Trailer Repair 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 trailer repair technician 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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Trailer Repair face unique challenges: Seized leaf-spring U-bolts and shackle bolts that have to be cut off because they rust solid on a unit that lives outside. Chasing a dead taillight or trailer-brake fault back through corroded 7-pin connectors and pinched ground wires. Customers towing on bald or dry-rotted tires and blown wheel bearings they ignored until the hub smoked. DOT inspection and weight-rating questions on utility and gooseneck trailers people modified themselves. On top of all that, QuickBooks charges $55/month ($660/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median trailer repair technician 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 bearing packer and grease gun 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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Morning starts with a dump trailer that won't lift, and it's a coin flip between the hydraulic pump, a dead battery, or a chewed wire where the harness rubs the frame. You're under it with a test light tracing grounds while gravel from yesterday's load rains on your face. Next up is a boat trailer in for bearings, and one hub is blue from heat because the owner launched it hot and never repacked it, so now you're pressing in a new race and hoping the spindle isn't scored. Brakes are the bread and butter: electric drum brakes on travel trailers, surge brakes on the boat haulers, and a controller that needs setting so it doesn't lock up empty or fade loaded. The U-bolts on a leaf-spring swap are always seized, so the grinder comes out and you eat the extra hour. Lighting jobs look easy until you find the factory used the frame as a ground and the rust has eaten the connection. People show up the day before hunting season or a move, expecting a five-minute fix on a trailer they haven't greased in three years, and you're the one who has to tell them the axle's bent or the tires are unsafe to tow.
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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 $2,400/year on software — and trailer repair technician face their own version of that math. FL state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Cape Coral metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Trailer Repair run into with QuickBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
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