveler parts and seals 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.
Jobber is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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Your exact Jobber cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| Feature | Jobber | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $69/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $2,778 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
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The first call is an emergency, because dock calls almost always are: a leveler won't raise and a distribution center has trailers backed up and product that has to ship today. He blocks the leveler deck safely before he climbs into the pit, because a steel deck dropping on a tech in that cramped space is exactly how the trade kills people. Down in the grease he traces the hydraulics, pump to cylinder to valve, and finds a blown seal weeping fluid, the cheap end of what it could've been. He rebuilds it, bleeds the system, and cycles the leveler until it holds. Next is a dock where worn-out bumpers let a trailer slam the building, and now there's a cracked wall and a tweaked leveler frame the cheap bumpers would've prevented; he replaces the bumpers and welds the frame back true. He swaps a torn weather seal on a dock door that's been bleeding conditioned air and letting pests in. Throughout, he's working in tight pits and around heavy steel, where a moment's carelessness costs a hand. The customers are warehouse managers who measure everything in dock downtime, so he's explaining why the leveler that won't lift could be a twenty-dollar seal or a whole cylinder, and he won't know until he's under it. He logs each leveler's serial and the parts replaced for the building's file.
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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. Jobber may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Jobber is $69/month — that's $2,778 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 Jobber as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,112/year on software — and loading dock technician face their own version of that math. GA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Augusta metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Loading Dock Repair run into with Jobber, and what Nexa does instead.
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