Leadership Coaches 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 Leadership Coach 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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Leadership Coaches face unique challenges: Holding a client accountable to the goals they set without slipping into consulting and just telling them what to do. Protecting the strict confidentiality of one-on-one sessions while a sponsoring company wants to know if its money is working. Demonstrating leadership growth to the executive sponsor when the change is behavioral and unfolds over months. Keeping a roster of busy executives on a consistent cadence when their calendars are the first thing to implode. On top of all that, QuickBooks charges $55/month ($660/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Leadership Coach 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 360-degree feedback assessment platform 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.
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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 days are a series of confidential, high-trust hours with people who don't usually get to be uncertain out loud. Before each session I review my notes from last time and the goals we set, because coaching is accountability — the value is in 'you said you'd have that conversation with your VP; how did it go?' not in me handing them answers. I start a new engagement by gathering a 360 and a DiSC or Hogan profile so the executive sees themselves through their team's eyes, which is often a humbling mirror. In session I mostly ask and listen; the discipline is resisting the urge to consult, to jump in with my own fix, because the growth only sticks when they find it themselves. A leader works through a real situation — an underperforming report, a board they're managing up to, an imposter feeling they'd never admit in the office — and my job is to ask the question that opens it. Between clients I run the business: a tripartite check-in with an executive and their HR sponsor, where I report progress against goals without ever breaching what was said in confidence — a line I guard carefully, because the moment a coachee thinks I'm reporting to their boss, the trust is gone and so is the work. I'm rescheduling the CEO whose calendar imploded again, and at engagement's end I'm building the growth story for the sponsor from observable behavior change, not the private content of our sessions. Confidentiality, accountability, and proving slow change run under every hour.
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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.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
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The average solo operator there spends about $3,480/year on software — and Leadership Coach face their own version of that math. CT state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Stamford metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Leadership Coaches run into with QuickBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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