Court Reporters on QuickBooks pay $55/month — $660/year. Over three years, that's $2,214. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 5.1 months. The median Court Reporter earns $55,000/year, so QuickBooks's annual cost is roughly 1.2% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $2,214 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
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Court Reporters face unique challenges: An untranslated steno stroke or a misdefined entry in your dictionary becomes a garbled 'conflict' in the realtime feed that an attorney sees live, in front of the witness. Rush transcript orders with expedited and daily-copy deadlines stacking on top of regular turnaround you've already committed to. Capturing a clean record when witnesses talk over each other, mumble medical or technical terms, or attorneys speak off the record without saying so. Tracking per-page transcript billing, expedite surcharges, and which firm ordered which copy across simultaneous depositions. On top of all that, QuickBooks charges $55/month ($660/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Court Reporter earns $55,000/year. Software at $660/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Stenotype machine (Luminex or similar) with steno theory training 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.
QuickBooks is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | QuickBooks | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $55/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $2,214 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
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My job is to disappear and capture every word. I set up before the attorneys arrive, swear in the witness, and then for hours my hands move on the steno machine while my brain runs ahead of the room. Good days the realtime feed scrolls clean onto the attorneys' screens; bad days a witness drops a drug name I don't have defined and my dictionary throws a conflict that everyone can see live. So I'm building and grooming that dictionary constantly, because every new case brings terms I'll need next time. The hardest part isn't speed, it's a room that won't cooperate: two attorneys talking over each other, a witness who mumbles, someone who goes off the record without announcing it. I keep an audio backup running because the record has to be perfect, not approximate. After the deposition the clock really starts. Regular turnaround is one thing, but the expedites and daily copies stack up, and I'm proofing, formatting, and certifying transcripts late into the night. Then there's the billing nobody talks about: per-page rates, expedite surcharges, who ordered the original and who wants a copy. The reward is a certified transcript that holds up, a record nobody can dispute.
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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. QuickBooks may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. QuickBooks is $55/month — that's $2,214 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.
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The average solo operator there spends about $2,640/year on software — and Court Reporter face their own version of that math. MA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Worcester metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Court Reporters run into with QuickBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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$2,214 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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